Tuesday, May 12, 1998 Medical practitioners examine life, patients in wild Kingdom Hospital FILM: Director brilliantly delivers smart, intriguing five-hour, subtitled flick By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff A ward full of spirits. A hypochondriatic surgeon. A baby growing several feet per hour. Welcome to the always dramatic and intriguing Kingdom Hospital. This is […]
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Director Reynolds gets ugly, breaks dramatic conventions
Tuesday, May 12, 1998 Director Reynolds gets ugly, breaks dramatic conventions FILM: First full-length effort takes on different approach, enabling risks, opportunities By Louise Chu Daily Bruin Contributor Having parents in the cinema is pretty much a free pass into a successful film career, right? But what if your parents ran the film projector and […]
Creation station
Monday, May 11, 1998 Creation station ART: The Santa Monica Museum of Art finds a new venue for the avant garde in Bergamot Station By Michael Gillette Daily Bruin Contributor The Santa Monica Museum of Art celebrated its reopening at its new Bergamot Station site with a gala benefit event Thursday evening. The opening featured […]
Soundbites
Monday, May 11, 1998 Soundbites Dave Matthews Band, "Before These Crowded Streets" (RCA) That Dave Matthews guy sure has got balls. Famous for his band’s jammin’ style that has won a fiercely devoted fan base with his band’s two previous albums, Matthews changes things around a bit in "Before These Crowded Streets," a considerably darker […]
Trojans will invade campus to expand AIDS awareness
Monday, May 11, 1998 Trojans will invade campus to expand AIDS awareness MUSIC: Condom company, Pedro Zamora Foundation to host concert in Westwood Plaza to promote safe sex By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Contributor Stay on the look-out for 15-foot Trojans on campus Tuesday. No, not Tommy the enemy, but the ones we actually come […]
Student finds a new normal at UCLA
Monday, May 11, 1998 Student finds a new normal at UCLA FILM: O’Dea completes graduate school with documentary screening By Danielle Myer Daily Bruin Contributor When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. It’s a cliche, but for Chris O’Dea, a graduate student in UCLA’s school of film and television, it’s also a way of life. […]
Grass isn’t always greener for blue-collar lawn mowers
Monday, May 11, 1998 Grass isn’t always greener for blue-collar lawn mowers FILM: Sam Rockwell gets down, dirty to prepare for his role in new drama By Teron Hide Daily Bruin Contributor In the fictional suburban area of Camelot Gardens, luxurious mansions with lush green gardens are the social norm. Attending to the gardening needs […]