Monday, April 27



Preserving the past through film and TV

In a Hollywood age in which some of the biggest headlines revolve around post-3D conversion and advancements in motion-capture technology, it's sometimes hard to imagine a time where sprocket holes and the millimeter width of film were the technical cornerstones of the cinematic landscape. Read more...

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The UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen John Steinbeck’s 1941 documentary “The Forgotten Village” as part of the UCLA Festival of Preservation, which takes place March 3-27 at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Credit: UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE





Graduate theater students to perform Anton Chekhov’s play “˜The Cherry Orchard’ as both comedy, tragedy

Though Anton Chekhov's classic play "The Cherry Orchard" has been interpreted as both a tragedy and a comedy, UCLA theater graduate students bring out the lighter side of Russian history. Read more...

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Graduate theater students Colin Simon, left, and Catherine Leong play Peter Trofimov and Charlotta in the upcoming play “The Cherry Orchard,” which opens Friday night in Macgowan Little Theater.


Correction: The original caption for this photo misidentified Colin Simon.