Faced with cutbacks, Melnitz plots course for its uncertain future

Thursday, June 6, 1996 Film program seeks campus support in light of changesBy Dina Gachman Daily Bruin Staff Melnitz Movies is in danger of disappearing from the UCLA campus. Earlier this spring, the Graduate Students Association announced that they were cutting part of their budget, which finances Melnitz Movies. Minimal funding is still available to […]

Campus Bulletin

Thursday, June 6, 1996Friday, June 7 Rap group The Pharcyde will be perform along with acey alone and blackalicious from noon to 3p.m. in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Event is free with UCLA ID. For more info call (310) 825-1958. The UCLA Jazz Ensembeles I & II will be playing Schoenberg Hall at 8 p.m. Music […]

‘Butterfly Kiss’ tells unique but disjointed serial killer tale

Thursday, June 7, 1996 Plummer’s acting only somewhat undermined by an unsympathetic plotBy Dina Gachman Daily Bruin Staff Images of evil pervade the history of cinema. Sinister criminals, icy gangsters and twisted murderers are subjects that repeatedly slither onto the screen. Often their purpose is just to scare the hell out of us, but sometimes […]

Guerrero spins life experiences into material for songs

Thursday, June 6, 1996 Singer/songwriter brings talent to Freud this Saturday with ‘Cancion Mexicana’ By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Contributor When Lalo Guerrero’s van stalled at the top of a hill in San Francisco and caused a half-mile long traffic jam, he didn’t worry. Instead, he hopped aboard a trolley and wrote a song about […]

Jim Carrey

Thursday, June 6, 1996 Each week from late May to early July unleashes another summer would-be blockbuster, armed to the teeth with action, special effects and all the gimmicks a huge budget can buy. But next week’s ‘The Cable Guy’ packs the neutron bomb of Hollywood stars: Jim Carrey. He’s wild, he’s crazy and he […]