With “Shrek 2,” the latest big-screen animated hit,
grossing more than $125 million in its first five days at the box
office, one might think there is currently a huge demand for
animated films in Hollywood.

For a director, it may be a challenge to come up with a premise,
a problem, a solution and a conclusion for a two-hour feature film.

Living in Los Angeles, UCLA students have come to accept certain
stereotypes associated with the city: sun, gangs, traffic and
Hollywood.
The UCLA Film and Television Archive is trying to smash those
stereotypes with their new film series “Los Angeles: Sight
Unseen.”
“Sight Unseen” is an attempt by the Archive to
present films that appeal to L.A.

For some, social issues mean gun control or abortion. But for
Morgan Spurlock, social issues include Big Macs and Ronald
McDonald.
Spurlock’s new film, “Super Size Me,” tackles
the weighty issue of obesity in America.

With the UCLA film department’s upcoming undergraduate
application deadline on April 30, students who dream about becoming
the next big thing in Hollywood will soon be scrambling to get
their materials in on time.

Americans may be familiar with films from countries like France,
Germany and Italy, but the UCLA Film and Television Archive hopes
to show that other nations also have thriving film communities.

Filmmaker Cynthia Newport has had dance in her blood since she
first stepped onto a dance floor.
Now she has a film to show for it.

Wherever movie theaters are too small and the big screen just
needs to get bigger, IMAX will try to be there.
The Large Format Cinema Association is presenting its first IMAX
film festival now through March 7 at the The Bridge Cinemas in the
Howard Hughes Center.

Some documentary filmmakers find past wars and Secretaries of
Defense interesting enough subjects for their films. Ross McElwee
prefers ideas he finds in his own backyard.

Blood. Gore. Attractive women. Cheap thrills and even cheaper
effects. Ah, yes. The elements of every old horror movie,
right?
Wrong.
The UCLA Film and Television Archive hopes to show that these
stereotypes are not the only elements to make up horror pictures.