Kristian Lin
Cliburn Winners Announced
This year, the awards ceremony for the Van Cliburn is being broadcast live in Sundance Square, and I've decided to watch it from there....
Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 4)
The stifling heat of a Texas summer chose the last day of the Cliburn to hit us, and not with full force. Those who...
Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 3)
And so we move on to the final concertos, the climax of the documentary film (if the Cliburn were making a documentary film about...
Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 2)
The back half of the chamber music portion of the Van Cliburn Competition runs through Thursday evening, so I miss USA's soccer team defeating...
Wonder Woman: War to End All War
I didn't have a chance to see Wonder Woman until there was a break in the Van Cliburn Competition. Now that I have, I...
Blogging the Cliburn (Finals Day 1)
After a day's break, the final round of the Cliburn is upon us, and with it, the chamber music portion of the contest. Ordinarily,...
Film Shorts
OPENING
Band Aid (NR) Zoe Lister-Jones writes, directs, and co-stars in this comedy as half of a battling couple who try to save their relationship...
Drive, They Said
It’s another racing weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, and we can only hope that the weather cooperates, unlike this past weekend. The NASCAR Camping...
Night & Day
Wednesday 07 – Before The Godfather, gangster films were thought of as quickly made, low-budget, disreputable works that were occasionally enlivened by tough-guy performances by...
Blogging the Cliburn (Semifinals Day 5)
I didn't notice this until I downloaded the picture of Maestro Nicholas McGegan for this post (because again, the raised piano lid was blocking...
