Sunday, July 21, 1996 Substantive characters enhanced by solid performances from castBy Michelle Nguyen Summer Bruin Contributor With only 10 feet between the audience and the actors, there’s no room for indifference. Read more...

Sunday, July 21, 1996 Director Danny Boyle spotlights the futility of drug abuse in his latest movie ‘Trainspotting’By Michael Horowitz Summer Bruin Senior Staff A year and a half ago at the Sundance Film Festival, a British director named Danny Boyle showed off his successful first project, a viscous little thriller called "Shallow Grave." But he already had his sights set on his next project, a movie he touted to unbelievers as a positive heroin film. Read more...

Author Mosley produces newest novel in Easy Rawlins detective seriesBy Brandon Wilson Summer Bruin Contributor The last few years have been good to private eye Easy Rawlins. Read more...

UCLA graduates’ artwork celebrate ancient Mayan, pre-Columbian cultures By Melissa Attman Summer Bruin Contributor What is in the mind of an artist? Why are abstract shapes and forms that resemble a kindergartner’s finger paintings considered art? Read more...

By Sona Stepanian Summer Bruin Contributor This summer, UCLA offers not only classes and extremely sociable squirrels, but also the Vocal Art Institute and Summer Songfest ’96, a three-week presentation of free concerts and recital series. Read more...

‘Courage’ strives to pluck patriotic heartstrings, but fails to drum up a pulseBy Brandon Wilson Summer Bruin Contributor Once upon a time when you heard the name Edward Zwick, what came to mind, if anything at all, was the yuppie drama "thirtysomething" and the famously whiny interchange between its young professional characters. Read more...

Sunday, July 7, 1996 Tori Amos invites her fans to lose, then find themselves in her passion and pianoBy Kristin Fiore Summer Bruin Senior Staff Piano is no longer for pretty little girls in pink dresses. Read more...