There’s a UCLA connection making beautiful music at the Geffen Playhouse. UCLA alumnus Bryan Davidson’s “War Music,” which is currently running at the Geffen through Feb. Read more...

Anita Coats Genghis Cohen Jan. 15, 9:30 p.m. A hidden gem of the Los Angeles music scene will sing out her poetry with the help of her acoustic guitar, reminding us that amid this garage rock devolution, a good voice and a simple strum is enough to keep one humming all night long. Read more...

“Vertigo” Egyptian Theatre Jan. 17, 5:30 p.m. Not only will the Egyptian Theatre screen a 70 mm print of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, but femme fatale Kim Novak herself will be available in person for a Q&A discussion following the show. Read more...

UCLA Live’s International Theatre Festival has already brought us the likes of the acclaimed Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre this season. Now, the festival gets set to shift into high gear again when Berlin’s celebrated avant-garde theater group, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz (or Volksbühne, for short), helmed by famed renegade director Frank Castorf, takes the stage for a three-day stint at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse, running Dec. Read more...

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like Hollywood is trying to ruin my holiday season. As I consciously try to see all the Oscar-contending films before the nominations so I can complain about how wrong the Academy got it this year, Focus Features released “21 Grams” right around Thanksgiving. Read more...

Although Massoud Amir Behrani (Sir Ben Kingsley), one of the main characters in “House of Sand and Fog,” and director/screenwriter Vadim Perelman have different backgrounds, they both pursue the same thing. Read more...

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