Movies
Arts & Entertainment
‘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
Kathy Ou -
“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...
Arts & Entertainment
The best of Bond: theme songs that defined an era
“Spectre,” the 24th movie in the iconic James Bond series, opens in U.S. theaters Friday. The film has already been a box office smash...
Arts & Entertainment
Lindsey Collins talks women, render farms, and story telling in Pixar
She was not wearing a sharp black suit. She did not have a Bluetooth attached to her ear. Her personal assistant was nowhere in...
Culture
Beware: Halloween movies sure to scare
There are two types of people in this world: those who like scary movies and those who do not. While some viewers love shivering under...
Culture
Netflix debuts striking first original feature
Twelve dollars. Paper tickets. Popcorn, soda, synthetic butter concentrate. Well-worn carpeted floors, soundproof walls, a zit-speckled teenager in a polo shirt directing you to...
Arts & Entertainment
Review: Professor's new film candidly explores death
Zenith Virago introduced herself as the local death walker when she met Art History and Visual Arts Chair Broderick Fox at the Byron Bay...
Campus News
Occidental featured in sexual assault documentary
"The Hunting Ground," a documentary released in Los Angeles theaters Feb. 27, explores the college sexual assault epidemic throughout the United States. Occidental is...
Arts & Entertainment
Fake documentary reveals constructed histories
Students often assume the history they learn about through museums, textbooks or historians is an accurate and truthful narrative. Filmmaker Jesse Lerner challenges this...
Arts & Entertainment
Film examines Jewish exodus from Morocco
Vivid shots of the rust-colored ruins of Jewish-Moroccan villages lit up Choi Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 10 as students gathered to view the documentary "They...
