This post was updated Oct. 11 at 7:35 p.m. Warning: Spoilers ahead. In Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” the mountains are not the only things on the verge of collapse. Read more...
Photo: Sebastian Stan as Mihai Gheorghiu stares to the side while wearing glasses and a jacket. “Fjord,” directed by Cristian Mungiu, centers on a Romanian-Norwegian couple whose strict religious beliefs and parenting methods ignite a child-protection investigation. (Courtesy of IMDb)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 8:48 p.m. A UCLA alumnus is threading his Afro-Latino identity through fashion and law. Derrick Williams, who graduated from UCLA in 2025 and is now a law student at Texas Southern University, channels his multicultural background into his clothing brand and aspiration to be an attorney. Read more...
Photo: Derrick Williams and Mikayla Cardona sport Prolific Aftermath jackets. Williams collaborated with Afro-Latinx Connection de UCLA to develop a line titled “Bridging the Diaspora” to highlight the multicultural identity at the heart of the brand. (Courtesy of Derrick Williams)
This post was updated Oct. 8 at 10:00 p.m. From borders and surveillance to institutions and identities, a UCLA exhibition considers the boundaries that shape how people move about the world. Read more...
Photo: Visitors explore “Fugitive Planning,” the 2026 New Wight Biennial art exhibition. The exhibition opened Sept. 23. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 8 at 10:10 p.m. A UCLA lecturer illustrates the depth of Indigenous knowledge by blending art history and botany. Helen Burgos-Ellis, a continuing lecturer at the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, published “Aztec Science: The Genetic Origin of Maize, Pollination, and Plant Sexuality Recorded in Art” on Sept. Read more...
Photo: Aztec day sign glyphs depict grass as growing out of a skeletal jaw with blades resembling hair. The first chapter of Burgos-Ellis’ book details the Aztec worship of grass, which she said was understood as the parent of corn. (Courtesy of Helen Burgos-Ellis)
This post was updated Oct. 6 at 9:04 p.m. The first North American tour of “The Outsiders” is a little closer to staying silver than gold. Read more...
Photo: Corbin Drew Ross (left) as Sodapop Curtis and Nolan White (right) as Ponyboy Curtis sit on a bed. The 2024 Tony Award-winning Best Musical ran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, in Hollywood Pantages Theatre on Sept. 30. (Courtesy of Pantages Theatre)
This post was updated Oct. 6 at 8:51 p.m. The UCLA Nimoy Theater harvested a new soundscape in Westwood. With an almost-full house, the 299-seat venue, described as a “reimagining of the historic Crest Theatre,” hosted award-winning composer Yvette Janine Jackson with her Radio Opera Workshop on Friday. Read more...
Photo: Award-winning composer Yvette Janine Jackson sits at a table during her Radio Opera Workshop at the UCLA Nimoy Theater on Friday. A radio opera – a term used by Jackson to describe her narrative composition – uses a variety of auditory elements while weaving historical and social context into a cohesive theme. (Courtesy of Bailey Holiver)
This post was updated Oct. 9 at 1:00 a.m. Beep beep! No need to chase down the latest internet and box office sensation: “Coyote vs. Acme” is a sure catch. Read more...
Photo: Wile E. Coyote stares into the camera at night. “Coyote vs. Acme,” the most recent live-action/animation hybrid “Looney Tunes” film, was released Aug. 28 by distributor Ketchup Entertainment. (Courtesy of IMDb)
