Piper Samuels

Anti-Machiavellian by nature, the role of “babysitter” requires its soldiers to be loved rather than feared, whether that means serving as second-in-command to a much younger mermaid agent or being on the receiving end of a targeted hotdog spit-up attack.

On May 2, members of the Writers Guild of America, or WGA, dropped their pens and walked out of their writers’ rooms in pursuit of better wages.

They say change is hard to accept, but I think there are levels to it. It wasn’t change that I feared, but its lasting effects — the unchanging nature of change.

Making a student film is a lot like making sushi — without the rice, seaweed, fish or knowledge of how to make sushi. But you know good sushi when you eat it, right? 

All newly 21 and ready to kick the summer off with a bang, our goal was simple: create the perfect night out in LA. It took a few tries.

As I begin the process of leaving college and entering “the real world,” it appears that — to the likely disappointment of my professors — my greatest desire is to feel good when I look in the mirror (or open my closet).

In spite of its arthouse eccentricities, the film’s calm pacing and subdued landscape shots make for a charming, albeit virtually plotless, slice-of-life flick.

Affleck’s directing strikes the perfect balance between humor and heart; Robert Richardson’s cinematography is dynamic and engaging; and the production design brilliantly embodies 1980s nostalgia.

n an interview with The Daily Californian, French indie filmmakers Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret described how they moved from filling the shots to calling the shots — and who inspired them to do so. 

Unlike Paik’s genre-defying artistic style, the documentary maintains a straightforward and academic tone throughout the duration of its clean hour and 47 minutes.