The Lonesome West
Ruskin Group Theatre
Through March 31
Almost like staring into the bright sunlight and trying to adjust to the world around, getting used to the Irish accents in “The Lonesome West” is no easy feat.
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Movie Review: 'The FP'
The FP
Directed by Brandon and Jason Trost
Drafthouse Films
It’s not a secret: the Internet in Westwood Village is painstakingly slow, especially during finals week.
Movie Review: 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home'
Jeff (Jason Segel) loves the movie “Signs,” especially for its ability to present to viewers a world in which all actions are connected in some higher way. It’s a cosmic order that the man, living in his mother Sharon’s (Susan Sarandon) basement and clearly still affected by his father’s death some undisclosed time in the past, is desperately looking for. Such is the mindset of Jeff, the titular character in “Jeff, Who Lives At Home.”
Movie Review: 'The Kid with a Bike'
The character of the orphaned boy is no stranger to the history of film and literature. But then again, you haven’t met 11-year-old Cyril in “The Kid with a Bike” (“Le gamin au velo”), the French-language winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
UCLA listed ninth for reputation in world university rankings; drops to 13th for overall rankings
UCLA fared better this year than last year in terms of its reputation in the world, based on a new ranking released by a British higher education magazine this week.
Swipes for the Homeless honored by President Obama in Campus Champions of Change Challenge
UCLA alumnus Thach “Tak” Nguyen sat grinning from ear to ear as President Barack Obama spoke on his left, standing at a podium in front of a crowd inside the White House Thursday afternoon.
Shakespeare at UCLA's staging of 'Romeo and Juliet' puts new spins on classic play
Shakespeare at UCLA presents “Romeo and Juliet”
*Fri., March 16 and Sat., March 17, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00) *
Kerckhoff Grand Salon, FREE
It doesn’t take an English major to recognize the names of Romeo and Juliet.