Blood stains the rolling hills of the Japanese countryside. Arrows fly through the air as warriors in phalanx formations march across the plains. In Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” these images are beautified – we see poetry in the bloodshed, poetry in war. Read more...
Photo: “Ran” is Japenese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 adaptation of the Shakespearean classic “King Lear” set in feudal Japan. The film will screen at The Cinefamily this Sunday. (The Criterion Collection)
Someone broke Lykke Li’s heart, and the results are an exquisite, if somewhat monochrome, self-portrait of pain and loneliness. “I Never Learn” is the Swedish singer-songwriter’s third album, the last in her self-described trilogy. Read more...
Photo: (LL Recordings)
At the tender age of 4, Nicole Cohen remembers learning how to play the piano. With a substantial amount of practice, she was able to win several music competitions and awards. Read more...
Photo: The Cultural Affairs Commission’s Kerckhoff Coffeehouse concert series will continue Monday with performances from first-year English student Nicole Cohen (pictured) and third-year cognitive science student Nick Valentini. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)
The first things you notice are the drums. Frantic, syncopated and groovy, the drums on “Nikki Nack”‘s first single, “Water Fountain,” have one intention, and one intention only: to make you dance. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of 4AD Records)
Within the span of six hours, an array of dancers and musicians brought an unlikely mixture of objects to the Bruin Plaza stage. Some performers wore ghungroos – Indian anklets covered with metallic bells – and some wore cowboy hats. Read more...
Photo: The 2014 World Music and Movement Festival took place Saturday in Bruin Plaza, showcasing music and dance from cultures across the world. The UCLA Abhinaya dance team (pictured) performed its style of South Asian classical dance during the festival. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
Ice cream – sometimes a delicacy and often a necessity for any sweet tooth – has reached and drawn from almost every corner of the world, and its delectable charm has not escaped those of us in the newsroom. Read more...
Photo: Sweet Rose Creamery in Brentwood features offbeat organic ice cream flavors, including olive oil and basil. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A high school student at the time, Henry Lim saved up to purchase the Beatles’ “Let It Be” album on vinyl and fell in love with it, unaware of the complications behind the album’s production. Read more...
Photo: Fifty years after the Beatles first performed in the United States, Henry Lim and his string quartet will perform the band’s unreleased album, “Get Back,” adding its own classical touch to the music. (Courtesy of Henry Lim)
