When film director Patricia DiSalvo Viayra was looking to hire a cinematographer, she received hundreds of submissions from male cinematographers and one from a woman. Read more...
Photo: Patricia DiSalvo Viayra (left) and husband Michael Viayra, Jr. (right) cofounded the first annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, which will take place on Oct. 17-18.
Normally, eavesdropping is a social taboo. Normally, staring idly at two gentlemen engaged in a private discussion is disconcerting. Normally, butting into their conversation is downright insolent. Read more...
Brian Tan, a fourth year political science student, did not eat or sleep for three days last summer. He was too busy shooting and editing the short film "Gig." Read more...
Photo: The Campus MovieFest returns to UCLA on Oct. 14 in the Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge as the first stop on its West Coast tour. The annual competition provides students with the chance and the equipment to make a five-minute film.
When Rob Kotecki heard that he was a finalist in the 2009 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards Competition, he thought it was a mistake. Read more...
"Bronson" aims its spotlight at the illustrious life of Charles Bronson "“ not the American actor, but the human wrecking ball who copped the moniker as his fighting name on the way to becoming the "most violent prisoner in Britain," as the press is fond of calling him. Read more...
Nick Swardson is like a bad Dane Cook. Read more...
Movies have the power to transport their audience to a different place and time, and on Friday, audiences will be transported 10,000 miles away to Iran. Read more...
Photo: A group of Iranian filmmakers are scheduled to come to the James Bridges Theater starting on Friday for its film screenings and Q&A sessions.
