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Southern California Business Film Festival at USC

Sitting in Bovard Auditorium at the USC campus, a hundred people are staring at a silent screen. “No audio!” shouts someone...

Lynda Correa

Film Movie Reviews

Ran

Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s late masterpiece, and since its initial release in 1985, Ran has continued to captivate...

Nick Day

Film Movie Reviews

Brooklyn’s Finest

Antoine Fuqua has a fascination with cops and carnage. In Brooklyn’s Finest, his latest action-thriller, the director (who has...

Samantha Ofole

Film Projections

Columbia College Hollywood Film Festival

James Cameron was born in Ontario, Canada in 1954 and moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

Alice in Wonderland

“Curiouser and curiouser!” is Alice’s catchphrase as she begins her tale in a world of absurd characters filled with madness,...

Denise Guerra

Film Special Features

2010 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture Avatar; The Blind Side; District 9; An Education; The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds; Precious; A Serious Man;...

Frederick Mintchell

Film Movie Reviews

Cop Out

Hollywood loves cop duos, especially if the featured partners mix together like water and oil. In fact, buddy-cop films – particularly...

Parimal M. Rohit

Film Special Features

Own A Serious Man's 1966 Dodge Coronet

Oh, the wonders of eBay. These days, anything can be found and purchased on that Web site. With just the click of a mouse, people...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Defendor

The friends of Arthur Poppington wonder why he sports a dual identity. An everyday man who directs traffic in construction zones...

Parimal M. Rohit

Film Movie Reviews

Easier With Practice

Love can be a daunting thing, and trying to find someone you love who loves you back can be even more overwhelming. Love is something...

Ariel Paredes

Film Movie Reviews

The Yellow Handkerchief

The ancient Mayans used the color yellow to mean “ripe” or “precious.” The legendary first emperor of China, Huang Di, was more...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

The Crazies

The year was 1973, and hippies were in full swing. The Vietnam War was consuming the airwaves, and generally speaking, people...

Zach Bourque

Film Interviews

Bilal's Stand

Having stepped onto the indie filmmaking scene at the age of 19, Sultan Sharrief is no stranger to hardship. His directorial...

Spence Stokell

Film Interviews

Jonathan Stokes

In recent years, the teen comedy has become taboo, synonymous with cheap laughs and awkward, over sexual punch lines. Amidst...

Spence Stokell

Film Projections

Oscar Nominated Shorts

The official countdown has begun: just under two weeks until the best night of the year, in my book. Just under two weeks until...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

Formosa Betrayed

When most people think of the struggle for self-determination, Tibet or Burma rise to mind. Few are likely to consider the struggle...

Natasha Desianto

Film Interviews

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief came in at No. 2 at the box office over the Valentine’s Day weekend, dropping...

Nick Day

Film Interviews

The Good Guy

“I feel sorry for you.” These five words punctuate one of the most poignant disses in cinematic history. In The Good Guy, Alexis...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

Shutter Island

In a world where everyone and their sister is a filmmaker of some renown, it’s great to see a legend like Martin Scorsese still...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

Happy Tears

The worst part about being an adult is watching those around you eventually succumb to the process of aging. In Happy Tears,...

Ebony March

Film Projections

Animation Block Party

Forgive me, but with the Academy Awards rapidly approaching, my mind is all movies, all the time, because I’m also trying my...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

Hatchet 2

The streets of New Orleans may be filled with high hopes and joy as it celebrates the city’s first-ever Super Bowl victory...

Parimal M. Rohit

Film Interviews

Blood Done Sign My Name

“It’s not impossible to change the world, and I don’t think the many heroes that came before me had thought it was impossible...

Samantha Ofole

Film Movie Reviews

Red Riding Trilogy

Red Riding Trilogy is a labyrinthine work about a series of murders in Yorkshire and the horrible ring of corruption that accompanied...

Nick Day

Film Projections

Psycho

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, the film season is heating up. If you’re anything like me, then I’m sure you’ve...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

Valentine’s Day

It’s fast becoming Hollywood’s new favorite genre: the Valentine’s Day movie. Different from the generic chick flick or romantic...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

Terribly Happy

Terribly Happy is a dark and intriguing tale that mirrors the bleak and hostile landscape that is the Danish countryside. The...

Melissa Russell

Film Movie Reviews

Frozen

Remember the 2003 indie sensation Open Water about two scuba divers fighting for their lives in the open sea after being left...

Frederick Mintchell

Film Interviews

Channing Tatum

“What does it mean to truly love another?” That’s the question Nicholas Sparks – and his wily, tear-jerking...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Projections

The Films of Daniel Burman

So I know I’ve lingered on this subject several times this month, but it’s something I think everyone should think about as he...

Candice Winters