“Only Lovers Left Alive”Directed by Jim JarmuschSony Pictures Classics4.0 / 5.0 Paws Only Adam and Eve, the two stars of Jim Jarmusch’s new film, “Only Lovers Left Alive,” are cool enough to wear sunglasses at night. Read more...
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Almost seven years after the fictional UCLA alumna first conquered Harvard Law School on Broadway, Elle Woods comes back to her alma mater in the Hooligan Theatre Company’s production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” The Hooligan Theatre Company, a student-run group that offers an opportunity for students of all majors to participate in educational theater productions, completed its run of “Fiddler on the Roof” this past weekend. Read more...
Photo: Following a recent run of “Fiddler on the Roof,” Hooligan Theatre Company’s performance of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” will begin Friday evening. Recreating the story of popular Reese Witherspoon film, which was itself adapted into a Broadway production, “Legally Blonde” follows Elle Woods, misguided woman who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Fowler museum’s newest exhibit, “Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas,” opened to the public last week. The exhibit blurs the line between sanctity and sin by featuring a number of folk heroes and unconventional saints from across North and South America. Read more...
“Nymphomaniac: Volume II” Directed by Lars von Trier Magnolia Pictures 3/5 Paws Danish provocateur Lars von Trier has consistently been the subject of controversy because of his divisive body of work. Read more...
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For a few UCLA film students, it’s time to swap out their signature blue and gold with the iconic lemon-lime of Sprite Films. UCLA students Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry from the School of Theater, Film and Television are among this year’s six teams of Sprite Films finalists with their film “What We Need.” The competition gives filmmakers a platform to create and distribute a short film advertising Sprite soda. Read more...
Photo: Finalists in this year’s Sprite Films competitions, filmmakers Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry recently attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas and were mentored by actor Michael B. Jordan. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images)
In 1972, the New Yorker published a review of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris” in which famed movie critic Pauline Kael argued that the film “had changed the face of an art form.” More than four decades later, Bertolucci’s masterpiece stands as one of the great films of its era. Read more...
Photo: (United Artists) Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris” plays this Friday and Saturday at the New Beverly Cinema and stars Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider.
“Enter the Slasher House” is not an album; it’s a world. The album is fittingly named, and listening to it is like entering a completely different realm: one that’s darker and a little underground. Read more...
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