“Blue Is the Warmest Color” is a three-hour movie, but it’s the dozen minutes of explicit lesbian sex that has kept it in media news. Banned in Idaho and followed by a trail of critical controversy, “Blue Is the Warmest Color” has raised questions about sex and sexiness ever since its Palme d’Or win at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Read more...
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 23, 11:47 pm
Punk rock musical addresses sexual abuse
More than a decade ago, UCLA professor Paul Abramson became involved as an expert witness in a sexual abuse case so influential to him that he wrote a musical about it. Read more...
Photo: Professor Paul Abramson sings on stage with his band “Crying 4 Kafka” in his punk rock musical “The Saint of F’ed Up Karma,” which explores a sexual abuse case.
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 23, 12:36 am
Q&A: Judd Winick shares ‘storyboards’ behind ‘Pedro and Me’
In 1994, a young cartoonist named Judd Winick entered the cast of MTV’s “The Real World: San Francisco.” It was there he met Pedro Zamora, a young AIDS educator and fellow cast member who made waves as one of the first openly gay, HIV-positive Cuban men on television. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 23, 12:33 am
Kevin Aiello climbs up to head chef position at Bruin Plate
While Captain Jack Sparrow may have boasted a diet of pure rum on the screen, Johnny Depp needed real food to get him through his long days on set. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Aiello has risen through the ranks within various eating facilities to become the new head chef of Bruin Plate, the newest dining hall on the Hill open to the public.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 23, 12:32 am
Theater Review: ‘Creditors’
“Creditors” is a 95-minute performance of concentrated dramatic action. Plot events unfold so quickly that audience members can hardly keep track of which characters are manipulating who before the play’s shocking ending. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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October 22, 12:17 am
Students take on Campus MovieFest challenge
The challenge is to create a five-minute film in just one week. For UCLA student filmmakers participating in Campus MovieFest, today marks the end of this exciting but difficult process as they turn in their final submissions. Read more...
Photo: Each team working on projects for Campus MovieFest is provided with a video camera, sound equipment and a computer to make edits.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 22, 12:00 am
Q&A: UCLA professor discusses work on ‘Yulan’
Paul Chihara, UCLA professor of theory and composition and head of the Visual Media program, composed the score for the Chinese dance-acrobatic ballet “Yulan: World of Love,” which premiered at East Los Angeles College this week. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professor Paul Chihara composed the score for “Yulan: World of Love,” a dance-acrobatic ballet that was named after a sacred flower in Chinese folklore.