Life & Arts

Valentine's Day is right around the corner. While medieval courtiers were responsible for initially romanticizing the holiday we have the greeting card industry to thank for the modern bastardization of this saint's feast day. (Evidently turning Christmas into a celebration of an obese sweatshop boss and Easter into a veritable LSD trip of giant bunnies and pastels wasn't … [Read more...] about A single's guide to celebrating Valentine's Day

Samuel Beam's highly acclaimed and beloved musical alias Iron and Wine releases another beautiful record. Kiss Each Other Clean released Jan. 25 off Warner Bros. Records is the fourth studio album from Beam and his band. For those of you who have never heard of "Iron and Wine shame on you. Beam, the former professor of film and cinematography with a Master of Fine Arts, dropped … [Read more...] about Iron and Wine are mighty fine

"Someone has to fix the problem." And Jason Statham has a knack for playing characters who do. In The Mechanic which hit theaters Jan. 28 Statham's character Arthur Bishop takes the film's tag line to heart. Bishop is a professional assassin — a "mechanic" who eliminates or "fixes" targets — seeking revenge for the murder of his close friend Harry played by the … [Read more...] about Statham's happiness is a warm gun

Bold lines bright colors and defiant patterns now adorn the walls of the Weisman Museum as the Roy Lichtenstein: In Process exhibition comes to Pepperdine. Though his famed old-fashioned comic strip style he rose through the ranks as one of the leading figures in the pop satirical movements along side Andy ?Warhol during the 60s. As one of America's premier pop artists … [Read more...] about Weisman hangs Lichtensteins

One of the world's premier film festivals kicked off in Utah Jan. 20. And this year the 27th Sundance Film Festival by now a staple of American cinema has completely flipped the entire system on its head. With the help of Brightcove the festival is now streaming all of their films online either live or via pay-per-view. Some may say the technology was a long time coming seeing … [Read more...] about Sundance live in your dorm room