Watching “Dreamscape” was a thought- provoking experience. It was gritty, relatable and commanding while dealing with life and death, black and white and the many nuances of hip hop. Completed in 2005 by UC Riverside theatre professor Rickerby Hinds, just one performance of the show was originally planned. Fortunately, those first spectators had eyes and [...]
On December 28, 1998, a 19-year-old African American woman,Tyisha Miller, was killed by four police officers in Riverside, California. After the 12 bullets were fired, Tyisha was in a comatose state, unable to move and in dire need of medical help. The police officers were not charged with crimes because they reported the shootings were [...]
On April 9, UCSB’s Arts & Lectures film series kicked off the spring season with the 7th Annual Santa Barbara Human Rights Film Festival at the Pollock Theater. The festival features a variety of human rights films that seek to address particular themes. Each day, two films are screened with an intermission, during which Roman [...]
Shot in 2009 and then stuck in distribution purgatory for several years, the highly-anticipated horror film “The Cabin in the Woods” was finally released last week. The directorial debut of “Cloverfield” scribe Drew Goddard, from a screenplay co-written by geek-god Joss Whedon (of “Buffy” and “Firefly” fame), “The Cabin in the Woods” is one of [...]
On Wednesday, April 11, Australian comedian Tim Minchin traveled to the Lobero Theatre to entertain his fans with musical comedy. Minchin brought his signature mane of red hair, dark eye makeup, his piano and red wine to the theater, as well as his impressive talent for music and making people laugh. During the performance, Minchin [...]
“Radio Bandido” is a recent documentary directed by Pepe Urquijo about the mysterious death of his friend Oscar Gomez in 1994. Gomez was a DJ at the UC Davis college radio station who came to visit UCSB. He was later found dead on an Isla Vista beach shore with blunt head trauma. The official explanation [...]
I still don’t know how I feel about “Secretary.” I can’t call it a bad film, because it wasn’t. I can’t say it wasn’t well acted, because it was. I can’t say it was badly written. I can’t really say anything negative. In fact, I know for a fact that there were sequences that I [...]
As an avid consumer of books and films, I’ve always been naturally drawn to film adaptations of books. But I have found many viewers do not realize just how involved and common the practice of translating a book to the screen is. If a novel or short story is popular enough, someone probably will make [...]
Earlier this week, horror wunderkind Adam Green screened the first and fourth episodes of his new TV series “Holliston” at the University of Southern California, ahead of its official premiere on April 3. In 2006, Adam Green burst onto the horror scene with “Hatchet,” a popular horror film in the same vein of ‘80s “slasher” [...]
If you haven’t seen “Community” yet, stop what you’re doing and go watch it. NOW. I don’t care if you have to pay for Hulu+, that Netflix isn’t streaming it or that it’s getting harder to torrent by the day. Find a way. This is a show that demands being watched. “Community” is about disbarred [...]
The city of Melbourne, Australia is particularly known for its amazing coffee and bustling art scene. Those are just two of the many reasons I chose to study abroad here in spring. In an attempt to capitalize on the plethora of accessible film and theater in Melbourne, I took the tram to the fine arts [...]
Last Friday, students and faculty visited Gallery 479 for the closing reception of the first year Studio Art graduate students’ “First Year Review.” The show was up for two weeks, and while it was open to and enjoyed by the public, the purpose and consequences of the show were far-reaching for those involved. After installing [...]
Last week, “Entangled,” a new work about sibling relationships and quantum physics by playwright Lila Rose Kaplan, made its world premiere at UCSB’s Hatlen Theater. The play, which follows the intertwined stories of three pairs of siblings at a special twins-only boarding school, was produced through LAUNCH PAD in UCSB’s Theater & Dance Dept. LAUNCH [...]
The following are a list of some of the most entertaining music videos. Including several genres and spanning many years, this list, compiled in no particular order, contains groundbreaking music videos ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre. Enjoy. 1) “Hang Me Up To Dry” — Cold War Kids (2007) Poignantly shot in black [...]
“What?! Martin Scorsese directed a kid’s movie?!” Don’t worry; your reaction is completely natural. Although you might be thinking that this Hugo kid must be secretly a kingpin involved in some sort of mafia, drug lord story, you couldn’t be further from the truth. In “Hugo” playing at Magic Lantern this weekend, Scorsese tries a [...]