U.K.’s hands-off education policy puts students in control


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From behind, wild cackling erupts from the depths of someone’s throat. To the left, gangly arms flail about hoping to catch fleeting attention. Screams, loud noises and laughter give the room an air of madness. No, you’re not in a zoo. You’re in a classroom in City University London the sixth most popular university in […]

The More, The Merrier


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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ exhibit recalls the eight years when 10 best picture nominees was the standard.

Mad Mel returns with a vengence


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A Hollywood comeback is never easy, especially when most of Hollywood perceives you to be an anti-Semite with a drinking problem who recently left his wife of more than 25 years for a much younger woman who has just given birth. Mel Gibson, a man once very near the top of the Hollywood hierarchy, is […]

Weekend Picks


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thursday, january 28 Sundance Film Festival USA: Teenage Paparazzo 8 p.m. > Downtown Independent > $15 For those of us suffering from Entourage withdrawals, a theater in Los Angeles (one of the eight showing the film nationwide) can provide relief. Directed by Adrian Grenier, who plays doe-eyed Vince on Entourage, this documentary delves into the […]

How to lifehack your way through college


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Most people will tell you that a computer is nothing more than a time waster, and that doing something productive usually requires that you log off. In this case, however, the popular knowledge doesn’t hold. Computers and the Internet are some of the most important tools college students have to make their lives easier, more […]

USC at Sundance


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Every year, members of the Trojan Family descend on Park City, Utah for the movie industry’s biggest independent film festival.