The Japanese word “kyodo” has two translations: “family” and “loud children.” UCLA Kyodo Taiko, a Japanese drumming group which will perform Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. Read more...

While my roommates were re-creating last Sunday’s thrilling playoff game between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers on “Madden 2003,” it dawned on me that Monday Night Football had already wrapped up its season. Read more...

Blevin Blectum describes her music as “stuff that I want to hear that I haven’t heard before.” Anyone encountering her music for the first time can rest assured of one thing: her sparse, dark though strangely warm compositions are unlike most things anyone has heard before. Read more...

Theater professor Mel Shapiro believes that everyone in academia ought to practice what they preach. Luckily for him, he is currently able to put his money where his mouth is. Read more...

Martin Scorsese is perhaps the most open filmmaker. Unlike directors such as John Ford, who scoffed at questions about filmmaking technique, Scorsese has a history of talking about his techniques and influences. Read more...

8. "Punch-Drunk Love" Once again P. T. Anderson proves himself the most exciting filmmaker alive today. Here, the auteur of “Magnolia” and “Boogie Nights” plays into and defies generic conventions without making it feel forced. Read more...

They’re big, they’re bad, and they’re gonna be at your local multiplex faster than you can say Richard Hatch. The tsunami of reality programming will soon crash onto the silver screen again with the tentatively titled “Spring Break: The Movie.” It’s going to be cast with real college students and part of the first wave of auditions will be held at Madison’s on Friday from 11 a.m. Read more...