Rihanna is spotted in the front row as Cara Delevingne struts down the runway. Karl Lagerfeld directs from backstage, and I’m at home in my pajamas reading all about it in the latest issue of Vogue. Read more...
Photo: Melissa Chinn, a graduate nursing student, accessorizes with her Louis Vuitton bag. Columnist Noor Gill argues that obtaining high-fashion pieces like these are challenging but doable within a student budget. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
France, Italy, Germany – these are the countries most represented in lists of European cinema’s most beloved films. There are exceptions, yes – you have your Ingmar Bergman movies and your Andrei Tarkovsky pictures, but the trend is unmistakable. Read more...
Photo: (P.P. Film Polski) “Masterpieces of Polish Cinema,” presented by Martin Scorsese, is an ongoing cinematic program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Cinefamily. Spanning the months of May and June, the exhibition features films such as Andrzej Wajda’s “Innocent Sorcerers.”
In the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, you’ll find a diverse mixture of ethnic eateries and hole-in-the-walls for late-night munching. A narrow brick storefront poking out between an optometrist’s office and a trendy thrift store is the home of one of these places: Neveux Artisan Creamery. Read more...
Photo: Ice cream flavors at Neveux Artisan Creamery range from strawberry balsamic to rosemary butterscotch. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)
The schoolbag: as students, almost all of us have one. We always carry it around, and it’s an accessory that can never really go out of style. Read more...
Blood stains the rolling hills of the Japanese countryside. Arrows fly through the air as warriors in phalanx formations march across the plains. In Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” these images are beautified – we see poetry in the bloodshed, poetry in war. Read more...
Photo: “Ran” is Japenese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 adaptation of the Shakespearean classic “King Lear” set in feudal Japan. The film will screen at The Cinefamily this Sunday. (The Criterion Collection)
Ice cream – sometimes a delicacy and often a necessity for any sweet tooth – has reached and drawn from almost every corner of the world, and its delectable charm has not escaped those of us in the newsroom. Read more...
Photo: Sweet Rose Creamery in Brentwood features offbeat organic ice cream flavors, including olive oil and basil. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It was the 1980s: Duran Duran was on the radio, MTV was still cool and monkey boots were all the rage. Thirty years later, trends have changed and monkey boots, an ankle-length lace-up comparable to Doc Martens, have become just another forgotten shoe style of the past. Read more...
Photo: Footwear like Birkenstock sandals helps the shoe’s owner express a style statement. Columnist Noor Gill argues that buying any pair of statement shoes helps define an outfit, such as that of Dante Matero, a second-year world arts and cultures student. (Gabrielle Cabalza/Daily Bruin)
