As a longtime Daily Bruin contributor and former arts and entertainment editor, I never clash with the editorial decisions made in the A&E section. Of course, whenever writers deal in absolutes, they’re only setting themselves up for contradiction. Read more...

Her father was an artist, and they had sat together on her bed’s edge flipping through an old book of his. His art was mostly sculptures, these macabre human heads screaming out with their teeth shattered. Read more...

She knelt down on the white tiled floor of her son’s bathroom and picked up a small black pin, crimped on one side, flat on the other, a girl’s hairpin. Read more...

There is possibly no greater enigma in the modern world than Michael Jackson. For over 30 years, he has demonstrated a remarkably consistent ability to entertain, mesmerize and perplex. Read more...

We Are Scientists “With Love and Squalor” Virgin Records It looks like rock ‘n’ roll is dead. Again. SPIN Magazine’s latest issue named The Killers as the 2005 band of the year, the equivalent of calling Nickelback the next Nirvana or Radiohead jamming with Coldplay. Read more...

In December, it’s almost impossible to go to the movies and spend less than two hours in the theater. The better the movie, it seems, the longer the necessary running time. Read more...

Freedom is a subjective concept. Just ask the stars of “After Innocence.” The documentary film, which screens at the James Bridges Theater tonight courtesy of Melnitz Movies, tells the stories of seven men who were wrongfully imprisoned for years, sometimes even decades, before their innocence was proven. Read more...