Thursday, February 12

Alumna’s documentary ‘The Idiot Cycle’ attempts to prove links between companies’ chemical byproducts and cancer

In her controversial documentary "The Idiot Cycle," Emmanuelle Schick Garcia attempts to prove that the emissions and byproducts of several major chemical companies are causing cancer. Read more...

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UCLA alumna Emmanuelle Schick Garcia began investigating the emissions and byproducts of major chemical companies after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. She compiled her research into her new documentary, “The Idiot Cycle.”

Credit: JPS FILMS




Movie Review: “No Strings Attached”

Let's be honest: Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher make movies people want to see for the simple reason that we want to be them. Portman is no Megan Fox "“ most girls love her, want to be her and aren't offended that guys want her too "“ and the equivalent holds true for Kutcher. Of course we want to see them in a romantic comedy together, no matter how potentially formulaic it may be. Read more...



Screen Scene: “The Dilemma”

The title "The Dilemma" may refer to whether you tell your best friend his wife's cheating on him, but the bigger dilemma in this movie seems to be how it can call itself a comedy when everyone in it is so angry the whole time. Read more...

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Credit: UNIVERSAL PICTURES


“Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area” illuminates history of alternative cinema after World War II

In 1991, experimental filmmaker Ernie Gehr directed a 41-minute film from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Read more...

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A still from the short film “Side/Walk/Shuttle,” shot from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The film is a part of the “Radical Light” series, which celebrates alternative films from the Bay Area. (credit: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)



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