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 […]
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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 […]
Festival offers relief with student films
Monday, June 3, 1996 "Spring Festival ’96" to screen shorts at Melnitz, dead week By Emily Forster Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television is offering students a great way to liven up dead week. From June 7 to June 15, "Spring Festival ’96," will offer an intense program of student films […]
Gypsy Cafe home to own music community
Monday, June 3, 1996 Recent UCLA grads stick to musical basicsBy Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Given their musical ethic, it makes sense that Puddle Wonderful band members Jeremy Lee and Keith Ogden perform at a place called the Gypsy Cafe. Lee and Ogden, who have been playing together for two years, feel it’s necessary […]