Monday, July 27

Hip-Hop Explosion tonight in Ackerman

Hip-hop will (figuratively) explode on campus tonight with a performance from Busta Rhymes and E-40 in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...

Photo: Busta Rhymes will perform at Hip-Hop Explosion 2010 at Ackerman Grand Ballroom tonight at 8. Busta Rhymes has produced five platinum records.



Documentary sheds light on future of film critics

Those getting ready to look for employment can add one more career on their endangered jobs list: film critic. On Saturday, the Billy Wilder Theater will screen "For the Love of Movies," a documentary on the past, present and uncertain future of film criticism. Read more...

Photo: Amy Geller produced the documentary “For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism,” which screens Saturday at the Billy Wilder Theater.




Fowler Museum to showcase choreo-cinematic films

Both dance and film can draw crowds of people to the theater on a Thursday evening looking to enjoy a night of the arts, but a choreo-cinema fusion may be unconventional for the typical show-goer. Read more...

Photo: Courtesy of HEATHER COKER This still from one of Heather Coker’s films, which will show at the Fowler Museum, depicts a dancer and the combination of body movement and cinematic expertise.


Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation celebrates fifth year with movie “But I’m a Cheerleader”

The collaboration between the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Outfest has achieved leaps and bounds within the area of LGBT film preservation in recent years. Read more...

Photo: UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE Jamie Babbit’s “But I’m a Cheerleader” will be screened for Outfest Legacy Project’s fifth anniversary kickoff in collaboration with UCLA Film & Television Archive.