Tuesday, December 30

UCLA student creates films to share personal, relatable experiences

Emelin Vivar is framing personal anecdotes through a filmmaker’s lens. After initially picking up her camera to conduct miscellaneous school projects, the second-year pre-political science student said she began experimenting with filmmaking through UCLA’s GreenShorts program. Read more...

Photo: Created through Ghetto Film School is Emelin Vivar’s film “Beholder.” As she captures personal experiences within her work, “Beholder” is an homage to her home of South Central Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Emelin Vivar)




TV review: Second season of HBO’s ‘Industry’ masterfully weaves the personal and professional

This post was updated Oct. 2 at 9:01 p.m. The work does not end at a 9 to 5 in “Industry.” Released Monday, the explosive finale of the HBO show’s second season ends an ingenious set of eight episodes. Read more...

Photo: Myha’la Herrold plays Harper Stern in “Industry.” The final episode of season 2 aired Monday. (Courtesy of Simon Ridgway/HBO)


Ethan Nahlinder explores visual effects, youth culture through filmmaking

When it comes to visual effects, Ethan Nahlinder is inventing his own. The second-year mechanical engineering student said the visual effects in the ending of Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” were his first filmmaking inspiration. Read more...

Photo: Second-year mechanical engineering student Ethan Nahlinder poses at the Marina del Rey Film Festival. Nahlinder said he was inspired to begin filmmaking after watching “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” (Courtesy of Ethan Nahlinder)



‘The Undergraduate’ provides an intense rebuke to college movie cliches

This post was updated Sept. 27 at 9:26 p.m. “The Undergraduate” is putting college cliches to the test. Written and directed by Anthony Alyassi, the short thriller follows a college student named Henry in a frenetic race to complete a physics exam. Read more...

Photo: Starring Chandler Riggs as Henry Hewitt, “The Undergraduate” follows a stressed out college student as he races to complete his physics exam. (Courtesy of Joshua Gravitt)



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