“Beast Beast” is not your typical coming-of-age cautionary tale. Directed by Danny Madden, the feature drama follows the lives of three teenagers, Krista (Shirley Chen), Nito (Jose Angeles) and Adam (Will Madden), whose journeys converge into an increasingly intricate storyline that changes their lives forever. Read more...
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A calm, suburban lifestyle can turn upside down overnight. Currently in theaters and available on video on demand starting April 16, the Universal Pictures feature “Nobody” follows Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk), who used to be an auditor for the military and is now a suburban father trying to live a mundane life. Read more...
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The first season of MCS Media’s recent podcast explores one director’s quest to make a cool movie. Completing its first season with Tuesday’s episode, MCS Media’s documentary-style podcast “Make Cool Sh!t” focuses on director Josh Ruben’s filmmaking journey of his horror-comedy feature, “Scare Me.” Donny Dykowsky said he and the podcast series’s other co-founder Mike Bulger originally set out to tell the stories of artists executing their different creative processes. Read more...
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By embodying multiple voices in her poetry, Alice Notley takes inclusivity to the max. On Friday, the Center for the Study of Women virtually hosted Elline Lipkin’s talk, “Resist, Reframe, Insist: Alice Notley’s Poetics of Inclusion.” Based on her research for an article in “Northern American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Beyond Lyric and Language,” Lipkin covered the elements and themes of Notley’s work. Read more...
Photo: This year’s Brown Bag lecture series, hosted by the Center for the Study of Women, ended Friday with Elline Lipkin’s talk, “Resist, Reframe, Insist: Alice Notley’s Poetics of Inclusion.” (Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)
Hollywood has persevered through a year of trials and tribulations, and this year’s Oscars ceremony speaks to how the industry overcame challenges and is finally honoring diverse storytelling. Read more...
This year’s Academy Awards nominees are a testament to the artists’ and the greater industry’s perseverance during a year of unprecedented challenges. Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, many incredible films made their way to select theaters and homes across the world. Read more...
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It takes more than a little magic to bring a story to life. Arriving more than two decades after the original film, Disney’s live-action remake of “Mulan” has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Visual Effects category. Read more...
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