The idealistic bubble of Iranian filmmaking has burst. A crop of movies that comprises the 14th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema at the UCLA Film and Television Archive’s festival flaunts the unique ability of seven Iranian filmmakers. Read more...

Textbook companies across the country have fattened their wallets during the past few years by feasting on helpless college students who must overpay for their bounded stacks of paper. Read more...

The Walkmen “Bows And Arrows” Record Emerging from waves of crashing cymbals and fuzzed-out guitars comes a raw, angry wail. “And when you’re coming around, you’ll be sorry for the things you said,” yells Hamilton Leithauser, lead singer of New York post-punk band The Walkmen. Read more...

It’s time to realize that Los Angeles is over and the definition of Southern California now is “The O.C.” An afternoon at Fashion Island on Daddy’s credit card with Summer and Marissa far surpasses a visit to the antiquated Westside Pavilion. Read more...

Not many students at UCLA can boast a résumé that includes several released albums. But Franklin Bruno, a philosophy graduate student currently finishing his dissertation, has also made a name for himself in the music industry. Read more...

Sure, the talking chihuahua was cute, but Taco Bell not paying its tomato growers living wages hasn’t sat well with the UCLA community. Now the fast food chain is just a board decision away from getting kicked off campus entirely. Read more...