The German philosopher Friedrich von Schelling once said that architecture is frozen music. This week, the Getty Center and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will complicate the analogy a bit and continue their groundbreaking collaboration on the Building Music Project, a series of symposia, panel discussions, lectures, and performances exploring the relationship between architecture and music. Read more...

Wilco “A Ghost Is Born” Nonesuch Every year, a handful of albums vie for places on critical top-10 lists, while some rare masterworks are so universally loved that their placement at the top is a crowning and not a contest. Read more...

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” Directed by Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. Pictures All the signs are there: Harry Potter is growing up. This third installment in the series of films based on the immensely popular books by J.K. Read more...

It all started something like this: Coworker: Let’s go skydiving. My head: Don’t say yes, don’t say yes. My mouth: Alright, let’s go. My head: Oh, crap. Read more...

They don’t call it the University of Construction at Los Angeles for nothing. The allure of architectural face-lifts strikes again at Geffen Playhouse. Within the next year, the playhouse will undergo detailed structural upgrades that even ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” cannot compete with. Read more...

While most students were on campus studying for midterms in mid-May, graduate film student Tim McCarthy was in Cannes, France, enjoying a little limelight at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival where his short film, “The Rick,” had its first public screening. Read more...

Thailand has often served as the dangerous-yet-exotic setting for many Hollywood action flicks; from Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Beach” to James Bond’s “Tomorrow Never Dies,” it has been hard to discount the country’s ability to provide worthwhile cinematic locations. Read more...