Korean films may be generating buzz at Cannes, but on Tuesday nights they can be caught for free right here at UCLA. Tuesday, May 25 marks the fifth night of the “Seven Nights of Korean Cinema” film festival at UCLA, which began April 27 and runs through June 8. Read more...
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May 19, 9:00 pm
Korean Invasion
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May 19, 9:00 pm
Calendar: Film & TV
“City of God” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Today and Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If a movie gets four Oscar nominations but is from a foreign country, does it make a sound? Read more...
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May 19, 9:00 pm
Internet darlings a far cry from the meek bunnies of Playboy fame
With every step in technology, the pornography industry has been among the first in line to cash in and prove that sex will sell no matter what the medium. Read more...
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May 19, 9:00 pm
“˜Whirled’ festival fuses music, dance
It’s safe to say that Abhiman Kaushal was obsessed with mastering the tabla, an Indian drum. “I gave up everything and learned tabla; I gave up education. Read more...
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May 19, 9:00 pm
Fashion Matters
Living in Los Angeles, the media sensory overload of conspicuously consuming celebrities can drive students into added debt for the hottest item on the rack of Fred Segal, or, on the other extreme, force penny-pinching students to become jaded and opt for the California uniform of comfortable denim and flip flops. Read more...
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May 19, 9:00 pm
Bruin juggles school with album release, tours
It’s not unusual for fifth-year ethnomusicology student Jonathan Keyes to take a 6 a.m. flight across the country, play a show at a college campus, and then catch a flight to Los Angeles the next morning so he can get back in time for class. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Group blends genres, ethnicities for style that pops
Eugene Hütz is like a wedding singer, birthday party clown and Jackass cast member rolled into one skinny Ukrainian man with a handle-bar moustache. With acrobatic flips, magic tricks and an indulgence in harming equipment and himself to embellish his rough musical act, the frontman of Gogol Bordello violently stretches the role of a singer. Read more...