Articles for March 29th, 2008
The Nanny State Called Dallas
Dave Levinthal has a piece in today’s DMN I wish I had done magazine style. The kicker is he basically gets people like Mayor Leppert to admit they’re passing empty, symbolic nanny state laws. Kudos, Dave.
Chaos At The 23rd Senatorial District Convention
Reports are that the Clintonites have been challenging delegates since 8 a.m. this morning, so the convention hasn’t even started yet. Delegates with children are starting to leave, which could seriously erode Obama voting strength. Meanwhile, reports from the 26th 16th indicate all is going (sorta) smoothly.
Josh Brolin And A Beautiful Heroine At The Magnolia
The West Village parking garage was so jammed, the only place left to park at 9 was a spot on the very top floor. Actor Josh Brolin titillated folks as he bustled into one of the screenings at the Village’s Magnolia theater complex. Meantime, a line or two away, a subtitled German movie called Silent Resident lured a group of about 50 arty types with its U.S. premiere. It was all part of the action Friday surrounding the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which truly was international with several “world cinema” screenings at the Magnolia. Resident proved to be a vintage-style European art flick, complete with a beautiful, often-nude heroine living in a futuristic, super-secure residential compound whose residents may or may not be plotting against her. After the screening the film’s director Christian Frosch, a film-noir fan who’s been compared to David Lynch, turned up for a brief Q&A. His Silent Resident will be shown again on Monday at NorthPark 2 at 10 p.m., and it’s well worth seeing if you’re into paranoia, sociopolitical commentary of the European sort or beautiful often-nude heroines.
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