Looking solely at the premise of “The Girl Next Door,” it would seem to be treading on well-worn territory: A goody-two-shoes high school boy breaks out of his straight-arrow persona with the help of a sexy girl. Read more...

After the conquest of India by the British Empire in 1857, India’s representation in the Western world had been forever changed. The photographs displayed in the UCLA Fowler Museum’s deeply historical new exhibition “Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation, 1850-1900″ explore how the portrayal of a vast nation has been packaged and sold. Read more...

“The Sound of Music” James Bridges Theater Sunday 2 p.m. It may be an arbitrary ranking, but there’s a reason the American Film Institute put this Julie Andrews star vehicle on their list of the 100 best American films ever made. Read more...

For 2003 UCLA graduate ChiChi Nnadi, going back to school is part of his job. Hired last year by MTV, Nnadi is now a video jockey for the station’s newest branch, mtvU. Read more...

Liars “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned” Mute Imagine the noise of a factory falling apart, groaning toward anarchy as machines tear themselves from walls and explode in a flurry of destruction. Read more...

When I was 11 and in the sixth grade, my friends and I would go to the movies right after school. After the final bell rang on Friday, we’d grab our backpacks, travel the four blocks or so to the local theater, and see the early afternoon screenings of movies like “Goldeneye” or “Beavis and Butthead Do America.” We weren’t very cool. Read more...

It’s both a good and a bad thing that one of the most beautiful spots in the Grand Canyon is also one of the most difficult places to get to. Read more...