Solaris Starring George Clooney, Natascha McElhone Directed by Steven Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic,” “Full Frontal”) and George Clooney team up yet again for this supposedly romantic sci-fi film. Read more...

The word “experimental” has been synonymous with director Steven Soderbergh’s name for some time now, and his new film “Solaris” is no exception. However, instead of wrangling actors with digital video cameras, or focusing on international drug-runners or casino heists, this time Soderbergh chose to remake the Stanislaw Lem novel that was first filmed by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972. Read more...

While Orwell’s farm friends may have believed “Two legs bad, four legs good,” Homer Avila is proving that one leg is good enough in his performance in “Dance and Disability.” Avila, who lost one leg to cancer a few years ago, uses his other leg to keep afoot his determination to dance. Read more...

Alfred Hitchcock’s spirit visited UCLA’s James Bridges Theater last Sunday night. At least it felt that way with legendary art director Henry Bumstead in attendance to speak about his work on “Vertigo,” one of four films in which he collaborated with the so-called Master of Suspense. Read more...

Snoop Doggy Dogg “Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$” Priority Records “Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$,” is an homage to mafia culture. The opening track begins much the same way “The Godfather” begins (a subject begging a favor from the don), and the next track repeats the names Bugsy, Gotti, Capone, and Soprano. Read more...

Music “¢bull; The UCLA Philharmonia performs tonight with conductor Jon Robertson and guest viola soloist Paul Colletti. Colletti, new to the faculty this year, will perform William Walton’s “Viola Concerto.” The program will also include Hanne Helledie Moller’s “From the City to the Sanctuary” and Brahms’ “Symphony No. Read more...

Aside from the occasional “Bowling for Columbine,” documentaries often don’t get media attention. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, along with the UCLA Film and Television Archive, is combatting this with its annual series on outstanding contemporary documentaries. Read more...