As you may have noticed from our ever-observant commenters, on my last post announcing True Grit, one of the young stars of the Coen Brothers’ latest, is Hailee Steinfeld, who made her screen debut in several films produced by Dodge College students! We’ve just received clearance to honor Ms. Steinfeld, and our alumni, by sharing
The travelling film festival, “The Animation Show of Shows” is stopping by Orange County tonight at 7PM in the Folino – and as a Dodge/Chapman animation lover, you’ll get to see it for free! (click to download a larger .pdf image) From The Slate: Professor Bill Kroyer invites you to attend the Dodge College of
Tonight, Professor Jeff Swimmer’s International Documentary class, Destination: Africa, will screen its 2010 program, “Our Hopes, Our Future” in the Folino at 7PM. The inter-disciplinary, international documentary program “Destination: Africa”, led by Professor Jeff Swimmer, sends students around the world with cameras to profile leading human rights and development organizations. Participating students are from the Dodge
I am so excited to announce that coming up next week, the AES (Audio Engineering Society), LA Section, is screening the latest Coen Brothers’ film, True Grit, right here at Dodge College in the Folino theater. It’s playing next Saturday, December 11th, a full week and a half before its December 22nd theatrical premiere! Save
Before the Thanksgiving break, our Filmmaker-in-Residence, Randal Kleiser, presented a very exciting screening of his classic '50's musical, Grease, with a unique twist: active audience participation! Already familiar with the event? Jump straight to the slideshow. How does it work? As the characters begin to sing, the song lyrics appear in brightly colored words onscreen;
Dodge College and Chapman University are very pleased to announce that this year’s Sikh Art and Film Festival (SAFF) will be held right here in Orange County, in Marion Knott Studios and the Folino Theater. Every year, the Dodge campus is home to numerous festivals and programs, including the Women in Focus conference, Pusan West
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As you’re likely already aware, today is Veterans Day! Chapman University never misses an opportunity to celebrate an important national holiday, especially when our nation’s heroes are involved. Dodge College is commemorating the memorial with a series of short documentary films, presented by the Film Studies Program, recently restored by the Academy Film Archive (a
One of the great perks of being at a film school is the interesting guests and events we have so I thought I would share what has been going on here recently. Last night, Peter Weller from RoboCop was here speaking about the film. He told us some hilarious stories about dealing with his heavy and very
If you’ve been anywhere on campus in the past week, you’ve already heard of The Warlocks and Witches Ball, which takes over Dodge College this Thursday at 8PM. For those readers not privy to the Warlocks buzz in person, suffice it to say, Chapman Ad Club and PRSSA – the two student organizations who plan,
This week, we have a very special presentation of the hard-to-find documentary, Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake, Thursday 10/28, at 7PM in the Folino. From the Project Moonshine website: In the summer of 2006, a group of seven high school students from Reno, NV set out to make a documentary on Sonic Youth. As part
[Update:] Because the film is over 3 hours long, the screening will be split into two parts (luckily, the film has an intermission), the first of which will play tomorrow, October 16th, and the second on next Tuesday, October 24th, followed by a Q&A session. Both presentations begin at 7 PM in the Folino. Film