Archive for November, 2008
Slumdog Millionaire
It’s a risky investment to place Danny Boyle, the British auteur responsible for the visually jarring “28 Days Later,” behind the helm of a Dickensian tale chronicling the rise of an impoverished Mumbai child from squalor to stardom.
“Take Me Out” Comes Out Swinging
There is perhaps no time in our country’s history more vital than now for Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out,” the 2003 Tony Award winner for best play that encapsulates so much of America’s inner psyche. Much like America, the play focuses on issues of racism, masculinity, homosexuality and religion while still making room for something as “insignificant” as baseball. The catch: Baseball isn’t so insignificant.
Bollywood Comes to UCI
It has been deemed one of the greatest love stories of all time, and the chemistry between the film’s on-screen couple remains the stuff of legends. Its massive box office success has spawned many remakes in the years since its original 1995 release, but none could truly capture the beauty of the original film, nor the sheer size of its fan base. The film is the Indian “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” loosely translated as “Those of Heart Will Take the Bride,” the mid-1990s blockbuster which, 13 years later, is the longest-running film in Indian cinema, setting the record in April 2007 when it celebrated a whopping 600 weeks of continuous play in Mumbai theaters while continuing to provoke massive outbreaks of swooning among generations of South Asian women. In fact, rumor has it that there is still a theater in India that plays the film every week to a packed house.
Pounding Away
The drummer for Auditory Aphasia beats away at the drums and cymbals during the competition for best live performance during the third annual Antstock Festival on Wednesday night, presented by the UCI Bookstore.
‘Freudemocracy’ Gets Political
Nestled near Cyber-A Café in the revamped corners of the UC Irvine Art Department, the University Art Gallery has been the venue for some of the most intriguing art exhibits. From studio art seniors exhibiting their collegiate work to guest artists utilizing a multitude of media platforms, the installations have always been insightful and thought-provoking. “Freudemocracy: 2008-1968″ is no exception; it reaches a vast arena of existence, spanning time and space alike. Its content renders ideas not only important to the curators of the exhibit, but also to the current social and political state.
You Might Want Your Nickel Back
Nickelback’s “Dark Horse” and Kanye West’s “808s and Heartbreak”
Vampire Love in “Twilight”
While it’s never an easy task to adapt a book to the screen, let alone a book as popular as “Twilight,” director Catherine Hardwicke does an excellent job being true to the book’s essence. “Twihard” fans and non-fans will not be disappointed by the film.
Kang (Print Edition)
As America was electing its first black president on Nov. 4, a small town in Orange County elected its first Korean mayor. For the first time in its 37-year history, Irvine welcomed to the city’s highest position Sukhee Kang, who previously served as mayor pro tempore. However, people know that there is more to a leader than his or her ethnic background. Deny it as you might, change has finally come.
Kang (Unabridged)
As America was electing its first black president on Nov. 4, a small town in Orange County elected its first Korean mayor. For the first time in its 37-year history, Irvine welcomed to the city’s highest position Sukhee Kang, who previously served as mayor pro tempore. However, people know that there is more to a leader than his or her ethnic background. Deny it as you might, change has finally come.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering Iranian Nightlife and Underground
Anteaters Abroad: Iran (Part 5)
