Category Archives: Arts

Love in time of strife This week, Los Angeles’ Ahmanson debuts Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s production of ‘Miss Saigon.’ In the classic vein of ill-fated love stories like ‘Casablanca,’ ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘A Farewell to Arms,’ its stellar quality simply stuns. By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff It always seems that true love forms […]

Corporate rock gave ’80s pop a bad name These days, very few people have any use for Winger, Bon Jovi, Poison or Motley Crue. The Whitesnake Fan Club no longer has need for a large office. The possibility of White Lion putting a record into the Billboard top 100 is about as likely as Newt […]

Artists blend mainstream with humor to create visual ‘erotica’ Latest Kerckhoff Gallery exhibition highlights political and social satire By Barbara E. Hernandez Daily Bruin Staff What could possibly be funny about digging graves or car bombs? Perhaps that’s what artist Mark Januzelli is trying to say in his new show, at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, […]

Retrospective honors ‘Hollywood Ten’ member Melnitz series displays films directed by controversial figure, Edward Dmytryk By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Few directors have crossed as many boundaries in their work and in their politics as Edward Dmytryk. Dmytryk, the longtime director and member of the "Hollywood Ten," will be honored with a retrospective at […]

Richardson fleshes out tragic role in ‘Tom and Viv’ Award-winning, versatile actress stars as T.S. Eliot’s wife opposite actor Dafoe By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Miranda Richardson has always been a little unusal. While every other actress has coveted the role of Lady Macbeth, Richardson chose to play Macduff as her first part. Granted, […]

Sundance film festival yields great new finds By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff PARK CITY, Utah ­ The Sundance Film Festival is only half over and already serious buzz is developing about a number of films. The premieres have lived up to their popularity and the dramatic and documentary competitions have yielded some great […]

Audience experiences life as ‘the undercaste’ in exhibit Antenna Theater’s installation brings harsh reality to Wight Art Gallery By Jenny Hsieh You are going to die. You are going to die. The words burn in your consciousness. The syllables echo in your mind. Confined in a narrow, pitch-dark morgue drawer, an overhead police siren glares […]