Anyone who’s seen a light show or Disney’s “Fantasia” has witnessed the genre of art known as visual music ““ and probably without knowing it. Expanding the reach of visual music is precisely the goal of “Abstraction and Visual Music: Contemporary Animation from Los Angeles Artists,” to be screened by Melnitz Movies on Feb. Read more...

This quarter, the UCLA Department of Theater decided to try something old and something new. The 16th-century French comedy “The Marriage of Figaro” by Pierre Augustin de Beaumarchais opens today and will run in repertory through March 11 along with “Il Gelosi,” written and directed by visiting UCLA Professor David Bridel, in collaboration with graduate acting students. Read more...

It’s crazy how much UCLA can change over four years. Whenever I talk with current freshmen about my own first year, I can’t help but sound like I was living in an archaic era. Read more...

“Tale of Cinema” Directed by Hong Sang-soo Undistributed Of Korea’s major directors, Hong Sang-soo may be the least marketable. This is a tall order, considering his relatively tame content contains none of the extreme sadomasochism ““ a man mutilating himself by swallowing a line of fishhooks in Kim Ki-duk’s “The Isle,” another pulling teeth as a form of torture in Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy” ““ often associated with the recent cinema from the country. Read more...

Richard Kline has been a cinematographer longer than most UCLA students have been alive ““ long enough to remember a time when artistic innovation was not as appreciated in the film industry as it is now. Read more...

The trains converge in the same spot every day Anonymous; that might be nice How would you know? I haven’t any money to board The train from Stockholm to London, but I’ve heard of Such fancy things. Read more...

I went to the dog today and he told Me I was sick; not with words but in The way his breath approached me, a Slight element of blood like an impression Of one of Monet’s best works. Read more...