While many critics bemoaned Miramax’s decision to release “Kill Bill” in two installments as a ploy to force moviegoers to pay twice for the same film, it turns out that “Kill Bill Vol. Read more...

It’s extravagant, colorful and melodramatic. To many Americans, Bollywood provokes no greater depth than these three adjectives. But in a movie industry that churns out more movies per year than Hollywood, Bollywood’s proponents hope to prove to Western eyes that Indian films are more than just dance-filled spectaculars. Read more...

Hardcore music has been a male-dominated scene since its inception in the early ’80s, but Candace Kucsulain, 23, vocalist of Detroit thrashers Walls of Jericho, isn’t going to let that get in her way. Read more...

Isaac Julien UCLA Hammer Museum April 15, 7 p.m. The art council chair for spring quarter in the UCLA Department of Art, this British filmmaker will tell us what his job entails and why it exists. Read more...

Musicians from Marlboro Schoenberg Hall April 17, 8 p.m. A sampling of top talent from the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont includes pianists Murray Perahia and Richard Goode and violinist Jaime Laredo. Read more...

With the UCLA film department’s upcoming undergraduate application deadline on April 30, students who dream about becoming the next big thing in Hollywood will soon be scrambling to get their materials in on time. Read more...

“50 First Dates” Ackerman Grand Ballroom April 15-16, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you refused to pay $10 to see an Adam Sandler movie (being the smart person you are), here’s your chance to see his newest for only $2. Read more...