“In We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks,” Academy Award winning documentary film maker Alex Gibney masterfully weaves together the complex story of Julian Assange’s famed and controversial website. The film, which premiered on Jan. 26, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, sorts through a colossal amount of news coverage and information more »
About Miles Crist Miles Crist is 15 years old and comes from Los Angeles, California. Currently, he is a sophomore at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, California. His films have been recognized with top honors from the National YoungArts Foundation, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Los more »
Freshman Miles Crist found a deep interest in film at age nine when he and his friend, with the help of his friend’s dad who is a film editor, created a series of stop motion films. A stop motion film is compiled of a series of photographs that capture an inanimate object. Each photograph captures more »
While most freshmen are still finding their niche in life and settling into high school, a select few already have a clear-cut idea of what their passion is. Miles Crist is one of these few. During a 2011 summer trip to Europe, Miles created a five-minute film called “In Motion” with footage taken from a more »
We sit down with Aija Mayrock, our resident film critic, to talk about her recent accomplishments… Be Sure to Check out Aija’s Cinema Blog! Laguna tenth grader Aija Mayrock moved to Santa Barbara from New York in 2009 not knowing at the time that she loved to write, act, and direct. Last year on a whim, she more »
Baseball, Brad Pitt, and an Amazing True Story Last weekend I went to see the film “Moneyball.” It was a Saturday night and to be honest, I wasn’t too thrilled about seeing this film. Baseball + Brad Pitt = not my favorite combination. In all honesty, I am not the biggest fan of Brad more »
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