I’m fascinated by any style that I can describe as a combination of Jim Carrey from “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and a yuppie from a John Hughes movie. Read more...
Photo: “Bro” style, mixing traditionally preppy staples with more of a West Coast casual style of wear, is continuously present on the UCLA campus, especially with the undergraduate male students, such as third-year business economics student Yousif Kurdi. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” opens with an explosion of sight and sound: the loud jazz of jukeboxes, honking cars and near the scene’s conclusion, a literal explosion – a car goes up in flames after a bomb detonates. Read more...
Photo: “Touch of Evil” stars Charlton Heston as Mexican officer Mike Vargas alongside Orson Welles, who both directs and stars in the film. One of Welles’ most acclaimed pieces, “Touch of Evil” will be showing at the Million Dollar Theatre near Venice Beach on Saturday. (Universal Pictures)
The sun set on the Empire Polo Club in Indio around 7 p.m. last Sunday. Almost on cue, Jeff Mangum, lead singer of Neutral Milk Hotel, began singing: “What a beautiful face/ I have found in this place/ That is circling all round the sun,” from the song “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.” I’d waited for most of my adolescent life to catch Mangum live in action and, at Coachella, my wish was finally granted. Read more...
Photo: The second weekend of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival begins Friday in Indio. (Courtesy of Emily Dinh)
When Robert Altman was at the peak of his filmmaking during the days of “Nashville” and “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” he was one of the greatest directors of his day. Read more...
Photo: (UCLA Film and Television Archive) “The Long Goodbye” stars Elliott Gould and tells the story of Philip Marlowe, who looks for a friend who may have murdered his wife.
One hood, two drawstrings and four letters – the UCLA sweatshirt, a clothing item that is probably present within more closets of our student body than any other. Read more...
Photo: First-year biochemistry student Chloe Purgason sports her BearWear apparel with a classic UCLA T-shirt that is often seen around campus. This week, A&E columnist Noor Gill explores the effects of BearWear on UCLA’s style. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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.
Growing up in a small rural town in California’s Central Valley left me more than a little fashion deprived from the street style seen in more urban cities. Read more...
Photo: A&E columnist Noor Gill discusses the UCLA style trend of athletic footwear and clothing in her new column, “Student Sartorialist.” (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
