Wednesday, July 2


UCLA student elevates banana bread with small business BBL by Zoë

This post was updated Feb. 14 at 7:31 p.m. Zoë Madarang is giving banana bread a lift. In March, the fourth-year economics student started her small business, Banana Bread Love by Zoë, also known as BBL. Read more...

Photo: Zoë Madarang smiles in her kitchen while holding up loaves of banana bread. Through her business, BBL by Zoe, the fourth-year economics student sells different flavors of banana bread. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)




Film & Television Archive to screen alumni’s documentary on incarcerated women

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is resurrecting the stories of incarcerated women. On Saturday, the Archive will screen a digitally restored version of “We’re Alive,” a 1974 documentary detailing the experiences of women at the California Institution for Women, a state prison for female inmates in Chino, California. Read more...

Photo: A group of women stand holding a variety of signs. “We’re Alive” was produced by three alumni. (Courtesy of “We’re Alive”)


Film & Television Archive to screen alumni’s documentary on incarcerated women

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is resurrecting the stories of incarcerated women. On Saturday, the Archive will screen a digitally restored version of “We’re Alive,” a 1974 documentary detailing the experiences of women at the California Institution for Women, a state prison for female inmates in Chino, California. Read more...

Photo: A group of women stand holding a variety of signs. “We’re Alive” was produced by three alumni. (Courtesy of “We’re Alive”)


Sundance 2023 Q&A: ‘Infinity Pool’ director, actors reflect on film’s commentary on human nature

Horror dives headfirst into the deep end in “Infinity Pool.” Screened in the Midnight category of the Sundance Film Festival, writer-director Brandon Cronenberg’s feature film chronicles the ill-fated beach vacation of James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård), who is introduced to a dangerous, opulent underworld of sex and violence by Gabi (Mia Goth). Read more...

Photo: Mia Goth speaks during an interview at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The actor stars as Gabi in “Infinity Pool.” (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)