Before working with his father on a film set, Mark Columbus did not realize that what started as a normal documentary would evoke difficult memories of their relationship, transforming it into an unconventional representation of their conflict-filled past. Read more...
Photo: Mark Columbus, a graduate student in directing, is a finalist in the Student Academy Awards.
As a kid, Nancy Richardson would use a bag of ice to cool off her television before her strict, anti-TV mother could check and feel the warm screen. Only once, when Richardson was home sick, the pair watched “Citizen Kane,” and Richardson knew she wanted to work in film. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna and professor Nancy Richardson has worked on 29 films including “Twilight” and “The Vow.”
In recent movie history, fans of both music and film have seen the rise of some truly great filmmaker-composer partnerships. The most obvious, of course, is composer John Williams and filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who worked together on movies such as “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Jurassic Park” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Read more...
Photo: The pairing of composer Michael Giacchino and filmmaker and producer J.J. Abrams on the “Star Trek Into Darkness” score can be added to the list of successful collaborations between directors and composers, like Steven Spielberg and John Williams.
Captain’s starlog May 17, 2013: The USS Enterprise is ready for warp speed, once again going boldly where no man has ever gone before. Read more...
Most films tell stories of heroes that initially struggle, slowly begin to battle adversity and then miraculously blossom into successful and accomplished individuals. Read more...
If one were to mix “The Most Dangerous Game” with “Deliverance” and add in three mentally unstable, dishonorably discharged war veterans, then one might arrive somewhere in the vicinity of what “Black Rock” purports to be. Read more...
Troy and Abed are back in the morning! In the wake of the yearly spring massacre of TV shows by broadcast networks, only two NBC comedies will live to see the light of day once more: one of them being, against all odds, critical darling “Community.” A perpetual ratings problem child, “Community” suffered the loss of its creator Dan Harmon and cast member Chevy Chase this season, and, as was inevitable, something was missing, or so the detractors claimed. Read more...
Photo: NBC has renewed “Community,” the little TV series that could, for an additional 13 episodes. Columnists Sebastian Torrelio and Tony Huang debate the need for the persistent survival of the sitcom.
