Iran was labeled as a third member of what President Bush termed the “Axis of Evil,” but the UCLA Film and Television Archive believes there is a need for understanding the country before drawing such conclusions. Read more...

Recent UCLA graduate Eileen Reardon isn’t worried about having her boyfriend’s parents see her perform a monologue this weekend. Considering the topic of her performance is vaginas, this might seem like an awfully plucky attitude. Read more...

Sometimes dreams do come true ““ or at least they turn into gender-bending hair stylists in avant-garde theater pieces. Aroused from the mind of Canadian theater auteur Marie Brassard is Jimmy, a character who exists as an imaginary figment in her solo performance piece “Jimmy ““ Créature de Rêve (Jimmy in the Dream),” which opens tonight at Freud Playhouse. Read more...

Some cultures believe that when a person’s photograph is taken, their soul is stolen. Well beyond the advent of the camera, British painter Lucian Freud’s portrait painting simply borrows his subjects’ souls, mixing them with his own, and subsequently transforming their minds and bodies into art that lives on its own. Read more...

Dressed in a mustard-colored suit and swaying freely on stage, a passionate Mikey Dread brought the political, spiritual and musical positivity of reggae to Westwood Plaza Monday at noon. Read more...

When Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Gus Van Sant went to the Sundance Film Festival last year, they were Hollywood folks at the independent film party. Read more...

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, you know. So what are you gonna give her? Flowers, candy? A balloon shaped like a heart? I know; how about a mix CD? Read more...