Kristian Lin
Morning News Roundup, Aug 6
Voter ID Law Spiked
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Texas’ voter ID law yesterday as a violation of the Voting Rights...
Night & Day
Wed 5 - The die-hard anime fans won’t be found at just the Modern this week (see sidebar). Many of them will also be...
Beyond Good and Evil
Ten years ago, Woody Allen bought himself a creative rejuvenation by finding a new leading lady in the fresh-faced, widely feted Scarlett Johansson. With...
Ricki Road
A typical entry with an atypical provenance, Ricki and the Flash is an attempt by Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Diablo Cody to...
Film Shorts
Opening
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (NR) Brett Morgen’s officially authorized made-for-TV biography of the Nirvana frontman. Also with Courtney Love and Krist Novoselic. (Opens...
Morning News Roundup, Jul 30
R.I.P., Kipenzi
This story is sad, so we’ll lay off the Walter Palmer jokes. The Dallas Zoo’s 3-month-old baby giraffe Kipenzi died in an accident...
Night & Day
Wed 29 - Known for his prolific art career depicting Parisian nightlife stripped of its glamor, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec has no shortage of respect,...
Going Native
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is hard to get to right now because of the extensive remodeling that the venue is undergoing,...
Downtime
Here’s the problem: Warner Bros. is now trying to make Judd Apatow comedies. That’s certainly not a bad idea, given how much money and...
O-Town Girl
Cara Delevingne starts her acting career already famous. She had always wanted to act, but what was supposed to be a sidelight as a...
