A cinematographer discreetly started filming as a child actor fiddled with a solar system mobile on the set of “The Spaceman.” The short film that carried second-year undeclared student Aman Adlakha, fourth-year English student Harit Muttreja and second-year communication studies student Will Greenberg to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in May contains no dialogue. Read more...

Photo: Second-year undeclared student Aman Adlakha, fourth-year English student Harit Muttreja and second-year communication studies student Will Greenberg went to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival with their film “The Spaceman.”

Dead men tell no tales – unless they’re recycled from previous ones. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” features engaging action sequences and amusing scenes, but fails to meet the charm and wit of earlier films. Read more...

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The audience was suspended in stunned silence moments before bursting into applause at the culmination of the 23rd Annual Shorttakes Student Film Festival’s last film. The Audience Choice Award-winning film, “Ruby Locus,” directed by fourth-year political science student Alvaro Wong, tells the narrative of a young girl kidnapped while on a date with a man she met online who later takes part in sexually assaulting and murdering her. Read more...

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Four UCLA students filmed the first episode for their web series at Powell Library on Sunday afternoon. It took Armando Berumen at least five tries to catch a crumpled piece of paper – the paper will be edited to include Berumen’s name on it for the opening credits of the series, “Predominantly White Institution.” Giggles erupted from the cast and crew amid Powell Library’s book stacks each time the first-year undeclared student missed the paper ball. Read more...

Photo: Students Feven Negussie, Armando Berumen, Giselle Horta and Andres Esparza (left to right) filmed the first episode for their web series “Predominantly White Institution” at Powell Library on Sunday. (Andrew Arifin/Daily Bruin)