Monday, March 16


Scorsese nabs Oscar

After more than 25 years of heartbreak, director Martin Scorsese finally took home the one prize that has eluded him throughout his illustrious directorial career: an Oscar. Read more...


Here’s Looking at You, Dad

Married at the height of both their careers, the union of box office superstar Ingrid Bergman and highly acclaimed Italian director Roberto Rossellini was not a typical Hollywood love story. Read more...



Variations on a visiting virtuoso

Visiting UCLA professor Lorenz Gamma has crafted his career as a professional violinist through variation. He has performed various types of classical works solo, in small ensembles and in large symphonies, and has ventured into the worlds of Mexican and Cambodian music in the recording studio. Read more...



Back to the Futurists

The choice is simple: Communism or death. But for Russian Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, this choice only begins to scratch the surface of his complex relationship with the Soviet philosophy. Read more...