For once, Keanu Reeves is unlikable. The actor briefly appears in “Always Be My Maybe,” the latest Netflix original film set to hit the streaming service and select theaters Friday. Read more...
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Arts Columns
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May 30, 5:08 am
Art to Heart: UCLA’s characteristic architecture looks to the past, illuminates value of learning
Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? Read more...
Photo: (Cody Wilson/Daily Bruin)
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May 23, 7:06 pm
Movie review: ‘Aladdin’ remake’s whole new world offers an underwhelming new point of view
One of the ’90s’ biggest animated hits is getting a reboot, and who better to lead the way than the biggest movie star of the ’90s – Will Smith. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios)
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May 23, 1:03 am
Art to Heart: Digital media artists’ synesthetic storytelling enlivens and humanizes history
This post was updated on May 23 at 1:31 p.m. Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words? Read more...
Photo: Ina Conradi, an Art|Sci Center resident and associate professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, created “Elysian Fields,” a short digital media film meant to honor her late father for his military service. The film features fighter planes and a depiction of the afterlife. (Courtesy of Ina Conradi)
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May 21, 11:14 pm
Cafe review: Donation-based coffee shop Upside Down provides fresh, welcoming environment
Editor’s note: This article was updated retroactively to remove the name of a source out of concern for their privacy. This post was updated March 1 at 3:41 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Isaac Brickner is the director of Upside Down, a donation-based cafe in Westwood. Brickner is a missionary with Jews For Jesus, a nonprofit which owns and operates the coffee shop, which had its soft opening March 25. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)
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May 20, 4:59 pm
‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 recap – Episode 6: ‘The Iron Throne’
Winter is here: The final season of “Game of Thrones” is one of the most highly anticipated television events of the last decade. Follow our columnists as they explore students’ weekly reactions as an iconic era of pop culture comes to an end. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Macall B. Polay/HBO)
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May 19, 9:32 pm
Theater review: ‘Invisible Tango’ dances on intersection of narrative, introspection and magic
Magician Helder Guimarães balances the mundane and the magical like a sleight-of-hand trick in his one-man show, “Invisible Tango.” Directed by Frank Marshall, Guimarães’ show will continue its run at the Geffen Playhouse until June 30. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)