Film - Campus Circle

Recent Film Articles

Hell Upside Down: Special Screening Of The Poseidon Adventure

In order to benefit Queen Mary restoration and historic preservation, The Poseidon Adventure will be screened onboard the world-famous...

Abbi Toushin

Film Projections

Actress Radha Mitchell In Person With Melinda And Melinda

As part of his Spring 2005 "Reel Talk" series at the Westside Pavilion Cinemas in West Los Angeles, Stephen Farber – who writes...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Uma Thurman

After tearing up the screen as a murderous assassin hell-bent on revenge in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films, Uma Thurman...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Interviews

Beckham Breakout

Before her breakout role as a saucy soccer player in the 2002 feel-good film Bend it Like Beckham, actress Keira Knightley...

Abbi Toushin

Film Projections

Napoleon Dynamite

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, Cinespace – a swanky little venue in the heart of Hollywood – hosts its "Dinner...

Abbi Toushin

Film Projections

Animation Show 2005

This weeklong program at L.A.’s Nuart Theatre is an exciting showcase of some of the best animated shorts from around the world....

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Keanu Reeves

Demons are on the loose and terrorizing Los Angeles in Constantine, a hard-boiled detective story wrapped inside a supernatural...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Movie Reviews

Masculine Feminine

Nearly 40 years after its original release, Jean-Luc Godard’s masterpiece Masculine Feminine remains unequivocally and uniquely...

Joe Horton

Film Interviews

New Action Hero

Don’t even think of comparing newcomer Tony Jaa to his idols Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee – the 28-year-old former stuntman is...

Mary Montoro

Film Projections

American Bellydancer

Bellydancer wardrobe malfunctions. Quarreling musicians at a world peace festival. American Bellydancer, the new film documentary...

Daryl Searle

Film Movie Reviews

The Keys To The House

Director Gianni Amelio’s The Keys to the House is an honest, thought provoking look at how disease can disrupt and potentially...

Addie Moorfoot

Film Interviews

Angel of Music

Why did Andrew Lloyd Webber decide that the world needs a movie version of "The Phantom of the Opera"? Was he trying to cash...

Akiva Gottlieb

Film Interviews

Drama In Motion

When talking about low-budget, independent movies, the name John Travolta might not immediately come to mind. However, the...

Paul Crocetti

Film Movie Reviews

Lost Embrace

Entering the world of Daniel Burman’s Lost Embrace, a serio-comic glimpse into the vibrant Jewish population of Buenos Aires,...

Joe Horton

Film Movie Reviews

The Nomi Song

In a year which saw the boundaries of the documentary stretched from Super Size Me to Fahrenheit 9/11, writer-director Andrew...

Joe Horton

Film Projections

Spike & Mike's Sick And Twisted Festival Of Animation

Lewd, demented and generally in bad taste, the kings of tasteless ‘toons are at it again marking Spike and Mike’s 25th anniversary. Since...

Kym Parsons

Film Interviews

Swimming Upstream

Jesse Spencer might not have known what he was getting into when he signed on for Swimming Upstream, the new film from Russell...

Paul Crocetti

Film Movie Reviews

In The Realms Of The Unreal

In 1973, an 82-year-old ex-janitor named Henry Darger entered a retirement/poor house in Chicago. His only acquaintances were...

Henry Turner

Film Movie Reviews

Are We There Yet?

If "Sesame Street" has taught us nothing else (other than the alphabet and counting), it’s that children’s entertainment can...

Josh Herman

Film Interviews

Born Into Brothels

Born Into Brothels is a documentary that looks at the life of a group of children who live in a brothel in Calcutta, India....

Addie Moorfoot

Film Interviews

She's Fearless

Decades after working with such legends as Frank Sinatra, Francois Truffaut and Anthony Quinn, internationally acclaimed actress...

Paul Crocetti

Film Interviews

Super Cool

Ice Cube is asked if he’s still able to "keep it real" with his hardcore rap audience while starring in the family film Are...

Josh Herman

Film Projections

Erich von Stroheim: A Life Discovered

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is currently hosting an exhibition on the life of Erich von Stroheim, the legendary...

Abbi Toushin

Film Special Features

Hide And Seek

It’s common knowledge in Hollywood that Oscar-caliber films own the months of November and December, while movies with plenty...

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

Surviving Christmas

A neurotic builds a castle in the air. A psychotic lives in it. In Surviving Christmas, Ben Affleck’s character rents...

Carrie Rickey

Film Interviews

Buffy's New Role

For Sarah Michelle Gellar, the decision to star in the new horror film The Grudge (a remake of the Japanese hit Ju-on: The...

Geoff Berkshire

Film Movie Reviews

Stage Beauty

While Richard Eyre’s Stage Beauty definitely has echoes of 17th century play pieces – most notably compared to Shakespeare...

Ada Tseng

Film Special Features

Male Oscar Picks

In the male-dominated culture of Hollywood, the Oscar category with the most contenders each year is Best Actor. But for 2004,...

Jack Matthews

Film Movie Reviews

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun (Simon Pegg) has hit a brick wall in his life. He has a boring job, a lazy flatmate named Ed (Nick Frost) and, worst...

James Bartlett

Film Movie Reviews

The Yes Men

The Yes Men are a group of pranksters and activists that go around impersonating corporate criminals (their focus: leaders...

Ada Tseng