Once, the defiance of gravity was exclusively the domain of those skilled with paper and pencil. And while animators have always had the ability to bring their most incongruous ideas to life, transcending the limitations of time and space have now become a pedestrian feat for live-action filmmakers thanks to a now well-established technique called computer-generated imagery. Read more...

Having just received the Spotlight Award from the School of Theater, Film, Television and Digital Media this year, graduating film student Jared Drake is eager to start a career in directing among Hollywood hotshots. Read more...

“VHS rules,” proclaimed fourth-year religious studies student Walter Morales. “I’m so over DVDs. I’m bringing back VHS.” Good luck. As enthusiastic as the old-school Morales is about leading a VHS return to glory, the cold hard truth is that the DVD has replaced VHS as the OWW (Only Way to Watch). Read more...

The genre has been around for over a decade; game formats like “Survivor,” character dramas like MTV’s “Real World,” courtroom spectacles like “Judge Judy” and real-life adventures like “Cops” are all tactics that have been pleasing audiences recently. Read more...

Brooklyn-based rock quartet stellastarr* has heard critics link its music to everything remotely related to new-wave, from the Pixies to Talking Heads to The Cure and almost anything in between. Read more...

When telling a fairy tale, it’s just as fun setting the stage as it is describing the characters’ zany adventures. The design team of “Into the Woods,” the final Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program production of the year, relished the idea. Read more...

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s Vault Gallery has become home to a new species of fungal growth. Scattered and bunched throughout the floor space in white, iridescent poufs, Tara Donovan’s exhibition, on display through Sept. Read more...