This post was updated Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. “21 Bridges” is the prototypical action movie: entertaining and shallow. People get shot. A male protagonist cares more about justice than his mental health. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Matt Kennedy)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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November 22, 5:31 pm
Movie review: ‘Frozen II’ is the next right thing in Disney’s unique approach to princess sequels
Six years after the original film, “Frozen II” dives into a beautiful unknown. Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, Disney’s latest venture back into the “Frozen” franchise proved to be visually stunning and mostly cinematically cohesive. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts, Video
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November 21, 6:19 pm
The Story of ‘Juana’ Through Costume
Costume design is more than just crafting clothes for a show. Alexa Weinzierl discusses the collaborative process involved with all the members of the play “Juana.” Read more...
Arts, Music
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November 21, 4:32 pm
Graduate student invites audience interaction in her 6-hour dance performance
Letty Bassart will dance for six hours straight – no pauses, no intermission. The graduate student’s capstone performance “Some Ways to Continue?” is a dance theater installation exploring the theme of persistence. Read more...
Photo: Letty Bassart will dance for six hours in her capstone performance “Some Ways to Continue?” (Keaton Larson/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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November 21, 4:10 pm
Costumes in ‘Juana’ bring 17th-century feminist’s story to life
The main attraction of an opera may be the music, but in “Juana” the actors’ costumes are equally vital to the story. Opera UCLA’s production, based on professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s novel “Sor Juana’s Second Dream,” runs from Nov. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Alexa Weinzierl served as the costume designer for Opera UCLA’s production of “Juana,” which follows the life of 17th-century feminist Sor Juana. (Natalie Tsang/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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November 20, 10:35 pm
Professors at book panel to relate postcolonial allegories and climate change
This post was updated Nov. 22 at 6:08 p.m. The rising sea levels have affected thousands of people, yet little is heard from them. But postcolonial populations – particularly those in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands – are being most directly affected by climate change. Read more...
Photo: English professor Elizabeth DeLoughrey will discuss her book “Allegories of the Anthropocene” in Kaplan Hall on Nov. 21. The book highlights allegories as a tool to comprehend the enormity of the climate change crisis by decreasing the scale in consideration. The book aims to unravel post-colonial issues through the lens of art. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
Arts, Film & TV
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November 20, 10:25 pm
UCLA student film exposes pressure for minority artists to conform to labels
Claudia Rodriguez’s senior thesis film has art lovers sniffing drugs off priceless works. The fourth-year film student said she brainstormed the premise for her film “Illegal Artist” after burrowing deep into assorted Wikipedia articles on obscure artists. Read more...
Photo: Claudia Rodriguez, a fourth-year film student, said her film “Illegal Artist” was inspired by her deep dive into Wikipedia articles. From her research, Rodriguez said she made a film that tackles art and its commercialization. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)