It is another typical day in Atascadero for Steve Harrison: He and his wife wake up at 6 a.m., perform daily barnyard tasks and go on a scenic hike, hand in hand. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year international development studies student Jack Harrison produced the film “The Outlier,” winner of the audience’s choice award at Campus Events Commission’s Shorttakes Student Film Festival. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With a title like “Attack of the Killer Trees,” the viewer may expect a retro horror aesthetic and cheesy special effects. However, Valerie Giuili’s animated film instead offers a colorful, animated story of hapless Louie Lumberjack as he discovers the dramatic repercussions of his unsustainable job. Read more...
Photo: Valerie Giuili is an interdisciplinary artist studying animation at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Her film “Attack of the Killer Trees” won best in show at the 2014 Campus Events Commission’s Shorttakes Student Film Festival. (Justin Chang/Daily Bruin)
A fog-enshrouded Transylvania. A castle raised high in the sky in all of its menace and grandeur. A pale and ghastly vampire looming in the shadows. Read more...
Photo: Werner Herzog’s “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” a remake of F.W. Murnau’s famous 1922 film “Nosferatu,” is playing at The Cinefamily Tuesday to Thursday. (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
Determined to stake its claim over the perfect park bench that would become the film’s centerpiece, the student crew of “Small Talk” ventured out at the crack of dawn to begin a long but ultimately rewarding day of filming. Read more...
Photo: Winning the best comedy category in this year’s Campus Events Commission Shorttakes Student Film Festival, the short film “Small Talk” was written and directed by third-year film and television student Ryan Elkins. He said he was intrigued by the simple concept of two people sitting on a park bench, sharing their differing opinions on romantic relationships. (Courtesy of Ryan Elkins)
Jon Hamm has a terrific salesperson persona. Partially because he’s beautiful, and partially because of his experience as Don Draper on AMC’s “Mad Men,” which Disney executives obviously caught wind of at some point between his first and 10th Emmy nomination. Read more...
Photo: (Walt Disney Studios)
In some ways, Godzilla is to Japan as Captain America is to the United States. He’s a symbol of hope and heroism at times most dire, such as when giant three-headed dragons arrive on meteorites from other planets. Read more...
Photo: Warner Bros.
The opening shot of “The Immigrant” shows the Statue of Liberty’s back turned toward the camera. She represents defiance, and wants her new visitors to know that their trip across the Atlantic will ultimately make for an elegiac, if not beautiful, tale. Read more...
Photo: Courtesy of The Weinstein Company
