I’m fascinated by any style that I can describe as a combination of Jim Carrey from “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and a yuppie from a John Hughes movie. This style, often labeled as “bro” style, mixes traditionally preppy staples with more California-casual pieces. It is very prevalent on our West Coast campus, especially among the […]
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Out of Focus: ‘Touch of Evil’ to return to site of famed opening sequence
Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” opens with an explosion of sight and sound: the loud jazz of jukeboxes, honking cars and near the scene’s conclusion, a literal explosion – a car goes up in flames after a bomb detonates. Welles sets the location in a long three-minute tracking shot that has since become legendary. We, […]
Coachella strays from indie roots, moves toward electronic music
The sun set on the Empire Polo Club in Indio around 7 p.m. last Sunday. Almost on cue, Jeff Mangum, lead singer of Neutral Milk Hotel, began singing: “What a beautiful face/ I have found in this place/ That is circling all round the sun,” from the song “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.” I’d […]
Out of Focus: Robert Altman retrospective includes underappreciated films
When Robert Altman was at the peak of his filmmaking during the days of “Nashville” and “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” he was one of the greatest directors of his day. Many of his films have been proclaimed masterpieces of the eras in which they were made. His famed and influential stylistic techniques – the overlapping […]
Student Sartorialist: UCLA BearWear hinders individual style, expression
One hood, two drawstrings and four letters – the UCLA sweatshirt, a clothing item that is probably present within more closets of our student body than any other. Along with the sweatshirt, T-shirts, baseball hats, sweatpants and even spirit wear such as fuzzhead wigs are clothing items included in the possible options of UCLA BearWear. […]
Out of Focus: ‘Last Tango in Paris’ a classic ’70s film despite early controversy
In 1972, the New Yorker published a review of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris” in which famed movie critic Pauline Kael argued that the film “had changed the face of an art form.” More than four decades later, Bertolucci’s masterpiece stands as one of the great films of its era. “Last Tango in Paris” […]
Student Sartorialist: UCLA student body embraces athletic wear
Growing up in a small rural town in California’s Central Valley left me more than a little fashion deprived from the street style seen in more urban cities. However, my hometown’s scarcity in the newest styles only strengthened my own curiosity in fashion, leading me to enroll in a school located in Los Angeles, a […]