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Angelina Jolie

There aren’t many women out there who can top Jennifer Aniston. Angelina Jolie, however, proved once again on the set of her...

Heather Turk

Film Interviews

Brad Pitt

Much like a fine French wine, Brad Pitt, 41, proves that he just gets better with age. His roles in films through the years...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Famke Janssen

“With Kelly Preston and I, in our kiss together, there was no tongue, It’s the same [as kissing a male actor],” says actress...

Chris Pryor

Film Movie Reviews

Spanglish

Writer/director James L. Brooks has a knack for bringing out the best – and worst – in even the most eccentric of characters....

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows begins in the summertime with a young boy named Akira, who appears to have not bathed in days, gently caressing...

Danny Gilbert

Film Movie Reviews

You I Love

While the novel reader turns pages at his own pace, the museum visitor contemplates a Van Gogh to his heart’s content. The listener...

Joe Horton

Film Interviews

Son of the Mask

Can the meddlesome mask that catapulted Jim Carrey’s career do the same for Jamie Kennedy? The former host of “The Jamie Kennedy...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Interviews

Rory O'Shea Was Here

It might seem like an overwhelming task to direct a film with a cast of physically handicapped characters, one of which speaks...

Paul Crocetti

Film Projections

Teen Witch

Sure, it’s not a classic – and maybe not even a cult classic, like the Nuart Theater’s usual Fridays-at-midnight fare. Nevertheless,...

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

Steamboy

Why they didn’t just call this film AtomicBoy I don’t know. As with many animes, Steamboy is an allegory for the dropping of...

Josh Herman

Film Interviews

Skateboarding Gods

"There have been so many great sports teams … and we got two films out of this!" For fans of skateboarding, this quote from...

Paul Crocetti

Film Interviews

Rogue Trip

If you go down the right back alley in Sin City, you can find anything. Anything. To devotees of the legendary Frank Miller comic...

Alexander L. Carpenter

Film Interviews

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

Only 26 months after the release of Gangs of New York, Daniel Day-Lewis is back on the big screen. While this may not be abnormal...

Addie Moorfoot

Film Movie Reviews

Melinda and Melinda

The signature of Woody Allen’s films is his ability to successfully blend elements of raucously funny comedy and heart-wrenching...

Alex Carpenter

Film Interviews

Back to the Biopic

Andy Garcia is one of those few Hollywood actors who can play an important figure with enough intensity and exuberance to make...

Mary Montoro

Film Special Features

Shorttakes 2005

UCLA will hatch its 12th annual Shorttakes Film Festival on Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in the university’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom....

Film Interviews

Wanda Sykes

Ever since her appearances on HBO’s “The Chris Rock Show,” it’s been hard to deny the fact that Wanda Sykes is one of the funniest...

Geoff Berkshire

Film Interviews

Let's Play Ball

When San Francisco Giants’ outfielder Barry Bonds broke the record for the most home runs hit in a season in 2001, the baseball...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Projections

4th Annual Amnesty International Film Festival

The Amnesty International Film Festival, which will run its 2005 program at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in West Hollywood,...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Jet Li

When one thinks of Asian superstars, two names come to mind: Jackie Chan and Jet Li. But while Jackie Chan has worked consistently...

Heather Turk

Film Projections

Dodgeball With Director's Q&A

What do you get when you combine Ben Stiller’s over-the-top onscreen antics with Vince Vaughn’s sincere smile, throw in some...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Layer Cake

Actor Daniel Craig and director Matthew Vaughn have one big thing in common. For better or worse, they are currently known...

Paul Crocetti

Film Interviews

Surprisingly Humble

When one watches the mildly hunky, soft-spoken Orlando Bloom playing the role of the brave antihero, Balian, in this month’s...

Abbi Toushin

Film Projections

Don Roos Screens Nashville

Don Roos – the director of 1998’s The Opposite of Sex and writer of such films as Love Field, Single White Female and Boys...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

The House That Horror Built

Ask anyone who’s ever been to a house of wax and they’ll probably tell you that they just didn’t feel at ease standing next...

Niyaz Pirani

Film Projections

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

The 1971 cult musical classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is one of the few children’s movies with any real perception...

Dale Winogura

Film Projections

Kontroll

When it was released in its native Hungary in 2003, Kontroll quickly became the highest grossing film of the year and was entered...

Geoff Berkshire

Film Interviews

Sink or Swim

Sink or finish. Explode or win. Defeat or glory. In this true story, for the townspeople of Madison, Ind., life rests on the...

Joe Horton

Film Interviews

The Amityville Horror

"I don’t think the house was haunted. I know the house was haunted." One could almost hear the thunder clasp outside when renowned...

Frederick Mintchell

Film Projections

Pass the Mic! With Director Richard Montes

Latin hip-hop is no stranger to mainstream music. There wasn’t officially a documentary chronicling the inception of the genre...

Mary Montoro