In most cases, it would be difficult to describe a movie like “Bubba Ho-tep” without relying on the cliché and mundane descriptions that give critics a bad name. Read more...

Hal Willner, UCLA Live’s 2003-2004 Artist in Residence, treats the multi-artist compilation a lot more seriously than most others. After all, while many of the generic multi-artist discs you see scattered in bargain bins are little more than shameless cash-in attempts, for Willner, the medium is an attempt to explore the unexplored. Read more...

The idea now sounds almost too typical. During the summer after his first year of college at UCLA, Don Coscarelli decided to make a movie. Since then, the results have been anything but ordinary. Read more...

If there has to be a root of all evil, it might as well be money. A decrease in UCLA Live’s state funding this year was naturally followed by an increase in student ticket prices. Read more...

For the past two years, UCLA Live has been tirelessly praised as eclectic, genre-bending, unconventional, eclectic, avant-garde and eclectic. With another fruitful season set in motion, nobody seems to care that UCLA Live has the Los Angeles arts community spoiled rotten. Read more...

Welcome to the wonderful world of arts and entertainment at UCLA. And when I say wonderful, you can be sure I’m not traipsing carelessly into the sinister realm of hyperbole. Read more...

Scott Dudelson learned some valuable lessons while organizing this past year’s Acoustic Live battle of the bands. Although this past fall’s inaugural battle drew sizable crowds for normally calm Sunday nights, Dudelson has continued to make improvements on the event. Read more...