Saturday, April 11

Festivities latin style

  Photos by CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Freshman Rocio Lopez and third-year Jennifer Chavez practice merengue together in preparation in Wilson Plaza, the site for Festival Latino. Read more...


UCLA film series revive ’50s silver screen icons

  UCLA Film and Television Archives Nicholas Ray and Gloria Grahame together on set. Mayra Marquez Daily Bruin Contributor An era characterized by suspicion and cynicism in film following World War II is resurrected at the James Bridges Theater in two concurrent film series sponsored by the UCLA Film and TV Archive. Read more...


World/Inferno Friendship Society provokes thought

  Big Hassle Media The World/Inferno Friendship Society are Vaudeville punks, they’re smirking because they like to play the music. By Shana Dines Daily Bruin Reporter Not many bands have names that are meant to help improve people’s lives, but The World/Inferno Friendship Society is supposed to do just that. Read more...


Screen Scene

  Fine Line Features Patricia Arquette and Tim Robbins star in "Human Nature," opening today. “Human Nature” Directed by Michel Gondry Starring Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans and Tim Robbins From the writer of “Being John Malkovich,” comes another dippy comedy with philosophical overtones called “Human Nature” that makes the absurd look hilarious. Read more...


Right on point

  Dancers use provocative and abstract movements in "Points de Fuite," a show being performed this weekend at UCLA’s Royce Hall. By Siddarth Puri Daily Bruin Reporter Just as the French are glad to die for love, they are willing to break the rules of traditional dance in order to seduce the audience into a world of passion and aesthetic expression. Read more...