Once, at a party, UCLA professor and former dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television Robert Rosen turned to someone and said that if he were sitting in a studio and had a million dollars to give to someone, anyone, to do something creative, he would give it to Alex Cox. Read more...
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Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb star as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in the film directed by Alex Cox, a UCLA alumnus.
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As a college student, you may have noticed that your life is very busy, your nights and weekends always filled with studying and essay writing. Read more...
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Skeet Ulrich stars in “Law & Order: Los Angeles,” the latest in crime procedurals. (Credit: NBC)
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.
The documentary "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer" is full of attempts. Read more...
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
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
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]
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...
