This is definitely not your parents’ Woody Allen film. With “Match Point,” the latest offering from the filmmaker, Allen has departed from many of the conventions of his earlier work. Read more...

New Year’s Eve has always been one of the biggest party nights of the year. And in case you didn’t know, there are better ways to celebrate it than camping out in front of the TV set watching a taping of Dick Clark counting down the time until it’s 2006. Read more...

Slowly, streams of blood-red dye begin to appear in a river, representing the bloodshed of World War II. The redness then transforms into long, flowing pieces of beautiful, red kimono cloth. Read more...

Of the 18, mostly Chinese, artists whose work is being featured this week in a Kerckhoff Art Gallery exhibit titled “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance,” only one currently resides in China. Read more...

This week, instead of my usual ramblings on things that get on my nerves, you get something different. The dB Magazine editors and everyone in the music section submitted their top ten albums of the year lists, and an overall top ten was created using some crazy formula involving a lot of numbers that I could never hope to understand. Read more...

For their annual December concert, the UCLA choral groups are ditching their usual program of formal, classical pieces for a more accessible and festive one. On Dec. Read more...

I’m not supposed to be here, on these pages, with yet another meticulously crafted piece of writing for you to skim over and throw away. For those who don’t remember, I declared back in August, with no small degree of self-importance, that I had written my last column. Read more...