Tuesday, April 28

Wheels and Reels

Los Angeles has long been home to films, and it's long been home to skateboarding, but only recently has it been home to films about skateboarding. Read more...

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Caroline Graeff and Fabrice Le Mao, founders of the Los Angeles Skate Film Festival, pose in a skate park. The first annual festival received more than 100 film submissions. (Photo courtesy of Vanessa Andrieux)


For Bruin band, fun is Paramount

This summer, unwind, take a sip from your lemonade and get ready to shout "Tonight Alright" with Paramount. Read more...

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UCLA alumni Daniel Miller (left), Nate Thompson (middle) and Anthony DeFrenza (right) formed the band Paramount during their days at UCLA. The trio has been performing for eight years, while also pursuing professional careers. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Bergman)


Venice surfboard shaper Scott Anderson brings his hand-crafted artwork to UCLA Hammer Museum's 'The Art of Surfboard Shaping'

Scott Anderson handcrafts his surfboards one by one in a workshop tucked away in an industrial district of Marina del Rey. Read more...

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Anderson team rider Chad Marshall showcases his Anderson longboard. Marshall and his brother, Trace Marshall, collaborated with Anderson to design The Brothers Marshall Model. (Photo courtesy of Chris Klopf)


Restored experimental short films break the rules

Colors, light, sound, motion, film and artistic vision "“ these are the basic elements of the experimental films found in "The Cross Revolves at Sunset." The UCLA Film & Television Archive and Los Angeles Filmforum offer a program of nine experimental short films that have been recently restored by the Academy Film Archive. Read more...

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Gary Beydler’s 1975 film “Hand Held Day” is one of nine experimental works that will be screened during “The Cross Revolves at Sunset,” a presentation of recently restored films from the Academy Film Archive.

Credits: UCLA Film & Television Archive




Movie Review: “The Other Guys”

New York City's testosterone-charged detective team Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and P. K. Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) takes car chases and excessive property damage to a whole other level. Especially when you realize it's all in pursuit of a single ounce of marijuana. Read more...