Electrelane Troubadour April 9, 9 p.m. The four-girl experimental group from Brighton comes with its hypnotic tricks, powerful choral arrangements and kraut-rock roots. Prepare to be awed. Read more...

Americans may be familiar with films from countries like France, Germany and Italy, but the UCLA Film and Television Archive hopes to show that other nations also have thriving film communities. Read more...

“Big Fish” Ackerman Grand Ballroom April 8-9, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you missed Tim Burton’s lesson in fantasy filmmaking when it was competing with Oscar films in December, you can catch it now. Read more...

As spring dawns on most of the United States, the weather in Los Angeles doesn’t really change. Thankfully, we have Hollywood to mimic the seasons for us. Read more...

Royce Hall fell silent last Wednesday night during the “Organica” concert as the first refrains of the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” bellowed from an unseen source. On a large screen images flashed of incongruous L.A. Read more...

If Bravo’s “Queer Eye For the Straight Guy” has taught viewers anything, it’s that proper lighting in a living room, much like a hit television show, can illuminate desirable qualities and obscure undesirable aspects at the same time. Read more...

Franz Ferdinand The Cooperage Tuesday 8 p.m. At last, someone is surpassing the boundaries of garage rock, and they come from Scotland. Franz Ferdinand maintains what was good about the revival in the first place, but hikes it up a notch with its quirky attitude and arty personality. Read more...