Friday, December 19

Sikh Art and Film Festival to celebrate culture

In third grade, third-year international development studies student Jagmeet "Hoodini" Singh started exploring music. In high school, Singh wrote his own rhymes and battled other rappers. Last year, Singh performed at the Sikh Art and Film Festival to an international audience. Read more...

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The annual Sikh Art and Film Festival opens this weekend at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The festival celebrates Sikh culture. (JAG REYATT)


Movie Review: “The Next Three Days”

The central question of "The Next Three Days," based on the French film "Pour Elle" ("Anything for Her"), is whether or not John Brennan can become the criminal he needs to be in order to break his wife out of jail. Read more...

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School of Theater, Film and Television graduate Alex Cox to visit UCLA to teach master class, screen his films at Billy Wilder Theater

Once, at a party, UCLA professor and former dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television Robert Rosen turned to someone and said that if he were sitting in a studio and had a million dollars to give to someone, anyone, to do something creative, he would give it to Alex Cox. Read more...

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Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb star as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in the film directed by Alex Cox, a UCLA alumnus.

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Topical filmmaker shines light on sex scandal

In 2007, Alex Gibney and Eliot Spitzer were at the top of their respective worlds.Gibney's latest documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," about the use of torture by American interrogators, would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Read more...

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UCLA alumnus Alex Gibney is the director of “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” a documentary about the downfall of the former New York governor.




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