Calendar: Film & TV

Indian Cinema Lecture
Fowler Museum
April 22, 7 p.m. UCLA English Professor Joseph Nagy and Assistant
Professor Yogita Goyal explain why Bollywood is becoming
increasingly prominent in the United States. Free and open to the
public. Visit www.fowler.ucla.edu for more information.

“The Saddest Music in the
World”
James Bridges Theater
April 22, 7:30 p.m. Is it a comedy? A melodrama? An emotional
experience? We don’t know, either. The story revolves around
a fictional contest held in Winnipeg in 1933, smack-dab in the
middle of the Great Depression, to find the single saddest song in
the world. Entrants from across the globe flock to try to claim the
$25,000 prize, and mayhem inevitably ensues. But is it supposed to
be funny or sad? Check out this free sneak preview and find out.
And for more information, try visiting
gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~melnitz/.

First Annual Artivist Film Festival
Egyptian Theatre
April 22-28 The self-described “first festival dedicated to
addressing social, global, political, animal rights and
environmental issues through film, visual arts and music,”
the Artivist Film Festival will take over the Egyptian Theatre for
a full week, screening a plethora of films (mostly documentaries
“¦ surprise, surprise) relating to the themes mentioned above.
Special prize goes to any movie that addresses every issue in the
festival’s laundry list, especially if it throws in some
anti-Bush jokes to lighten the mood. Visit
www.artivistfilmfestival.org for more information.

Portraits + Visions: Photography into
Film
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
April 23-25 In association with the Getty’s exhibition
“Photographers of Genius at the Getty,” the museum will
host screenings of various biographical documentaries on
photographers and some rarely seen films made by photographers. The
screenings are organized into four parts: The first will screen
Friday night, the second on Saturday afternoon, the third on
Saturday night, and the fourth on Sunday afternoon. Tickets are
free, but you have to reserve tickets in advance. Log on to
www.getty.edu/visit/ for more information and to make online
reservations.

“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and
“The Wizard of Oz”
New Beverly Cinema
April 25-27 Let’s face it: When you were a kid, your TV
looked pretty big when you watched these movies. But as you got
bigger, your TV seemed to get smaller, and now you need to up the
stakes and see your childhood favorites as they were meant to be
seen “¦ on a really big screen. Get times and a complete New
Beverly schedule at www.michaelwilliams.com/beverlycinema/.

“Love Me If You Dare”
James Bridges Theater
April 27, 7:30 p.m. Fans of the magical realism of “Big
Fish” will enjoy this French film about a pair of kids who
invent a game of dare and challenge each other to do increasingly
crazy things in order to prove their love. Sure, it’s ground
tread upon since the middle ages (literally) and the rise of
courtly love, but we haven’t seen it in a long while. The
free screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Yann
Samuell. Check out gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~melnitz/ for more
information.

“Super Size Me”
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
April 27, 8 p.m. Fan favorite of this year’s Sundance Film
Festival, “Super Size Me” chronicles filmmaker Morgan
Spurlock’s quest to eat only McDonald’s for a month and
watch his health fall as quickly as his cholesterol rose. If
you’re looking to find this year’s personally narrated
documentary of choice, a la “Bowling for Columbine,”
check out this free sneak preview. Log on to
www.campusevents.ucla.edu for more information.