Letters to the Editor
James Smith
This is a letter in response to the article “Pawing at profits” (Feb. 23, Gazette) and to remarks made in said article by Sen. Josh Brecheen of Coalgate.

CFN
Gazette staff
Remember that state question banning Shariah law that Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly passed during the last election? Some called it fear mongering; the measure’s co-sponsor called it a preemptive strike.

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
In case you missed the acclaimed time-travel comedy Safety Not Guaranteed earlier this summer because you were too busy watching Hulk smash Loki for the fourth or fifth time, make penance at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, or 2 p.m. Sunday. That’s when the indie film screens at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

Friday-Sunday

Thriller
Rod Lott
I should have listened to Ron Backer. In his new book, Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood, he more or less warns would-be audiences away from trying any of the early 1930s’ half-dozen movies based on Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason character.

Thriller
Rod Lott
Following a half-dozen Perry Mason movies into the Warner Archive store are the half-dozen Philo Vance films that make up his Murder Case Collection. While S.S. Van Dine’s “dilettante detective” is nowhere near as well-known today as Erle Stanley Gardner’s attorney-at-law, this is the better set by bounds.

Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Critics of our criminal justice system don’t have to search far for nightmare scenarios of wrongful convictions. From cases of false confessions to exonerations through DNA testing, the past few decades are rife with tales of injustice that would give even Kafka the willies.