Artsweek

May 4, 2006

Fit for a Queen

By Will Wolfsalu

"Kings and Queen" follows the lives of two former lovers over the period of a week. Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) is a successful, but icy, single mother working at a trendy Parisian art gallery. She returns home to the countr...

April 27, 2006

Just the Two of Us

By Rebecca Riley

Mavis Staples' personality radiated from the stage to every seat in Campbell Hall this past Tuesday night. Considering the length of time that she has been singing - about half of a century - her voice still manages to e...

April 27, 2006

Open You EARs

By Rachel Hommel

The modern chamber ensemble California EAR Unit graced the halls of Lotte Lehmann last Saturday with a trippy blend of hallucinogenic images, chaotic sound and unadulterated emotion. Cited as "wizards of new music" by t...

April 27, 2006

Marching to a Different “Beat”

By Amita Chollate

Based on the 1978 film "Fingers," directed by James Toback, "The Beat that My Heart Skipped" tells the story of a young man conflicted between a life he is obligated to and one that he wholeheartedly wants to pursue.

April 27, 2006

Pinback @ The Hub

By Aly Comingore

Rather than dwell on what went wrong with Pinback's Thursday night show in the Hub, I choose to chalk it up to an unappreciative audience and call it a night.

April 27, 2006

Silent Hill | Night of the Living Video Game

By Will Wolfsalu

The recently released horror movie "Silent Hill" came at the crest of a small media furor. Ever since the film's announcement, the fans of the video game it was adapted from have created an avalanche of anticipation, sur...

April 27, 2006

The Sentinel | Hail to the Chief

By Robert Rische

Suspension of disbelief is often a necessity in appreciating the events of a given film. However, there is only so much disbelief a film can expect its audience to suspend nowadays. Unfortunately, this is the case with ...

April 27, 2006

Islands | Return to the Sea | Equator Records

By Brian Van Wyk

It is not everyday that the dead return to life. Yet despite the "surprise" demise of obscure indie rockers the Unicorns in early 2005, band members Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambour are once again revitalizing the experi...

April 27, 2006

NOFX | Wolves in Wolves Clothing | Fat Wreck Chord

By Bradley Vargyas

Some kids never grow up. Or, perhaps more accurately, some kids grow up in their politics, but perhaps not so much in their lyrical styling. Such is the case with proverbial punk rockers NOFX on its latest release, Wolve...

April 27, 2006

Daniel Powter | Daniel Powter | Warner Bros.

By Amita Chollate

Major music television networks seemed to have taken it upon themselves to give up-and-coming artists a break in the entertainment industry. VH1 junkies know what I'm talking about - the "You Oughta Know" segment that tr...

April 20, 2006

Pinback’s “Fortress” of Solitude

By Aly Comingore

Following the release of Pinback's full-length debut, Summer in Abaddon, the almighty twosome of Rob Crow and Zach Smith (formerly known as Armistead Burwell Smith IV) have been thrown aboard the one-way train to indie r...

April 20, 2006

Oh, Wet Pet

By Sophia Kercher

With eyes twinkling Barry Spacks said, "[Poets] share so much intensity - like a vibrant string ... Poets live dangerously, especially when young. They get in trouble with the opposite sex, and that they [reach] maturity...

April 20, 2006

Gang Warfare

By Aly Comingore

Tonight marks the final stop on a nationwide tour for Tim Robbins' prestigious ensemble troupe, the Actors' Gang. Since 2002 the cast has traveled the country with their performance of the true life tales of wrongfully a...

April 20, 2006

More Than Meets the Eye

By Yasamin Salari

The UCSB Dance Dept.'s Spring 2006 Dance Concert titled "Ephemeral/Indeliable: A Concert in Motion" was an endeavor passionately organized by all of its wholehearted participants.

April 20, 2006

Lucky Number Slevin | “Slevin” Ain’t So Lucky

By Alyson Osterman

In Paul McGuigan's "Lucky Number Slevin" the opening credits roll and evoke the feeling of a horror film. Strange, because the film seemed to be both advertised and marketed as an action-packed comedy.

April 20, 2006

Scary Movie 4 | Can We Say Franchise?

By Amanda Panella

Creepy dolls, alien Tr-iPods, and Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch: These may sound like the events of the past year, but they are in fact the target of parody in the Weinstein Company release of "Scary Movie 4."