Pollock Theater

Dune screenwriter Eric Roth talks about the difficulties of adapting a book into a film and sacrificing crucial elements for the preservation of the story line and pacing of the film.

In 2020 on the WGA Red carpet, we got the chance to talk Booksmart, with screenwriter Katie Silberman. We talked subverting expectations in what it is like to be a nerd, a cool kid and to be trapped in an animation barbie body

Pleased to announce that full video of our recent event with @cdfoggo is now online! Take some time to revisit this remarkable conversation, focused on Foggo's new documentary, JOHN WARE RECLAIMED. https://vimeo.com/549505118

If you weren't able to join us for our recent conversation with Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera, focusing on their new documentary THE INFILTRATORS, full video of the event is now online! https://vimeo.com/546734946

Last to register for tomorrow's Q&A with Henry Winkler. https://www.facebook.com/events/964202850781615?ref=newsfeed

Earlier this week, we welcomed Mike Africa Jr. for a discussion of Tommy Oliver's new documentary, 40 YEARS A PRISONER. Full video of that conversation is now online. https://vimeo.com/545732057

Full video of our recent CWC Docs conversation with @hollymorris, focused on her wonderful 2015 film THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL, is now online! Be sure to take a look. https://vimeo.com/543851227

Hester Blum, David Clark, and Korenna Estes discuss the film Frozen Obsession, which follows the 18-day, 2,000-mile Northwest Passage Project expedition through the stunningly beautiful and extreme Canadian Arctic, aboard the Swedish research icebreaker Oden. Check out the Full Q&A. https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu//cwc-virtual-frozen-obses/

Gabriel Meléndez (Distinguished Professor at the University of New Mexico and author of Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands) joined moderator Stephen Borunda (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of the film "Salt of the Earth". This is part of the CWC Subversives series. Check out the full Q&A. https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-eve/saltoftheearth/

We were so excited to have writer/director Marielle Heller join us for a Q&A of her directorial debut, The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Here she talks about her choices regarding the opening scene. Check out the full Q&A on our website https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu//script-to-screen-diary-o/

We were so happy to be able to talk about the movie "The Big Short" with Oscar Winning screenwriter Charles Randolph. Check out the full Q&A. https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-even/the-big-short/

Check out our own UCSB Film & Media Studies Grad Student, Jermey Moore, moderate this great conversation on the TV show "Survivor". https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu//cwc-virtual-survivor-at-/

Director/writer/actress/editor Isabel Sandoval joined moderator Miguel Penabella (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of this fascinating film "Lingua Franca" . Check out the Full Q&A. https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-events/linguafranca/