Category Archives: Arts

Quiet ‘Happened’ peeks at ’90s dating Sundance Film Festival favorite succeeds with heartfelt, honest plot By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff "What Happened Was" quietly presents itself as a funny, witty, romantic date movie. The winner of the 1994 Sundance Grand Jury prize is all of these things, but to try to capture its’ […]

Redgrave brings the personal onstage One-woman play mixes Shakespeare with own biography By John Mangum No matter how broad her experience as an actress becomes, Tony award-winning Lynn Redgrave always returns to Shakespeare. Ranking among the most versatile and best-known actresses today, Redgrave has performed in too many different productions in too many different genres […]

Sebadoh has goods on ‘Bakesale’ Singer/songwriter Barlow follows classical tradition By Michael Tatum That Lou Barlow ­ he’s such a perfectionist. Barlow, co-front man of the indie-rock band Sebadoh, has in the past been the subject of much celebration in the rock press, and his band’s latest full length release, "Bakesale" (Sub Pop), has had […]

One-act puts twist on classic ’40s Ingenious direction and comic acting make for appealing "Tangled Snarl" By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Theater is at its best when it’s short, sweet and unbelievably funny. John Rustan and Frank Semerano’s "The Tangled Snarl" is all those things. Set in 1940s Los Angeles, the 45 minute one-act […]

By Lael Loewenstein In 1895, when future MGM mogul Louis Mayer was in grade school and Warner Bros. scion Jack Warner in diapers, a young French visionary named Léon Gaumont took over a photographic equipment firm and created what was to become one of the world’s foremost film companies. A sampling of Gaumont’s films is […]

By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Death can be a scary thing. But the revelations about oneself and one’s family that come with impending demise can be the most wonderful experiences in life. In Scott McPherson’s play "Marvin’s Room," Bessie (Mary Steenburgen) discovers the importance of these life lessons. Bessie has been taking care of […]

By Judith Newman The New York Times NEW YORK — Worried that the Menendez brothers’ trial, violent movies and talk-show depravity have numbed the nation’s sense of moral outrage? Worry no more. It’s there. If you have any doubts, just walk into a bookstore and request a book about modeling geared toward prepubescent girls. "You […]