Reeling Them In

May 31, 2007 by

For the 16th year, the annual Reel Loud Film Festival filled Campbell Hall last Friday night at 8 with images from the silent films created by UCSB students and sounds provided by the accompanying liv...
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Anger Management

May 31, 2007 by

"28 Weeks Later" is the little-related sequel to Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later," the arty little gem that led - with a running start - the then-pulseless zombie genre into the ubiquitous presence that ...
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“Spiderman 3” Weaves a Tangled Web of Brilliant Battles and Mediocre Moments

May 10, 2007 by

"Spider-Man" was a great movie with a few serious problems. "Spider-Man 2" was superhero perfection.
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Sweet Sedaris

April 26, 2007 by

What do James Garfield, shopping mall elves, guerilla revolutionary John Brown and "One Life to Live" have in common?
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Artsweek Breaks Down the World’s Best Art Museums

April 19, 2007 by

As anyone can attest who has been hopelessly lost in the Louvre's endless wing of Renaissance furniture or attempted a complete Smithsonian circuit, museum-going can be a grueling and unrewarding expe...
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Back on the Silk Road Again

March 8, 2007 by

Are musicians allowed to have this much fun?
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Artsweek Speaks With Professor Powell

March 8, 2007 by

To better elucidate the historical context of the Silk Road Ensemble's upcoming performance, Artsweek asked a few questions of Professor Bill Powell from UCSB's Religious Studies and East Asian Langua...
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Silk Road Cinema

February 22, 2007 by

As movie theaters currently buckle under the weight of the celluloid backwash that studios unleash at the beginning of each new year
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The D and Me

February 15, 2007 by

Jack Black is a man needing no introduction. A consummate entertainer and showman, Jack Black - through his many film roles and involvements - has always kept his heart with Tenacious D, the little mo...
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The Journey West

February 8, 2007 by

Zhang Yimou, China's most successful director, is known for his chameleon-like ability to change genres, styles and stories. In the 1990s, Zhang become renowned for his realist style in films like "No...
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Write On

February 1, 2007 by

As any SBIFF regular can tell you, the Screenwriter's Panel, usually occurring during a late weekend morning in the Lobero Theatre, is both one of the festival's best and most overlooked offerings.
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Method to the Madness

February 1, 2007 by

For some comedians, obscurity is a curse. For comedian/provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen, star of "Da Ali G Show" and "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,"...
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Flying Solo

January 25, 2007 by

The 16th Annual Monologue Festival, produced in the off-season between fall and winter productions, is probably unknown to most students outside of the drama department. Without the profile or publici...
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Open Mike

January 18, 2007 by

For the mind that started a cultural fervor with "Beavis & Butthead," and crafted the office comedy with more Comedy Central airings than even "Caddyshack," surprisingly little is known about the soft...
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The Animation Show Must Go On

January 18, 2007 by

Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi once said, "Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stag...
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