While West Hollywood is known for promoting the rights of its
gay and lesbian community, this week the city will go international
““ Amnesty International, that is ““ as it hosts the
organization’s fourth annual film festival.

Letters of rejection are never easy to take. In 1995, however,
three independent filmmakers never received their Sundance
rejection letters. Unsure about their status in the prestigious
film festival, they booked hotels in Park City, Utah, and when they
were finally notified of their rejection, they decided to create
their own film festival and to “slam” Sundance.

Niels Mueller had nothing to do with his film being screened at
AFI FEST. After premiering at this year’s Cannes Film
Festival and securing nationwide release in January in addition to
a Los Angeles release in late December (just in time for Oscar
eligibility), “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” has
bigger fish to fry.

Pixar Animation Studios might be known for shattering box office
records with their family-friendly films. But part of the success
of films such as “Toy Story,” “Monsters,
Inc.” and “Finding Nemo” draws from their
continual appeal to young adults.

Laughter rather than terror is what UCLA Live is trying to
inspire in its audiences this Halloween, thanks to a new twist on
the classic 1950s horror flick “Creature from the Black
Lagoon.”
The film, along with its terrifying title character known as the
“gill-man,” will resurface from murky waters during its
screening, Oct.

The wildly popular Italian cinema class, known informally to
students as “Sex and Politics” and formally as Italian
46, has introduced many undergraduates to great cinematic legends
such as Roberto Rossellini and Bernardo Bertolucci.

To discover the next frontier in digital filmmaking, one
needn’t venture far ““ just take a look at your cellular
phone.
While plastic dinosaurs, yodeling custard, and garage bands may
not seem like standard entertainment fare, Juliette Deinum, a UCLA
alumna and cofounder of the “World’s Smallest Film
Festival,” expects this new medium to explode in the United
States as it has already in Asia and Europe.

Jason Lee, a sort of demigod in the cult world of Kevin Smith
fanatics, is about to step foot in odd and foreign territory: the
romantic leading man.

By Emily Camastra
DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR
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After a summer of suffocating blockbusters, the UCLA Film and
Television Archive is here to inject viewers with a variety of
films from independent and international filmmakers.