The British sure do know how to use the whole buffalo. That is to say, their television comedy scripting is phenomenally tight. There is no part of the script that does not prove vital; comic elements tie in with one another like a magnificent jigsaw puzzle or the infinite gems of Indra’s Net. Read more...

A jazz combo is a traditional unit of jazz performance featuring drums, guitar and … a Hammond B-3 organ? The Brent Canter Trio, comprising three fourth-year ethnomusicology students who met at UCLA freshman orientation, is one jazz band that subscribes to this unique definition. Read more...

In the first five seconds of “American Gangster,” Denzel Washington, playing the role of Harlem drug mogul Frank Lucas, sets a bound man aflame as he pleads for his life, then wordlessly fires a bullet into the man’s head. Read more...

Ted Braun’s documentary, “Darfur Now,” presents a festering critique of Sudan’s Arab-dominated military regime, which has funded and plotted the murder of thousands of non-Arabic Africans. Read more...

While many a UCLA alum can be seen on hit television shows or in the latest and greatest blockbusters, more and more recent Bruin graduates are finding their way to the entertainment limelight through what might be called alternative transportation "“ by way of the documentary. Read more...

At the back of a burial plot in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, six musicians crammed onto a tiny stage, singing the songs of their ancestors. Read more...

The intermingling sounds of trumpet, violin and guitar meld perfectly together. Read more...