Thursday, April 23

Classic horrors are stuff bad dreams are made of

By Emilia Hwang Daily Bruin Senior Staff The latest crop of fiendish flicks has attempted to bewitch and bedazzle contemporary movie goers. Though stick men witch figurines and Elizabeth Hurley as a seductive Satan can be entertaining enough on most evenings, Halloween night deserves a certain reverence for the horror genre that requires going back to the roots of scary movies. Read more...



AE Briefs

  UCLA Performing Arts Arlo Guthrie, son of folk singer Woody Guthrie, will peform with various family members at Royce Hall Friday at 8 p.m. Read more...


Are you capable?

  Illustration by JARRET QUON By Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Senior Staff Life can sometimes be speckled with problems, whether it be trudging through a bad hair day or anticipating a difficult midterm; but imagine if everyday was this problematic. Read more...



Marshall’s ‘Venus’ satirizes superficiality in Parisian salon

By Jonathan Jones Daily Bruin Contributor Customers jaunt in and out of the glass-fronted Parisian salon, a place of beautification as well as personal desperation. The candy pink beauty spa is the main site for Tonie Marshall’s “Venus Beauty Institute.” The French film tells a tale that underscores the superficiality of physical beauty and its impotence in engendering true happiness. Read more...