Thursday, July 2

Across the Pond: Trip-hop innovator Massive Attack brings cultural flavors of Bristol

There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...

Photo: British band Massive Attack pioneered the trip-hop genre with its 1991 album “Blue Lines.” (Virgin Records)


Movie Review: ‘Mudbloods’

A girl is tackled to the ground by a player twice her size. Broom in hand, she gets up, dives for a volleyball and sends it through a hoop, scoring 10 points while narrowly avoiding a wayward dodgeball. Read more...

Photo: UCLA TFT alumnus Farzad Sangari will premiere his documentary about the UCLA Quidditch team. (Courtesy of BOND/360)


The pLAces you’ll go: Book Soup

There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...

Photo: Sunset Boulevard is home to Book Soup, a store filled with every kind of book imaginable – from science fiction to cooking. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Sundance Institute Story Lab sets scene for creative intensity

The Sundance Institute gave 10 writers with aims for careers in television the opportunity to have their work pulled apart and put back together in a week-long burst of creative intensity guided by peers and industry professionals. Read more...

Photo: The first Sundance Institute Episodic Story Lab took place in Utah from Sept. 27-Oct. 2 at the Sundance Resort. It aimed to help emerging writers, both for television and online. Two of the 10 writers selected, Heather Marion and Crystal Liu, are UCLA alumnae. (Courtesy of Fred Hayes)


‘Design in One’ documentary explores lives of Vignelli designer couple

Massimo Vignelli had always wanted to affect millions of people through design. From the sleek curves of the Ford Motor Company label to the bold loops of the Bloomingdale’s logo, the designs of the late Vignelli and his partner, Lella Vignelli, have certainly made their mark unto the millions who constantly see these symbols in passing. Read more...

Photo: Through a series of interviews, the lives and views of designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli, who designed the logos for Ford Motor Company and Bloodmingdale’s, will be explored in the documentary “Design is One.” (Courtesy of John Madere)


Album Review: ‘You’re Dead!’

It is impossible to put Flying Lotus, Steven Ellison’s electronic musician stage name, and his upcoming album, “You’re Dead!,” under one genre. Jazz-inspired with elements of hip-hop, “You’re Dead!” is a psychedelic electronic album that could only be described as a spiritual journey reminiscent of the psychedelic rock of the ’60s repackaged for the listeners of today. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Warp Records)


TFT offers new professional course ‘Producing Theater Now’

Theater producer Susan Dietz said she feeds on the adrenaline of the stage, the danger of not knowing what to expect. Because once the curtains rise, there’s no going back. Read more...

Photo: “Producing Threater Now” is a new course in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Professional Programs that is designed to teach students skills such as making a production budget to and developing a script. After developing the course, five-time Tony Award nominee Susan Dietz will teach the 5-week long course. (Courtesy of Susan Dietz)