‘This is Halloween’ By Lael Loewenstein It’s Halloween again, and that means it’s time to rent last year’s feature smash, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. An astonishing combination of ghouls, effects and stop-motion technical wizardry, the recently-released video is the perfect Halloween treat. Read more...

Performance artists’ bodies, minds go to extreme with art genres, self-mutilation By Nisha Gopalan Paints, pencils and plaster are generally assumed to be the tools of the traditional artist. Read more...

Masochist Flanagan endures pain for the artistic pleasure By Nisha Gopalan "Sewn up and nailed to a two-by-four," reads the caption written by performance artist Bob Flanagan for a 1989 "Auto-erotic SM" performance. Read more...

‘Frankenstein’ takes on new look at Odyssey By Barbara Hernandez Daily Bruin Staff If using two people to play one person seems odd, perhaps you aren’t used to science fiction. Read more...

Danzig intimidates even without costumes Halloween show By John Sabatini On this evening of diabolical darkness, nightfall will be the harbinger of an entity more supremely evil than the foulest ghouls or the fiercest demons. Read more...

Performers bleed for art Burden delivers performance art innovative shot in the arm By Nisha Gopalan On Nov. 19, 1971 at 7:45 p.m., performance artist Chris Burden stood in anticipation while his friend, 15 feet away, shot him in his left arm with a .22-caliber rifle. Read more...

Three reasons to stay home on the weekend Stargate Written by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich Directed by Roland Emmerich Starring Kurt Russell, James Spader and Jaye Davidson There’s a scene in the beginning of Stargate where James Spader’s character Dr. Read more...