Film
La Costa Heights sixth graders win award for animated film
CARLSBAD — Four sixth-grade students at La Costa Heights Elementary School took home an award at the California Student Media Festival for their animated film,...
GI Film Festival San Diego returns May 15-20
The festival is unlike any other in our region because it exclusively features films for, by and about military and veterans....
Carlsbad elementary student wins awards for ‘Bad Bugs’ short film
CARLSBAD — A budding 11-year-old filmmaker is already making her mark as a director. Bryn Wright, a fifth-grader at El Camino Creek Elementary School, is...
Oceanside Int’l Film Festival returns to red carpet in-person
OCEANSIDE — The Oceanside International Film Festival kicked off Tuesday night with a red carpet ceremony to celebrate its first in-person event since 2019. Starting...
Carlsbad teen’s directorial debut aligns with Hollywood dreams
CARLSBAD — A local teen made her directorial debut on Aug. 2 with the film release of “Mixed Signals.” Kobe Cowell, 18, has had her...
Vista high school students win film award, trip to NYC
Looking through the lens of her father, Vista High School sophomore Zahlia Alcala found a vision....
La Costa Film Festival continues through Sunday
CARLSBAD — The La Costa Film Festival kicked off Thursday and rolls into the weekend with a packed slate. Three locations — the Omni La...
La Costa Film Festival kicks off Thursday; high schoolers get to screen films
CARLSBAD — As the lineup grows, so do the options for fans and filmmakers alike. The La Costa Film Festival, which begins Oct. 13 at...
Film Festival marks sixth year with 60 films
The sixth annual Oceanside International Film Festival will bring 60 international films to the city's downtown theaters Aug. 7 to Aug. 14....
Composer/editor John Ottman talks ‘X-Men’ at Comic-Con
REGION — On July 24, John Ottman will appear at Comic-Con’s 2nd Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero panel, in which prominent Hollywood composers will...
More than just a dance
Filmmaker’s directorial debut shows what hula is from the inside out...
Film review: ‘Furious 6’ is no jalopy
Even with a full tank of gasoline, a modified engine, and an assortment of expert drivers, “Fast & Furious 6” spends more time trying to...
Film review: ‘Epic’ fails to journey beyond tropes
High-quality animation notwithstanding, the not-so epic “Epic” relies too heavily on clichés plucked from previous “save-nature-from-evil” movies and celebrity voices devoid of enthusiasm....
Film review: All pain, no gain in Bay’s fiasco
All brawn and no brains, “Pain & Gain” is a disgrace to the true story that it claims it wants to tell and a waste...