Director Shola Lynch stated that if she were to write a scripted, narrative film in which a 26-year-old philosophy student became an international political icon, Hollywood would strike the film down as unbelievable. Read more...
Photo: Director Shola Lynch’s new documentary “Free Angela & All Political Prisoners” chronicles Angela Davis’ imprisonment and trial in the 1970s. Davis was a UCLA professor and a member of the Communist Party.
Spring is a beautiful time of year for movie theaters, where big budget sequels bloom and blockbusters flourish. Among this quarter’s crop of aspiring hits are comedies of epic proportions like “The Hangover Part III” and “This is the End,” a remake of horror classic “Evil Dead,” and a 3D re-release of acclaimed sci-fi horror “Jurassic Park.” And those are just the honorable mentions. Read more...
As any college student might know, few things are more nerve-racking than the admissions process. What they don’t know is the chaotic and emotional world on the other end of that application. Read more...
Spring break is a spiritual thing, mostly. Or at least it is in “Spring Breakers,” Harmony Korine’s latest art film wrapped in provocation. Gathering up the opposite of a ragtag crew with erstwhile Disney innocents Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez, “Pretty Little Liars” star Ashley Benson, his wife Rachel Korine and a freshly cornrowed James Franco, the director’s latest promises shallow fun, at least (appropriately) on the surface. Read more...
Photo: Disney Princesses and James Franco go wild in Harmony Korine’s new neon-colored celebration and critique of young American hedonism with “Spring Breakers.”
David Wozniak wakes up one day to discover that he has 533 children. A seemingly impossible fact, this is the basis for Canadian director Ken Scott’s latest French-language comedy. Read more...
Photo: David Wozniak finds out one morning that he’s the father of 533 kids in “Starbuck,” director Ken Scott’s latest enjoyable French comedy.
As a child, Jason Kohl thought movies were made by space aliens. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Jason Kohl’s graduate directing thesis “The Slaughter” had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, earlier this month. The short film stars “Breaking Bad” actor Michael Shamus Wiles, and is about a pig farmer who tests his unemployed son’s determination to join the family business.
Marcia Gay Harden once received a well-earned Academy Award for her role as expressionist painter Lee Krasner, opposite Ed Harris’ title character in “Pollock.” Twelve years later, Harden shows that her acting abilities have persisted, perhaps even evolved over time, but her ability to choose successful starring roles has clearly diminished. Read more...
