OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Hollywood to Broadway, Oklahoma City University’s American Spirit Dance Company brings tap, jazz, big band, Rat Pack and musical theater numbers to its “fastest-paced show of the year,” 8 p.m.

CFN
Gazette staff
As if the movies aren’t predictable enough, the life of legendary University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer is headed to the big screen. (Spoiler alert: He wins! A lot!) Hollywood has a knack for making the act of winning a game feel like cancer was cured, so we expect nothing less than a $20 million opening weekend.

Thriller
Rod Lott
From 1932, the mystery The Phantom of Crestwood may be one of Hollywood’s first gimmick flicks. That doesn’t make it any good, however.

Features
Rod Lott
This Halloween season offers no shortage of scares on the silver screen — even beyond Sinister, Paranormal Activity 4 and Atlas Shrugged: Part II!

CFN
Gazette staff
If Terrence Malick’s movies are anything, they’re an absolute pleasure to look at. In such films as Badlands, The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life, the acclaimed director, who was raised in northern Oklahoma, has demonstrated a gift for extracting beauty from the most unexpected places (i.e. cornfields, combat zones, um ... dinosaurs).

Letters to the Editor
Richard Hampel
I would like to compliment the Phil Bacharach review of The Company You Keep (Film, April 24, Oklahoma Gazette) for two big reasons.

Nonfiction
Rod Lott
Curtis Harrington’s autobiography is how I imagine the man to have been: soft-spoken, honest and intelligent. Those wondering, “Who’s Curtis Harrington?” should know that is part of the book’s point. Here was a talented filmmaker who never quite got his due, for reasons that had nothing to do with creativity and everything to do with commerce. Here was an artist who worked in a system that had no interest in art.