“Stevie” Directed by Steve James Lions Gate Films Watching someone you care about self-destruct can be a painful, saddening experience. In Steve James’ (who brought us 1994’s brilliant “Hoop Dreams”) new documentary “Stevie,” we get to observe as the filmmaker becomes immersed in a life spinning wildly out of control. Read more...

Kurt Voss may be down, but he’s not out. After two years of cinema limbo, Voss’ latest feature, “Down and Out With the Dolls,” has found its way into American theaters. Read more...

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a film craze hit the college audience. No, it wasn’t “2001: A Space Odyssey.” It was a revival of films by the comedian W.C. Read more...

Former audiences of the UCLA Thai Smakom Club’s annual culture night may be surprised when they don’t find the usual adaptation of a traditional fairy tale in this weekend’s show. Read more...

Conductor Masaaki Suzuki lives in a J.S. Bach world. He founded a Bach performance group in 1990 called the Bach Collegium Japan, which is currently recording all of Bach’s 200-plus cantatas at the rate of about three a year. Read more...

After performing across the world since the release of Ry Cooder’s “Buena Vista Social Club” album in 1996, Ibrahim Ferrer is finally starting to look old. Read more...

As a film student, Wayne Byrd wanted to educate others through his films. Now as a teacher, he’s still trying to do the same thing. Stressing an importance of life education through film, Byrd, a 2002 masters of fine arts graduate from the directing program of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, will present two of his short films at the James Bridges Theater this Saturday at 2 p.m. Read more...