Constant foreclosure threats from Midgia Chinea's bank was enough to inspire her to write a script about the corruption of large banking companies. Read more...
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Midgia Chinea’s short film, “anonymous (street meat),” inspired by a mortgage scam Chinea experienced during her fall quarter at UCLA in 2009, was selected as an official entry into the Cannes Short Film festival. A still from the film is pictured above.
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When Mark Lester, a fourth-year directing student was sitting in one of his film classes last year, he was approached by a stranger who told him he had signed him up to work on a movie for Campus MovieFest together. Read more...
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Alumni Mikey Hawley and Anne Lane are shown in a still from the short film “Couples Therapy,” directed by fourth-year directing students Mark Lester and Jeff Bourg. The film will be featured in tonight’s CEC Shorttakes. (courtesy of Mark Lester)
Before "Parks and Recreation" caps its third season with a double episode on Thursday, leaving us to wallow in the inter-season gloom, let's take a few moments to appreciate what should someday retire to the pantheon of classic sitcoms. Read more...
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Amy Poehler (center) stars as idealistic government employee Leslie Knope in NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” The show’s third season ends on Thursday.
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"Hesher" is one of those indie flicks that seems like it was made to please by being unpleasant. Read more...
"Bridesmaids" is not a chick flick. It's not "The Hangover" with heels, as some critics have called it. Read more...
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For many of us, superficiality has been inescapable since preschool. The reality singing competition "The Voice" is like going through the first week of classes without anyone paying attention to what you're wearing. Read more...
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NBC’s newest reality show “The Voice” is a singing competition in which professional singers mentor and critique contestants competing for a record deal.
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"The Beaver," ostensibly one film about psychological disorder, is actually a self-contained double feature filled with its own bipolar mood swings. Read more...
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