This weekend, crimped side-swept hair and pastel leggings will no longer be relics of a forgotten past. Hooligan Theatre Company’s “The Wedding Singer” transports audiences to the ’80s, an era defined by the big and bold. Running Friday through Sunday in the Freud Playhouse, “The Wedding Singer” presents the classic binary of love versus money […]
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UCLA alumna, filmmaker fuses documentary with narrative in ‘Below Dreams’
On a 37-hour bus ride from New York to New Orleans, Garrett Bradley held interviews with fellow passengers around her age. The conversations she had during that drive eventually culminated in her first feature film, “Below Dreams.” The UCLA alumna said she began these interviews on the Greyhound buses while on a break from school, […]
Broad cafe transforms into arcade, features student-made video games
This week, Broad Art Center’s Untitled Café will add joysticks and digital games to its menu to create the Untitled Arcade. With the addition of the arcade machines that UCLA Game Lab has installed, students have the opportunity to play video games that fellow undergraduates and graduates have designed in the past year. The UCLA […]
UCLA graduate student cultivates identity through mushroom art
In the corner of a UCLA graduate studio, mushrooms grow on a pair of jeans, a toy lizard and a knit pullover. For his exhibition, Design | Media Arts graduate student Peter Lu said he decided on a more traditional and tangible approach instead of using media technology: planting mushrooms on everyday things. Lu said […]
Alum’s short film ‘Exhale’ to compete at Cannes Film Festival
Director Rock Chang looked over his shoulder as he filmed the last scene of “Exhale” and knew no other takes would be needed. Many of his crew members had tears in their eyes. “This is kind of sadistic, I guess,” Chang said, “But to be able to see the audience cry is an accomplishment for […]
UCLA Film and Television Archive screens Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s movies
Among the cognoscenti of the international film festival circuit, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien is a household name. From his signature long takes to minute attention to detail, Hou’s techniques seem to have garnered him admirers and imitators across world cinema. Continuing its 50th anniversary celebration, the UCLA Film and Television Archive will showcase a retrospective […]
Spring Lifestyle Preview 2015
Spring quarter may be the time of the year that best represents the postcard UCLA lifestyle. Shorts, tank tops and sun-drenched mischief energize the student body. This springtime rejuvenation presents an opportunity for the UCLA community to explore all the greater L.A. area has to offer, from food to upcoming book and video game releases. […]