Autumn is often spent carving pumpkins, binging on candy corn and basking in falling leaves, but it may be difficult to embrace the autumn spirit on campus away from home. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 8, 12:34 am
Fall Lifestyle Preview 2015
Arts, Podcasts
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October 8, 12:11 am
UCLA a cappella group members tune in on auditions, alumni networks
This past week UCLA’s a cappella groups have been actively recruiting new members. During this annual ritual, hundreds of Bruins from every walk of life give their very best try to join the right group. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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October 7, 3:03 am
One-take, unscripted German film ‘Victoria’ screened at UCLA theater
Strobe lights pulse hypnotically as the camera pans to Victoria swaying on the dance floor. Only the pumping bass breaks the silence, beating like her heart as she gathers her long hair and tosses it over her head. Read more...
Photo: The film “Victoria” was screened at the James Bridges Theater on Tuesday night. Shot in one take and without a script, the film was directed by Sebastian Schipper and stars Laia Costa as Victoria, a Spanish girl who leaves her life as a concert pianist after being kicked out of musical school. (Adopt Films)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 7, 3:02 am
‘Guards at the Taj’ play explores strife, strength of brotherhood
For actor Ramiz Monsef, being hit with a metal folding chair in a previous role was mentally and physically less taxing than his part as Babur in “Guards at the Taj.” Opening Oct. Read more...
Photo: Premiering Oct. 14 at the Geffen Playhouse, “Guards at the Taj” tells the story of two guards named Humayun and Babur protecting the recently completed Taj Mahal. (Courtesy of Katy Sweet)
Arts, Film & TV
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October 7, 2:56 am
Movie Review: ‘Bridge of Spies’
A wrinkled old man sits on a park bench in Brooklyn, painting the bridge he faces across the water. After a few deft strokes of his brush, he leans forward and pries a quarter stuck on the underside of the bench. Read more...
Photo: (DreamWorks Pictures)
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 6, 6:43 am
Video game review: ‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’
When I was 10, my parents took my copy of PlayStation’s “Metal Gear Solid” away because it was “too violent.” It’s true, and it’s also too melodramatic. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Konami)
Arts, Music
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October 6, 6:36 am
K-pop group Big Bang leaves crowd starstruck at its Anaheim concert
Big Bang went out Sunday with, well, a bang. The five-member K-pop boy group closed off the two-night California leg of its world tour with a performance at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Read more...
Photo: K-pop boy group Big Bang wowed crowds with pyrotechnics, elaborate props and a commanding stage presence at the Honda Center in Anaheim Sunday. (Shreya Aiyar/Daily Bruin senior staff)