By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Senior Staff [email protected] During the Soviet occupation of Hungary, illegitimate children were given fictitious fathers by the bureaucracy. This is just one of the absurdities of Cold War Hungary that UCLA Film and Television professor Gyula Gazdag portrays in his film, “A Hungarian Fairy Tale.” The film will be screened at the Lee Strasberg Creative Center Wednesday night with Gazdag attending to answer questions afterward. Read more...

By Scott Schultz Daily Bruin Senior Staff [email protected] It’s difficult to go wrong with Neil Simon’s tried-and-true comedy “The Odd Couple.” Playing at the Geffen Playhouse, “Oscar and Felix, A New Look at The Odd Couple” is an enjoyable update that doesn’t stray too far from the original. Read more...

By C.J. Yu DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Although David Quantic and Abigail Severance may produce films in different genres that touch on different issues, they still have one goal in common: to change the portrayal of gays and lesbians in American media. Read more...

  Sonic Youth “Murray Street” Geffen Records, Inc. The term “classic rock” often bears negative associations, especially for fans of a band like Sonic Youth, which pioneered an alternative movement that split from the rock canon. Read more...

  Columbia Tristar So you’ve seen “Insomnia,” director Christopher Nolan’s emotional tale of corruption starring Al Pacino, and “Memento,” Nolan’s virtuoso film about the fragile nature of memory and identity. Read more...

By Howard Ho DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected]   Wellspring Cho’s newest concert film, “Notorious C.H.O.,” is currently playing at the Landmark Nuart Theater. In Margaret Cho’s new film, “Notorious C.H.O.,” she describes a cross-dressing, homosexual couple that mentored her through high school as “crouching drag queen, hidden faggot.” Though hilarious, Cho’s statement mixing Asian and gay culture is just one example of how her multiple identities play out on the stage. Read more...

  www.margaretcho.com “Notorious C.H.O.” Directed by Lorene Machado Starring Margaret Cho Margaret Cho does it again with her latest performance film. A follow-up to her hit, “I’m the One that I Want,” Cho’s newest film represents a return to pure stand-up even while she infuses it with political and social messages that allow it to rise above the normal doldrums of comic schtick. Read more...