Stephanie Leong

April 3, 2008

Losing It

By Stephanie Leong

The fate of films dealing with the war in Iraq has tended to be fairly similar during the past few years - most of them end up falling victim to audience indifference and apathy, unfavorable reviews, widespread criticism...

March 6, 2008

Delightfully Dramatic

By Stephanie Leong

UCSB's Dept. of Theater and Dance premiered Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Idiot's Delight," in Hatlen Theater on Feb. 29. The play takes place in the 1930s and is essentially centered around the omin...

February 28, 2008

Healthcare Goes Hollywood

By Stephanie Leong

The Arts & Lectures screening of the much-lauded documentary, directed by Connie Field, "¡Salud!" was an informative, thought-provoking experience that raised many important questions on relevant issues in today's m...

February 14, 2008

In the Dark

By Stephanie Leong

The epitome of electro-pop/dance rock music, Hot Chip returns with its new album, Made In The Dark, which just goes to show how energetic and dynamic the genre can be. Inclined to indulge their love of genre-crossing and...

January 24, 2008

Kate Nash Builds A Funky, But Familiar Foundation

By Stephanie Leong

It's really no wonder that Kate Nash renders so much comparison to fellow English singer-songwriter and contemporary, Lilly Allen, what with her distinct accent, likable pop songs and a penchant for lyrics centered aroun...

January 10, 2008

Modern Master

By Stephanie Leong

Renowned for his bestselling novels, The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides is known for his ability to brilliantly depict modern American life in a way that seems to resonate with rea...

January 10, 2008

Something in the Water

By Stephanie Leong

On Wednesday, Nov. 28, UCSB's Arts & Lectures program featured a special screening of "Mr. Conservative," a documentary produced and narrated by CC Goldwater.

November 15, 2007

Book: “The Almost Moon”

By Stephanie Leong

When all is said and done, the truest lines of the novel are probably what capture it best: "So much in life is about almosts, not quites.

October 25, 2007

Oh, Baby

By Stephanie Leong

In Ben Affleck's commendable directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone," adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane, viewers are thrown into a web of emotionally complex and ethically ambiguous subject matter that essentially seek...

October 18, 2007

Pinback is Consistent, if Not Creative

By Stephanie Leong

Though Autumn of the Seraphs doesn't mark a particularly progressive move in a new direction, Pinback has managed to make another consistent, solid and enjoyable album.