Friday, June 20

Topical filmmaker shines light on sex scandal

In 2007, Alex Gibney and Eliot Spitzer were at the top of their respective worlds.Gibney's latest documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," about the use of torture by American interrogators, would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Read more...

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UCLA alumnus Alex Gibney is the director of “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” a documentary about the downfall of the former New York governor.



Film screenings feature a forgotten social class

Director Matt Porterfield filmed his first feature, "Hamilton," in the same neighborhood, on the same block and in the same house in Baltimore where he grew up. Read more...

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“Putty Hill” and “Hamilton” will be shown at Melnitz Hall on Tuesday. The director of both films, Matt Porterfield, will participate in a Q&A session in between films.

Credits: THE HAMILTON FILM GROUP


The ‘Hollywoods’: Cali parks in film

Where do aliens, dinosaurs, apes, U.S. soldiers and Roman senators rub shoulders outside of a Westwood Halloween party? Read more...

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This scene from “MASH” was filmed on a movie lot in Malibu Creek State Park and will be featured in the California State Parks film festival.

COURTESY of Zan Dubin Scott


Movie Review: “Jolene”

Movie 'Jolene' follows one woman through destructive relationships even as she keeps hope for a better life

November 12, 2010 – “Jolene,” starring newcomer Jessica Chastain as a red-headed young woman who travels across the country experiencing a string of unhealthy relationships, opened at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in Los Angeles on November 5.

Radio Director Sarah Rogozen had an unhealthy relationship of her own with this movie. [2:48]

"Movie 'Jolene' follows one woman through destructive relationships even as she keeps hope for a better life"

As a relatively unknown actress, Jessica Chastain holds her own alongside her famous co-stars in Dan Ireland's film "Jolene," based on E.L. Read more...



Q&A with Dan Harmon

On Monday, the Campus Events Commission screened an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy "Community," followed by a question-and-answer session with creator Dan Harmon; actors Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover and Alison Brie; and executive producers Russ Krasnoff, Joe Russo, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan. Read more...

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Alison Brie, left, Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown star in Dan Harmon’s NBC comedy “Community” and attended Monday’s screening and Q&A session. (courtesy of NBC)



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