Sunday, May 31

Film review: Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ provides whimsical view of newsroom

This post was updated Oct. 24 at 9:26 p.m. Wes Anderson signaled out the dispatch – and is receiving a resounding “oui oui” in return. The eccentric director’s latest release, “The French Dispatch,” is a whimsically entertaining take on the energetic buzz of the newsroom and the journalists who run it. Read more...

Photo: Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” brings together stories of a 20th-century American newspaper operating from a small French town. (Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures)




Q&A: Actors from Netflix’s ‘Night Teeth’ reflect on character backstories, LA influence

Vampires are taking on the Los Angeles party scene. Just in time for Halloween, Netflix’s latest original thriller “Night Teeth” releases Wednesday. The film follows college student Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), who steps in for his brother Jay (Raúl Castillo) as a chauffeur for two mysterious women, Blaire (Debby Ryan) and Zoe (Lucy Fry), as they party hop around LA. Read more...

Photo: Debby Ryan (left) and Lucy Fry (right) play Blaire and Zoe in “Night Teeth.” (Courtesy of Netflix)


Graduate students immerse viewers in ‘Perspective Slip’ exhibit with surreal art

From the natural to the supernatural, artists are blending personal experience with modern science in a new exhibit. Fine arts graduate students in the department of design media arts are presenting their work in the exhibit titled “Perspective Slip,” which premiered Oct. Read more...

Photo: Fine arts graduate student Berit Gilma’s piece “The planet Mars, 1 million years BC,” is on view at the New Wight Gallery with other fine arts graduate students in the exhibition “Perspective Slip.” (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya discuss bringing ‘Dune’ to younger audiences

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 9:49 p.m. Sci-fi fans are in for some extra spice as “Dune” heats up the theater screens. Featuring a noteworthy cast including Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, the film is director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the beloved 1965 science-fiction novel of the same name. Read more...

Photo: Zendaya (left) and Timothée Chalamet (right) play Chani and Paul Atreides in “Dune.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures)


UCLA student follows musical instincts, releases self-produced debut single

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 9:38 p.m. Lola Rice is doing it herself. On Friday, the fourth-year music history and industry and political science student released her first single, “Human.” After years of being dissatisfied with working with producers, Rice said she wrote, recorded and produced the song on her own, recording her vocals in her room. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year music history and industry and political science student Lola Rice released her first single, “Human,” on Friday. (Nina Morasky/Daily Bruin)