Friday, April 10

Weekend Review: Only Son, Regina Spektor

While many UCLA students were partying to blow off post-midterm steam last Thursday night, two musicians were representing the lyrically driven anything-goes style of New York’s anti-folk scene at The Avalon in Hollywood. Read more...


Screen Scene: “Marie Antoinette”

“Marie Antoinette” Director Sofia Coppola Columbia Pictures Marie Antoinette, the storied 19-year-old Queen of France, is probably most well-known in history classes across the world for her early and tragic death at the fall of the Versailles court, and for uttering the careless catchphrase, “Let them eat cake.” However, “Lost in Translation” director Sofia Coppola leaves the trademarks and any conventional historical-film practices behind in her adaptation of the young queen’s life. Read more...




Screen Scene: "Volver"

“Volver” Director Pedro Almodóvar Sony Pictures Classics Halfway through the film “Volver” (“to return”), Raimunda, the low-class mother played by Penélope Cruz (“Blow”), sings a Flamenco rendition of an old tango song. Read more...



Dynamic “˜Three’ comes to UCLA

Movement is often unthinking, natural ““ an automatic part of life. But for Israeli dance troupe Batsheva, movement has become an art. In a UCLA Live event this weekend, the Batsheva Dance Company will be performing “Three,” choreographed by world-renowned artistic director Ohad Naharin in Royce Hall. Read more...