Though graduation is oncoming, three fourth-year students in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Katrina Frederick, Ian Arthur and Lauren Slusser, are hard at work on a last student film. Read more...
Photo: Lauren Slusser, a graduating fourth-year film student, works on a film set. Slusser will intern at Nickelodeon after graduation.
Summer was once a time to turn off the television and go outside, for nothing was on but reruns. Read more...
Neil Landau knows a thing or two about filmmaking. Read more...
Photo: Neil Landau, an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, recently released “101 Things I Learned in Film School,” a collection of advice for budding filmmakers.
Most people characterize spring as a time of re-birth, of new beginnings. Read more...
"Don't you all have finals?" Judd Apatow asked the packed house in Royce Hall, and the crowd tittered. Read more...
As the man who directed "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up," and produced "Superbad," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and its upcoming spin-off "Get Him to the Greek," Judd Apatow is the reason why this brand of raunchy comedy has been unavoidable in every theater for the last six years. Read more...
Photo: NEWSOK The UCLA Campus Events Commission will present Judd Apatow with the Jack Benny Award today at Royce Hall at noon. Apatow, the man behind such films as “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up” and “Superbad,” is the award’s first recipient since Kevin Smith in 2006.
The mere idea of turning a video game into a live-action film is ambitious enough, with cinematic masterpieces such as "Super Mario Bros." (1993) setting the bar. How can you top Dennis Hopper shooting lasers at John Leguizamo while giant lizard men roam around? "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" may boast a larger budget and 17 years' worth of new technology, but neither saves it from sinking in the quicksand. Read more...
