Having recently published her novel, “Milk,” Darcey Steinke decided to take a brief vacation with her daughter off the coast of Connecticut. “You don’t have a lot of days like this out there, do you? Read more...

Flipping through Entertainment Weekly not too long ago, I came across a profile on Richard Linklater. The piece included an overview of his work as a director, adored by hip college kids everywhere, from “Dazed and Confused” to “Waking Life” and “Before Sunrise.” Richard Linklater is a hipster’s wet dream: He’s both cool and artsy, his oeuvre covers rock music and philosophy, slackers and love in Vienna. Read more...

Every year, industry execs flood the streets of Sundance hoping to find the next great filmmaker, temporarily transforming the snow-covered mountains of Utah into the Hollywood hills. Read more...

By now virtually every student understands that downloading songs for free from the Internet isn’t legal. And the Recording Industry Association of America’s recent slew of lawsuits against individual people should be enough to make even the most determined Kazaa user in the dorms at least a little nervous. Read more...

Getting a job isn’t easy. Students learn this all too well around this time of year, courtesy of countless rejections by unpaid internships, cheap local restaurants, department stores and more. Read more...

When Professor Denise Mann was a film student, an arts education was a bit narrower than it is today. “I understood a great deal about how movies were made in a hands-on way, but I had no sense of how those experiences related to the complexity of the Hollywood industry,” Mann said. Read more...

I’m oversimplifying, over-dramatizing, and over-Cliffs Notes-ing matters, but it should be noted that orientation tells you pretty much nothing about UCLA. Don’t get me wrong. I loved orientation; it’s still one of my very favorite college memories. Read more...