MINISTRY OF ILLUSION In 1933, Joseph Goebbels, Reich minister for national enlightenment, controlled one of the most powerful vehicles of the time for mass indoctrination ­ the cinema. Read more...

Singleton’s ‘Learning’ experienceSingleton portrays university encounters with racism in latest controversial movie By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff He was a novice to filmmaking just a few years ago, but now John Singleton seems like a Hollywood veteran. Read more...

Offspring delivers major smash to listeners, Epitaph By Michael Nazarinia By now you’ve probably heard of the song that beckons you to "keep ’em separated." The Offspring, the Huntington Beach band that has sold over three million copies of their new album, Smash, has been on a roll and atop the Billboard charts ever since KROQ 106.7 put the song into rotation over seven months ago. Read more...

Orchestras and dance companies still shaken up by effects of January earthquake By John Mangum It’s been a year since the ground stopped shaking from last January’s earthquake, but UCLA continues to feel the aftershocks. Read more...

‘Wind’ weaves relation between nature, life Performance team Eiko and Koma appear at Schoenberg Hall tonight By Rebecca Zell In the late 1960s, two Japanese university students followed the credo of the times and dropped out of school to express themselves. Read more...

‘Fuck the audience!’ Independent filmmakers aren’t about pleasing mainstream audiences with compromises and formulas. Guerrilla moviedom means vision, dedication and passion. The announcement of this year’s nominations for independent film awards reflects that this spirit is alive and well. Read more...

With ‘Divine Intervention,’ Slayer pushes musical extremes Heavy metal band’s latest release replete with darker, violent images of humanity By John Sabatini Even the widespread damage and total destruction left in the wake of Southern California’s seemingly unending variety of natural disasters cannot compare to the wrath the malevolent metal band Slayer will unleash at the Orange County Pavilion tonight and the Shrine Expo Center on Sunday. Read more...