It’s not at all surprising that Robert Iscove is feeling under the weather. As he spoke by phone last week during his lunch break, the director, whose credits range from the bubble-gum romantic comedy “She’s All That” to choreographer for the Academy Awards, was in the middle of rehearsing a project so ambitious that it’s tantamount to parting the Red Sea ““ literally and figuratively. Read more...

Soon enough, Michael Moore won’t be the only talk of the town. As “Fahrenheit 9/11″ trickles off the silver screen, other political documentaries are making their way into smaller movie theaters, and the numbers are growing. Read more...

In high school, getting to know new teachers used to be a critical part of the fall. Then came college, where students often enroll in lectures with hundreds of other students, diminishing the importance of teacher-student relationships. Read more...

At various times last school year, I remember seeing copies of dB Magazine tiling the ground around newsstands across campus like a very ugly wallpaper. Not that the magazine is ugly, but it wasn’t designed to be some sort of protective ground covering. Read more...

Two weeks ago, at a recent breakfast for several hundred Geffen Playhouse subscribers and donors, Geffen Playhouse Producing Director Gil Cates conducted a poll right there in front of attendees while they had their coffee. Read more...

Under the direction of David Sefton, UCLA Live has garnered much attention as a presenter of avant garde and unconventional works ““but this season marks the first time that one of the performances comes with a pacemaker warning. Read more...

The first time I saw “Clerks” was at a double-feature, back-to-back screening at San Diego’s Museum of Photographic Arts. The other film screened that night was “Office Space,” and the night had a label that had something to do with disgruntled employees. Read more...