Thursday, December 18

Film Television Archive to curate annual film festival, ‘UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema’

Just out of jail, four women embark on a crusade to avenge the crimes patriarchy has inflicted upon their lives. Read more...

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Marzieh Vafamehr stars as Marzieh in “My Tehran for Sale,” the first feature film from Iranian director Granaz Moussavi. The film will screen Friday, Feb. 18, at the Billy Wilder Theater as part of the “UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema” series.

Credit: UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE


Theater students direct, perform in “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,” a play about overcoming imprisonment

In an undisclosed location, trapped and concealed from the wonders of civilization, three men of Irish, American and English descent find themselves perturbed and perplexed as they attempt to find answers and keep sane over their current state of existence. Read more...

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Third-year theater student Ian McQuown rehearses for a production of Frank McGuiness’ “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,” about three men held hostage.





UCLA students enact a conversation about nuclear research just before World War II in play “˜Copenhagen”

Just as the chaos of World War II was about to break out in Europe, two friends and colleagues sat down to have a conversation in Copenhagen, Denmark, about the future of nuclear research. Michael Frayn's award-winning dramatization of the night's events, "Copenhagen," is being presented tonight by the UCLA theater department. Read more...

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Third-year theater student Jake Rude and fourth-year theater student Heather Kellogg star as Niels Bohr and his wife Margarethe in “Copenhagen.” The play is a dramatization of events right before World War II began.


Roberto Cuoghi’s diverse collection of self-portraits, on display at the Hammer Museum, addresses universal theme of personal potential and re-assessment

Many people have probably wondered what they would be like if, say, they hadn't gone to UCLA, made their particular set of friends or picked their chosen major. Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi certainly isn't new to these musings. Read more...

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Roberto Cuoghi’s portrait “Untitled, 2010″ is featured at the Hammer Museum. (credit: Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano)



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