In a Hollywood age in which some of the biggest headlines revolve around post-3D conversion and advancements in motion-capture technology, it's sometimes hard to imagine a time where sprocket holes and the millimeter width of film were the technical cornerstones of the cinematic landscape. Read more...

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The UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen John Steinbeck’s 1941 documentary “The Forgotten Village” as part of the UCLA Festival of Preservation, which takes place March 3-27 at the Billy Wilder Theater.

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Watching Topher Grace's latest film, "Take Me Home Tonight," is like eating comfort food "“ it cheers you up and you only feel slightly guilty about indulging yourself. Read more...

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Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, men in hats, political drama, fate and free will. "The Adjustment Bureau" combines these elements and questions the amount of control people have over their lives. Read more...

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According to alumna Jennifer Arnold, most recent documentaries about Africa have portrayed the continent's people as subjects of pity, despite the filmmakers' altruistic intentions. Read more...

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“A Small Act,” produced by alumna Jennifer Arnold, follows the monetary sponsorship of a young Kenyan student by a Swedish woman, Hilde Back (pictured above).

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At 20, Topher Grace dropped out of USC to star on the hit TV show "That '70s Show." During that time he also pursued a movie career, starring in both "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" and "In Good Company" in 2004. Read more...

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Topher Grace will present his new ’80s-themed movie, “Take Me Home Tonight,” at a free CEC sneak screening tonight in Ackerman Grand Ballroom.

A man in a black suit stands paralyzed in the middle of a deserted, wet asphalt road. He stares catatonically offscreen, beyond the green, yet glum fields that frame either side of the road. Read more...

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Cinematographer Dagmar Weaver-Madsen won the A. Fraker Student Heritage Award for “The Absence.” (courtesy of Alex DeMille)

Taran Killam used to dress up as Jim Carrey for Halloween. Last year, he performed a skit he wrote with Carrey on "Saturday Night Live," something he never thought he'd get to do. While attending UCLA in 2000, Killam auditioned regularly for various acting jobs and ended up landing a role on "MADtv," causing him to take time off from school to pursue acting. Two years ago, "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels came to see a show at the L.A. Read more...

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Taran Killam spent a year at UCLA before leaving to take a role on the sketch comedy show “MADtv.” Last September he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” where he has done impersonations of Michael Cera and Eminem, among other celebrities.