Friday, 5/30/97 Another Trip to Barrytown FILM: Author Roddy Doyle’s favorite neighborhood returns to the big screen with the movie version of the last installment of the Barrytown trilogy, ‘The Van.’ By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Staff Director Stephen Frears bounces back from the debacle of "Mary Reilly" with a very different film about the Irish. Read more...

Friday, 5/30/97 New French cinema featured in L.A. courtesy of Laemmle FILM: Series begins with Rivette’s ‘Up/Down/Fragile,’ which joins theatrics of music, realism of daily life By John Nein Daily Bruin Contributor Continuing their largely unheralded but much appreciated effort to present new and unseen work by filmmakers of both independent and international origin, Laemmle Theaters opens a three-film series "Le Cinema Francais" this evening with a new film from one of the most dynamic, illustrious figures of the French New Wave and beyond, Jacques Rivette. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 Versatile folk-punk singer releases double live album MUSIC: Ani DiFranco’s ‘Living in Clip’ filled with dynamic energy By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Staff Say what you will about Ani DiFranco. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 Imagination alive in ‘2.5 minutes’ THEATER: Introspective one-woman show comes to UCLA Freud Playhouse By Kristi Nakamura Daily Bruin Contributor Pull the shoulder straps down tight and be sure that your lap belt is fastened because it’s going to be a fast-paced "2.5 Minute Ride." Inverting and blurring the distinctions between humor and tragedy, performance artist Lisa Kron takes her audience on a wild trip, swerving through her family history. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 Peploe weaves ‘Magic’ in Mexican period piece FILM: Director waves wand in mixed-genre adaptation starring Bridget Fonda By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Staff As Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez showed us when their film "From Dusk ‘Til Dawn" was unleashed upon the public, mixing genres can be difficult. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 More than money In the diverse world of student films there is one central issue – how to fund a project. UCLA students tackle the fiscal side of filmmaking in various ways. Read more...

Wednesday, 5/28/97 Social currents drowned disco Interpretation of past styles reveals much about present-day values If you hung around for Memorial Day weekend, you were probably so barraged by the onslaught of "totally ’80s weekends" that you covered your face with Clearasil and asked your parents to drop you off at the mall. Read more...