While many critics bemoaned Miramax’s decision to release “Kill Bill” in two installments as a ploy to force moviegoers to pay twice for the same film, it turns out that “Kill Bill Vol. Read more...

Isaac Julien UCLA Hammer Museum April 15, 7 p.m. The art council chair for spring quarter in the UCLA Department of Art, this British filmmaker will tell us what his job entails and why it exists. Read more...

It’s extravagant, colorful and melodramatic. To many Americans, Bollywood provokes no greater depth than these three adjectives. But in a movie industry that churns out more movies per year than Hollywood, Bollywood’s proponents hope to prove to Western eyes that Indian films are more than just dance-filled spectaculars. Read more...

Electrelane Troubadour April 9, 9 p.m. The four-girl experimental group from Brighton comes with its hypnotic tricks, powerful choral arrangements and kraut-rock roots. Prepare to be awed. Read more...

“Big Fish” Ackerman Grand Ballroom April 8-9, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you missed Tim Burton’s lesson in fantasy filmmaking when it was competing with Oscar films in December, you can catch it now. Read more...

It all boils down to how you define “like.” Meet Dan (I promised David that I wouldn’t use his real name), a cohort of mine since we loaded a dorm elevator with a bunch of caution cones as freshmen. Read more...

Sometimes it takes very little to reinvigorate a dying art form. At a time when public radio trails even network television in terms of innovation, it may come as a surprise that one of National Public Radio’s most creative programs has risen to the top just by keeping it simple. Read more...