In The News: Department of Film
In the early 1960s, the Windsor Park neighborhood came to life in North Las Vegas.
Carnevale Gallery plans to donate 25 percent of its proceeds through September to Vegas PBS to help support local arts programming in honor of late artist Rita Asfour.
Culture: Art exhibits, theater productions, and more.
Nicco Montaño went from being a UFC champion to losing her contract with the mixed martial arts league because she couldn’t maintain her fighting weight.
Augustine Frizzell’s directorial debut, Never Goin’ Back, was an irreverent stoner comedy about two high-school-dropout waitresses which, though imperfect, felt fun and fresh.
In director Jeanne Leblanc’s latest film, a small town in Québec on the verge of recovering from a communal tragedy is shaken further once they find out that a local girl, 13-year-old Magalie, is pregnant and unwilling to reveal who the father is.
The UNLV Film School is boasting a huge honor: a student sold her film to a film company, a first for the school.
Melissa Del Rosario, a Filipino Spanish American woman, couldn’t identify with movie stars growing up because actresses who looked like her typically weren’t featured on the big screen.
Enjoy the talents of UNLV Opera Theater, Nevada Conservatory Theatre and the UNLV Film Department from the comfort of your living room couch. A $15 ticket gets you a onetime stream of this self-described “pastiche production,” featuring the female-centered Royal Flush, a new one-act opera about a familial poker game by Frank Pesci. Scenes from beloved operas Carmen, Manon Lescaut, Manon and Le Cid round out Sur la Table. The title refers to the exciting results of women finally taking their well-deserved seat at the proverbial table.
In 2015, social media exploded with the hashtag "Oscars so white." Many demanded more diversity in award shows and, in 2021, progress is being made.
As we wait to see who will take home the Oscar for best picture, students at UNLV are hoping to be future filmmakers.
As we wait to see who will take home the Oscar for best picture, students at UNLV are hoping to be future filmmakers.