This post was updated March 29 at 9:15 p.m. “Sentimental Value” has found its place in the Oscars record books. The Norwegian psychological drama from director Joachim Trier earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at Sunday’s 98th annual Oscars ceremony. Read more...
Photo: Director Joachim Trier smiles as he holds his Academy Award. On Sunday, Trier won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for his film, “Sentimental Value.” (Courtesy of The Academy Awards)
The Academy’s 98th award show featured steep competition and Hollywood glamour Sunday night. Hitting the ground running, host Conan O’Brien opened cinema’s biggest night at the Dolby Theatre with a thrilling montage and monologue highlighting this year’s nominees, including meme-ifiable Leonardo DiCaprio of “One Battle After Another” and the newly-instated category for casting. Read more...
Photo: Director Paul Thomas Anderson accepts the Academy Award for Best Picture alongside the cast and crew of “One Battle After Another.” The film took home six Oscars at the 98th annual ceremony Sunday. (Courtesy of The Academy Awards)
Kiran Desai explored loneliness and connection across space and time at the Hammer Museum on Thursday. Desai – the Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of “Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard” and “The Inheritance of Loss” – spoke with UCLA professor Mona Simpson in this year’s final iteration of Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series. Read more...
Photo: Kiran Desai and UCLA professor Mona Simpson sit on stage at the Hammer Museum. Desai was a guest speaker as a part of Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers'” series, and she spoke about her latest novel, “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.” (Maanasi Kademani/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s Art History Undergraduate Student Association is painting a colorful community for art history lovers. AHUSA is a student-led club dedicated to exploring art history through discussion, faculty speakers and gallery visits. Read more...
Photo: An Art History Undergraduate Student Association meeting featuring a presentation slide on “Still lifes” is pictured. AHUSA is a student-led organization focused on the exploration and discussion of art history through friendly seminars, said Nikki St. Charles, the club’s president. (Courtesy of Nikki St. Charles)
Some exhibits aren’t made for looking at, but rather for looking back. On Tuesday, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library transformed into a gallery. The Center for the Study of International Migration and the Chicano Studies Research Center Library filled the space with murals, paintings, photography, music and a community that showed up to heal. Read more...
Photo: Attendees of the “ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia” exhibit listen to a discussion panel. On Tuesday, the Chicano Studies Research Library hosted the opening night for the art exhibit. (Pranav Akella/Daily Bruin)
Despite transitioning to a new season, winter will be frozen in time through these music videos. Winter became the season for anticipated releases, and, accompanying these projects were creative music visuals. Read more...
Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin staff)
In “The Bride!” Maggie Gyllenhaal fails to breathe new life into a classic source material. Landing in theaters March 6, actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial project trips and stumbles through grimy alleyways and ritzy clubs before finishing with an electrifying kaput. Read more...
Photo: Jessie Buckley as the Bride wears a red dress and black veil while holding a gun menacingly. Released March 6, actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” is a retro-futuristic remake of the 1935 sequel “Bride of Frankenstein.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
