This post was updated Sept. 27 at 8:27 p.m. “Barbenheimer” reinvigorated summer cinema for the first time in a long time – yet it might not be enough to endure through fall. Read more...
Photo: (Ashley Ko/Illustrations Director)
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September 1, 6:54 pm
Emma Fiske-Dobell wins college comedy award for script ‘Shakespeare’s Sister’
This post was updated Sept. 27 at 8:32 p.m. Emma Fiske-Dobell’s newest script is allowing the fictional Judith Shakespeare to shine alongside her brother. The School of Theater, Film and Television”s Professional Program in Writing for Television student Fiske-Dobell recently won the Humanitas David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award for her television script “Shakespeare’s Sister.” Fiske-Dobell’s story takes place in 1592 Stratford-upon-Avon amid the William Shakespeare mania as his bitter sister Judith plots to free herself of the incessant comparisons to her brother. Read more...
Photo: Emma Fiske-Dobell writes a message in celebration of William Shakespeare’s birthday while visiting his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Professional Writing Program student said her childhood affinity for the playwright eventually inspired her award-winning script, “Shakespeare’s Sister.”(Courtesy of Emma Fiske-Dobell)
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August 28, 6:03 pm
Award-winning alumnus incorporates storytelling, Indigenous culture in costuming
This post was updated Sept. 4 at 8:13 p.m. Amy Higdon is threading her Native American heritage into her handmade costumes. The alumnus, a costume designer, recently won the Pierre Cardin Theater Honor at the Princess Grace Awards, a foundation dedicated to uplifting artists in the name of Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco. Read more...
Photo: Renderings of Higdon’s costume designs for the campus production of “Into the Woods” are shown. Paul Girard, UCLA’s Costume Studio Academic Coordinator, said her work brought a modern approach to the musical’s traditional fairytale. (Courtesy of Amy Higdon)
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August 24, 4:48 pm
Q&A: Emma Seligman shares evolution of ‘Bottoms’ from pure camp to the middle ground
This post was updated Aug. 27 at 11:01 p.m. “Bottoms” is coming to top high school comedies with a bloody twist. The film, which is directed by Emma Seligman and co-written by Seligman and Rachel Sennott, focuses on two queer high schoolers, PJ (Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri). Read more...
Photo: Emma Seligman, the director and co-writer of “Bottoms,” speaks to actresses Ayo Edebiri (left) and Rachel Sennott (right) on set. Co-written by Sennott, the comedy premieres Aug. 25. (Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
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August 19, 7:53 pm
UCLA chapter of AMIA celebrates moving image through the art of preservation
The Association of Moving Image Archivists is projecting the art of video archival for the greater student body. While not an archive itself, the UCLA chapter of AMIA is dedicated to the preservation of and education about the moving image, said AMIA co-chair and graduate student in the library and information science program Gabz Norte. Read more...
Photo: AMIA co-chair and graduate student Gabz Norte works with film preservation materials. The UCLA student chapter of the association strives to build a community of rising professionals who value all formats of the moving image, she said. (Photo courtesy of Gabz Norte. Photo illustration by Ashley Ko/Illustrations Director)
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August 10, 10:27 am
Upcoming ‘Food and Film’ series at Hammer Museum redefines dinner and a movie
The age-old concept of dinner and a movie is embracing a new meaning at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Friday will open the inaugural weekend of the archive’s ongoing “Food and Film” series, a program developed in partnership with the Hammer Museum and chef Alice Waters. Read more...
Photo: A still from Erige Sehiri’s “Under the Fig Trees” is shown. The 2021 drama will be screened during the inaugural weekend of the “Food and Film” series, presented by the Hammer Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. (Courtesy of Under the Fig Trees/UCLA Film & Television Archive)
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July 29, 5:17 pm
‘In the Garden of Tulips’: A tale of family and loss amid the Iran-Iraq War
Amid the backdrop of the Iran-Iraq War during the 1980s, a father-daughter relationship blooms in “In the Garden of Tulips.” The short film, written by alumnus Ava Lalezarzadeh, follows Caroline (Lalezarzadeh) and her father Sharif (Iman Nazemzadeh) during their final car ride to the Iranian countryside. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Ava Lalezarzadeh wrote and stars in the short film “In the Garden of Tulips.” Taking place amid the height of the Iran-Iraq War, the film follows a father and daughter on their last car ride together. (Courtesy of Ava Lalezarzadeh)