Will Wolfsalu

May 31, 2007

Reeling Them In

By Will Wolfsalu

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 live music acts.

May 31, 2007

Anger Management

By Will Wolfsalu

"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 it is today.

May 10, 2007

“Spiderman 3” Weaves a Tangled Web of Brilliant Battles and Mediocre Moments

By Will Wolfsalu

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

April 26, 2007

Sweet Sedaris

By Will Wolfsalu

What do James Garfield, shopping mall elves, guerilla revolutionary John Brown and "One Life to Live" have in common?

April 19, 2007

Artsweek Breaks Down the World’s Best Art Museums

By Will Wolfsalu

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 experience, making both ...

March 8, 2007

Back on the Silk Road Again

By Will Wolfsalu

Are musicians allowed to have this much fun?

March 8, 2007

Artsweek Speaks With Professor Powell

By Will Wolfsalu

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 Languages & Cultures Depts...

February 22, 2007

Silk Road Cinema

By Will Wolfsalu

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

February 15, 2007

The D and Me

By Will Wolfsalu

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 mock rock band that co...

February 8, 2007

The Journey West

By Will Wolfsalu

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 "Not One Less," tales f...

February 1, 2007

Write On

By Will Wolfsalu

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.

February 1, 2007

Method to the Madness

By Will Wolfsalu

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," obscurity is his me...

January 25, 2007

Flying Solo

By Will Wolfsalu

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 publicity associated with t...

January 18, 2007

Open Mike

By Will Wolfsalu

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-spoken Mike Judge.

January 18, 2007

The Animation Show Must Go On

By Will Wolfsalu

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 stage structure."

December 7, 2006

Subtle / For Hero: For Fool / Astralwerks

By Will Wolfsalu

Subtle's For Hero: For Fool defies any kind of categorization, straddling the line between rap, hip hop and experimental rock (think Radiohead and the Gorillaz being remixed together by the Caterpillar from Alice in Wond...