We all know that trying to make it in the music world isn’t always glamorous. But it’s not every day that you hear a band member compare life in a band to married life. Read more...

FILM & TV: “What Farocki Taught,” “Far From Poland” James Bridges Theater May 16 As part of the Hammer’s “What Lies Between: The Autobiographical Impulse in Film and Video,” Jill Godmilow screens her two autobiographical documentaries. Read more...

The TV executives seemed to be getting trickier than ever, and I thought it necessary to look up my previous college roommate and math-whiz The Amazing Paul, currently double-majoring in computer science & engineering and economics, for help. Read more...

“Down with Love” Directed by Peyton Reed 20th Century Fox To paraphrase Alma, Doris Day’s maid in “Pillow Talk, “You only need one sip to know you’ve got a good bottle.” “Down with Love” is one hell of a bottle. Read more...

After three quarters of tireless rehearsing, the World Music performance ensembles of UCLA’s ethnomusicology department are finally ready to show their stuff. In this year’s five-night Spring Festival of World Music, the ensembles will perform song and dance from cultures as far ranging as Africa and China. Read more...

After getting up from behind his desk, Christopher Nolan sat in a chair next to a small coffee table and a couch. An enormous “Memento” poster hung over the desk, a smaller “Following” poster over the chair in which he sat. Read more...

Classic films often get dated from their conservative definitions of morality and prejudices. But this doesn’t necessarily apply to all things old. “We’re talking about 1933, and there’s a nymphomaniac from Brentwood who’s also a kleptomaniac and a sexual deviant,” said UCLA Film and Television Archive programmer Mimi Brody regarding the film “Bloody Money.” That film will screen as part of the UCLA Archive’s retrospective of early 1930s films that contrast the conservatism that came later. Read more...