Among Hollywood's so-called "difficult" writers, those who insist upon a level of intellectual effort that isn't required to understand the human-Na'vi conflict, Charlie Kaufman is perhaps uniquely focused on finding new ways to represent psychological reality. In his most successful films "“ "Being John Malkovich," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Adaptation" and "Synecdoche, New York" "“ Kaufman often seems to be thinking out loud, on the screen, as he works through his stories. Read more...

Photo: Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s film, “Synecdoche New York,” stars actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (left) as Caden Cotard, who spends years building a replica of New York City in a warehouse.

April 20 is the high holy holiday for stoners across the world (pun definitely intended), and you can bet Snoop Dogg will be celebrating with a joint or two or twelve. Read more...

Photo: Walking Shadows will release the 75th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition of the first anti-drug propaganda film, “Reefer Madness,” today.

Purgatory, desolation and loneliness aren't the first words that come to mind when the carjacking video game "Grand Theft Auto" is mentioned. Read more...

Photo: Peggy Ahwesh’s 2001 15-minute film “She Puppet” was inspired by Lara Croft, the main character in the “Tomb Raider” video game franchise. The film is one of several that will be screened tonight at the Avant-game festival at James Bridges Theater.

Students fill the spaces between stage walls, dated sofas and a fake fireplace of the set built on Sound Stage 3 of Melnitz Hall. Read more...

Photo: The 2010 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence John Bailey is the 11th cinematographer selected for the yearly position of leading lectures for UCLA film students. Bailey worked on films “The Big Chill” and “Groundhog Day.”

Inside a tie-dyed drawstring bag hangs a 12-inch version of one of literature's most complex characters, Don Quixote. Read more...

Photo: UCLA animation instructor Steven Ritz-Barr will perform his puppet show, “Quixote,” Friday at 4 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater.

The members of McKinley High School glee club, the fictional subjects of the hit FOX television show, "Glee" wanted to make artistic expression socially acceptable at their school. Read more...

Photo: Fans of the FOX show “Glee” stand in line at the Grove to wait for a special screening of an upcoming episode on Saturday, April 10. The show returns from hiatus tonight at 9:28 p.m.

The war in Iraq has inspired a number of movies and documentaries, covering everything from the search for weapons of mass destruction to the role of oil, varying in their degrees of political commentary and sensationalism. Read more...

Photo: A still from the documentary, “Fighting for Life,” which profiles the Uniformed Services University and military medics working in the war in Iraq. The documentary will be screened tonight at the James Bridges Theater on campus.