“The Harvest” Directed by John McNaughton Elephant Eye Films 2 paws While the idea of a creepy organ-harvesting family sounds like a good horror film, “The Harvest” is a dried-up movie-watching experience. Read more...
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April 20, 11:56 pm
‘Green Screens’ film festival aims to educate on environmental issues
Sports broadcaster and television host Angela Sun has traveled to Midway Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in person. Read more...
Photo: Sports broadcaster and television host Angela Sun’s documentary, “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” will be the first film shown in the second annual “Green Screens Film Festival.” (Courtesy of Angela Sun)
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April 20, 11:46 pm
CEC to hold post-film talk on ‘American Sniper’ after student outcry
Undergraduate student government officers added a post-film discussion to their Tuesday screening of “American Sniper” after dozens of students plastered its Facebook event page with concerns that the film promotes Islamophobia and glorifies war. Read more...
Photo: On the undergraduate government’s Campus Events Commission’s Facebook event page for Tuesday’s film screening of “American Sniper,” students protested the free showing of the controversial, Oscar-nominated film. In response, CEC added a discussion after the screening. (Warner Bros.)
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April 17, 10:09 am
Q&A: Producer talks documentary on cancer, filmmaking process
As a screenwriter and producer, Allison Gryphon’s first instinct after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 was to watch a movie that would provide an accessible account of the disease. Read more...
Photo: Screenwriter and producer Allison Gryphon will be on campus Saturday, screening her directorial debut, “What the F@#- is Cancer and Why Does Everybody Have It?” The documentary aims to inspire conversation among viewers. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
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April 16, 2:27 am
Movie review: ‘Child 44’
“Child 44” is a melting pot of a film in which director Daniel Espinosa throws a dollop of murder mystery, a soupçon of spy thriller, a pinch of political drama and to top it off, a generous dose of gut-wrenching action. Read more...
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April 14, 12:13 am
Movie Review: ‘Monkey Kingdom’
Disneynature’s eighth theatrical release, “Monkey Kingdom,” opens with a breathtaking view of a fog enveloping the jungles of South Asia at sunrise. Directed and produced by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill, the movie premieres this spring and will join the ranks of Disney’s amusing and illuminative films about nature. Read more...
Photo: Disneynature’s eighth theatrical release, “Monkey Kingdom,” will have its opening week April 17-23, where the money from ticket revenue will be used for making donations to Conservation International. (Disneynature)
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April 10, 2:36 am
TV Review: ‘Game of Thrones’
On Tuesday, dedicated fans waited for hours outside the Regency Bruin Theatre, fat raindrops pelting their heads, with hopes of seeing the season five premiere of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Campus Events Commission hosted the screening of the popular show, a television adaptation of George R. Read more...
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