Russian cinema has had its share of luminaries, from Andrei Tarkovsky (“Solaris”) and Sergei Eisenstein (“Battleship Potemkin”). Less known but just as important is Alexander Dovzhenko, whose films are being screened at the James Bridges Theater tonight. Read more...

If any word makes people’s ears perk it’s the word “free.” Whether it’s free food, free movie passes or free Socialist propaganda given to you on Bruin Walk, hey, it’s free ““ so stock up. Read more...

They don’t make summer like they used to. I remember the buzz of summer from my youth. The days when all I did was run amok, go swimming, and watch summer movies. Read more...

In contrast to big-name bookstores, Take One! Film and Theater Books goes for the specialty market. Not only does it offer items related to the performing arts, but Take One! Read more...

Jason Webley described his own shows as “a lot of fun,” but based on his accounts of his shows he may be trying for the award for Understatement of the Year. Read more...

With its highly publicized on-set snafus of “Real World” proportions, it was a surprise that anything marketable came out of the HBO television series “Project Greenlight.” Nevertheless, as part of a grassroots campaign to promote the reprise of their screenplay competition, this time dubbed “Project Greenlight 2.0″ and to boost sales for the new DVD boxed set for the first season of “Project Greenlight,” LivePlanet and Miramax Films have chosen UCLA to screen the recently released independent flick, “Stolen Summer.” The film, which will have a free screening at the James Bridges Theater tonight at 7:30 p.m., was the product of amateur screenwriter, Peter Jones, winner of the first competition last year. Read more...

The banjo might remind you more of “The Beverly Hillbillies” theme song than eclectic rock music, but for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, well, it speaks of both. Read more...