The summer movie season is normally filled with loud blockbuster movies, but it’s one of the quiet ones that’s actually making some noise. We the Animals, the adaptation of the wonderful book, hit screens this weekend. For director Jeremiah Zagar, it was the culmination of a long, rewarding process. I recently spoke with the director
Emily Carmichael is having herself quite a weekend. In addition to seeing her film, Pacific Rim: Uprising, hit #1 at the box office, it was also announced that she is going to be writing and directing a film for none other than Steven Spielberg. In addition to being part of the panel “The Ultimate Guide
If you follow any of my social media in the past year, you know that I stan for Adam Silvera, after his book More Happy Than Not devastated and wowed me last year to the tune of being my #1 book of the year. I have mentioned several times how excited I would be to meet
One of the highlights of my Comic-Con (and year if we’re being honest) was getting to chat with Alex Woolfson. For those of you unfamiliar with him, Alex is an award nominated writer of graphic novels, lover of scifi and action, and genuinely an awesome person (and a Bay Area resident!). All of his work is
Dear White People, a new film produced by LMU alumna Effie Brown (Film and Television – B.A. ’93), opens in theaters October 17. Winner of the 2014 Special Jury Prize at Sundance and Best Picture at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Dear White People has been called “a button-pushing word-of-mouth dynamo” (The Wall Street Journal), “a smart hilarious satire
Hayley Foster (Animation – B.A. ’13) is off to a good start this summer. Her senior thesis film Yamashita earned several awards, including a bronze medal at the Student Academy Awards and will be airing on Fine Cut: KCET’s Annual Festival of Student Film on Monday, July 7, 2014. She also got promoted. Now a