When the average moviegoer today thinks of unrewarded talent, Leonardo DiCaprio springs to mind with his zero-for-four win rate at the Academy Awards. DiCaprio’s association with being snubbed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has become so popular it has reached meme status. I’ve always wondered why DiCaprio became the poster boy […]
Author Archives: Tridib Biswas
Album Review: ‘Emotional Mugger’
VHS tapes haven’t been relevant in years, so when Ty Segall sent his newest record to music journalists on VHS, it shed light on his thought process while recording the album. The busiest man in rock music is eager to try new things. His latest effort, “Emotional Mugger,” applies lo-fi production techniques to heavy guitar […]
Movie Review: ‘The Revenant’
An unsuspecting fur trapper is pierced between the eyes by an arrow and crumples to the floor. In the background, dozens of other trappers are shown suffering the same fate. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” makes its theme clear from the very beginning: The harsh snow-covered American frontier brings out extraordinary endurance, but instigates terrible […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The banjo
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the banjo, a stringed instrument that is a mainstay in American folk music. Scott Linford sat in a […]