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‘Body Parts’ film screening pushes conversation on women in the entertainment industry
Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault. The Occidental community held a screening of the film “Body Parts” in collaboration with the Critical...
Community News
NELA filmmakers spotlighted at eighth annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival
The eighth annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival took place Oct. 1–2 at the Highland Theatre. The festival featured 31 films by NELA filmmakers including “Brandi Finds...
Culture
‘It all turned out the way it was supposed to’: Naomi Miyamoto ’21 selected as finalist at KCET student film festival
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“Well, It Wasn’t Supposed to be This Way,” a short documentary film by Naomi Miyamoto ’21, turned out exactly way it was supposed to....
Culture
Art finds a home in “Cold War”
In his new film, "Cold War," director Pawel Pawlikowski takes a major step forward from the emotionally blank film "Ida." The latter portrays Ida, a...
2014
Hoffman, 46, leaves behind immortalized characters
Author: Sarah Corsa Despite the emotionally complex and often tortured roles depicted on screen, movie audiences often believe that the actors, by contrast, walk off the...
2015
Lindsey Collins talks women, render farms, and story telling in Pixar
Author: Jessica Faroy She was not wearing a sharp black suit. She did not have a Bluetooth attached to her ear. Her personal assistant was nowhere...
2014
Warner Brothers doesn’t Lego of Youth
Author: Will Westwater Lego, one of the most popular toys in the world, now has a movie with an equally ambiguous title, "The Lego Movie." Warner...
2015
The best of Bond: theme songs that defined an era
Author: Rory Horne “Spectre,” the 24th movie in the iconic James Bond series, opens in U.S. theaters Friday. The film has already been a box office...
2014
Miyazaki’s final film epitomizes career-long aesthetic
Author: Malcolm MacLeod It was a quote from engineer Jiro Horikoshi that inspired Oscar-winning animator and head of Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki to tell the aeronautical...
2015
A new breed of Disney princess: General Leia
Author: Frida Gurewitz As little kids, my brother and I used to run up to automatic sliding doors and pretend to use the force to open...
2014
Underdogs stole show, broke boundaries at 86th Annual Academy Awards
Author: Charlotte Flight Stranded in space, a scientist must scrape together means to survive from destroyed, orbiting satellite scraps. Kidnapped from his family and forced into...
2016
Music icons influence geek culture
Author: Frida Gurewitz There was something about David Bowie in “Labyrinth” that made my little 10-year-old heart go aflutter. Maybe it was the tight pants, the...
