“The Lives of Others” Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Sony Pictures Classics Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s directorial debut, “The Lives of Others,” poses several weighty questions. Read more...

“The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun” Director Pernille Rose Grønkjær First Hand Films Love can blossom in the strangest ways. And “The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun” is as unexpected and unconventional a love story as one could possibly imagine. Read more...

At first glance, the three-hour, Oscar-winning “Titanic” and the 93-minute, Emmy-winning Disney Channel Original Movie “High School Musical” look like they have nothing in common. Besides, of course, hot male leads (Leonardo DiCaprio and newcomer Zac Efron, respectively) causing a mad rush among 13-year-old girls to find magazines with tear-out posters of their pretty faces. Read more...

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It’s no secret that UCLA is highly competitive. But employees of the UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering must have been shocked when management service officer Cassandra Franklin asked for a monthlong leave of absence in late November to take part in one of the nation’s most successful reality shows. Read more...

For an enterprising artist such as Erin McKeown, an album of obscure swing covers rotating around playfully sinful motifs was just the next step in an 11-year career of spunk, smarts and ingenuity. Read more...

There are only five bands I need to see live in order to die happy: Radiohead, Wilco, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and the Bacon Brothers. Read more...