Category Archives: Arts

‘Littlest woman’ Mathis grows up on and off screenActress discusses her acting career and friendship with River Phoenix By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Samantha Mathis watched her Little Women costar Winona Ryder weather the pre-release interview process for the film with mixed emotions. She can’t decide if she’d like to be a star […]

Actor delivers happy ending to ‘Unhappily’ New satire tries to show a lighter side of divorce By Adeline Yee Richie Cunningham from "Happy Days" never had to worry about Mom and Dad calling it quits. And neither did Greg Brady and his sibs on "The Brady Bunch." Prime-time family sitcoms in the ’50s, ’60s and […]

Sayles’ magical mystery tour By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff It could be an image from a John Sayles movie: in Hoboken, N.J., on a street lined with brownstones and double-parked cars, sits Marie’s, a tiny bakery brimming with customers lured by the smell of warm bread. There a tall, lanky, middle-aged man lines up […]

Old friends reunite to create wacky ‘Plan 9 from Outerspace’ Film originally directed by Ed Wood to land in Los Angeles as a musical By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Caffé Luna was bright in the unusual winter sunshine on Friday afternoon. Chris Mills, a UCLA theater alumnus flagged down a Bruin reporter looking like […]

‘Summer In Winter’ Humans and nature. East and West: Opposing seasons symbolize the dramatic contrast of cultures that radiates from this weekend’s MFA dance concert. In their performance, Iris Pell and Martinus Miroto combine modern dance and Indonesian ritual movement. By Rebecca Zell Dance can force cultural traditions to merge, creating visual fireworks and ultimate […]

‘Boys On The Side’ is bland on the screen Despite excellent performances by actresses, film fails to reach potential By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Hollywood likes female friendship films. A story of female bonding in times of danger, sickness and health, Boys On The Side is reminiscent of Terms of Endearment and Thelma and […]

Dance, music unites for purification of art Ballet, orchestra appear together at Schoenberg Hall By Rebecca Zell Like listening to "Vivaldi on the beach," uniting classical tradition with modern style is a simple idea which produces strange and wonderful results. With electrifying results, the Los Angeles Modern Dance & Ballet and the Illustrious Theatre Orchestra […]