One theater student used his love for storytelling to create live entertainment in a COVID-19-safe setting.
Held in one of UCLA’s parking structures on Saturday nights, “Experiments in Drive-in Storytelling” is fourth-year theater student Frank Demma’s senior thesis project.

A new video platform is bringing the Hammer Museum’s public programs straight to museumgoers – wherever they may be.
Launched May 5, Hammer Channel is the museum’s new streaming website, consolidating recordings of new and old programs in one place.

Inspiration can strike at any moment.
Ulani Mafate, a fourth-year English student, and Kenedea Lee, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student, will be premiering their duet “Strangest Dream” at this year’s Spring Sing.

Classic films can have the most timely histories.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles partnered to present a free screening of the 1939 film “Verbena Trágica” on Thursday.

This post was updated April 25 6:12 p.m.
It’s never too late to reread an old classic.
The Hammer Museum’s new program series, “Revisiting Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,’” begins Tuesday and runs every Tuesday until May 18.

This year’s Academy Awards nominees are a testament to the artists’ and the greater industry’s perseverance during a year of unprecedented challenges.
Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, many incredible films made their way to select theaters and homes across the world.

The Golden Age of Hollywood is back just in time for awards season.
Up for 10 Academy Awards, “Mank” tells the story of screenwriter Herman “Mank” Mankiewicz as he deals with alcoholism while writing the screenplay for “Citizen Kane.” Director David Fincher had been trying to make “Mank” since the 1990s, but production designer Donald Graham Burt said it wasn’t until Netflix supported the project that it became a reality.

A duel of monstrous proportions is soon to hit the big screen.
Set to release March 31 on HBOMax and in theaters, “Godzilla vs. Kong” pits the two titular characters against each other in this continuation of Warner Bros.

Beginning with a gentle pull, “Klara and the Sun” ends with a powerful yank on readers’ heartstrings.
Released March 2 by the Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, “Klara and the Sun” takes the classic science fiction trope of artificial intelligence running rampant and weaves it into a very human story of love and companionship.

Alumna Jasmine Williams’ quarantine passion project has flourished into an uplifting community on social media.
Jasmine’s Chocolate Bar, an Instagram page and community focused on connecting Black people with deep skin tones, has gained nearly 300 followers since Williams first opened the page in the summer of 2020.