In Elizabethan times, Shakespeare’s plays, with their puns and other linguistic manipulations, appealed to the ear. Today, Shakespeare’s language challenges the modern ear and often inhibits understanding of his plays. Read more...

There’s a lot more to Chinese cinema than kung fu and crouching tigers. The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents a two-week series, beginning Saturday at 7:30 p.m., of “New Chinese Cinema,” offering a selection of films from mainland China’s so-called Sixth Generation of filmmakers at the James Bridge Theater. Read more...

Stephanie Uchima Third-year, mathematics “Hmm … What is Friday after next? Most likely sleeping, not studying for finals, recovering from the night before, and avoiding malls.” Rhianna Tycholis Third-year, sociology “I’ll be in Orange County, Huntington Beach, probably hanging out with my sisters and old friends. Read more...

“Die Another Day” Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry Directed by Lee Tamahori James Bond goes to Cuba, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Iceland and England. Read more...

Film “¢bull; “The Good Girl” is screening at Ackerman Grand Ballroom for $2 tonight and Friday night at 7 and 9:30 p.m. “¢bull; “Barry Lyndon” screens as part of the UCLA Film and Television Archive film series, “The Art of Hollywood.” The Stanley Kubrick film begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. Read more...

As part of the biannual monthlong experimental media arts festival in Los Angeles this month, “TV or NOT TV” finally reaches Westwood, bringing the strange and the bizarre to the UCLA Hammer Museum and the EDA space in Suite 104 of the Kinross Building this weekend. Read more...

The 549th sign of the apocalypse of good mainstream music: no embarrassing (five years later) fashion trend. This is pathetic. While we may spend our time forgetting these sometimes regrettable fashion statements, there’s no denying that at one moment in history, guys who were wearing tight pants with flared legs represented the heart of a musical revolution. Read more...