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Kansas City screenings begin Friday, March 12, 2010
UPDATE: due to overwhelming demand, the Kansas City run has been extended through Thursday, March 25!
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will open in Tom Frank’s home town on Friday, March 12, 2010, playing for a full week at the lovely Tivoli Cinemas.
Thomas Frank and director Joe Winston will appear on opening night to take questions [...]
Thomas Frank: Watch out for GOP Populism
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Thomas Frank profiles Republican House member Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who’s adopted some fist-shaking anti-big-business rhetoric that would make some lefties weak at the knees. More tellingly, he’s critical of business at a time when Democrats shy from economic populism, perhaps compromised by their role in giving vast handouts to [...]
San Francisco engagement – must close Thursday, January 14, 2010
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” opened on Friday, Jan 1, 2010 for a week-long engagement at the Landmark Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco. Filmmakers Laura Cohen and Joe Winston will attend both evening screenings on the first two nights to take questions from the audience. UPDATE: due to a hugely successful opening weekend, the movie [...]
Tom Frank to appear as screenings added at Liberty Hall through Dec 30, 2009
Great news! “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” is a hit in Kansas! Who’d a thunk it? Here are updated shows, including another guest appearance:
NEW SHOWTIMES:
Mon December 21-Tue December 22 : 4:40 7:10 9:30
Wed December 23 : NO SHOWS
Thu December 24 : 2:10 4:40
Fri December 25 : THEATER CLOSED-MERRY CHRISTMAS
Sat December 26-Sun [...]
Proposed 10-point purity test for Republican candidates
RNC Committeeman Jim Bopp, Jr. has proposed what many are calling a “purity test” for Republican candidates. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Thomas Frank calls it “a ten-point test that Ronald Reagan would flunk.”
Here is the text of the resolution below, courtesy MSNBC.com. You can read what Ron Paul thinks of it here. Interestingly, in [...]
Thomas Frank vs. Glenn Beck
In the current issue of Playboy – yes, Playboy – Thomas Frank profiles conservative pundit and author Glenn Beck.
It’s natural that Thomas Frank would be drawn to Beck, who is among the leaders of the conservative populist rebellion against the Presidency of Barack Obama. From our vantage point in Chicago, Beck’s fans remind us of [...]
Kansas theatrical premiere at Liberty Hall, Lawrence, Dec 11-17
The one question we get asked most often is – when is “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” going to finally play in a theater in Kansas? Well, the wait is over!
On Friday, December 11, 2009, the movie will begin a weeklong run at the historic Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas. Known for live music, but [...]
San Francisco Landmark screenings Jan 1-7
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will play for a weeklong engagement at one of the Landmark Theatres in San Francisco, either the Lumiere or the Opera Plaza, starting on Friday, Jan 1. Check local listings and our web site closer to the time for details, we might not know which one until late December.
The filmmakers [...]
“Kansas?” movie returns to Chicago December 18-23
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will return to the Gene Siskel Film Center in the heart of Chicago, for a pre-Christmas run, starting on Friday, December 18. The filmmakers will attend two of the screenings.
Here’s the schedule:
Friday, December 18, 8:00 pm – filmmakers Laura and Joe in attendance!
Saturday, December 19, 8:00 pm
- NO SHOW ON [...]
FBI was warned about Scott Roeder before he shot Dr. Tiller
From the Associated Press:
More than a month before the shooting of a high-profile abortion doctor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City received an anonymous letter warning that the man now charged in the case “would do physical harm” to Dr. George Tiller or any other abortion provider, the agency said.
The story gets strange [...]
Mike Huckabee: “Nothing’s the Matter with Kansas?”
In last year’s Republican primaries, Mike Huckabee won Kansas, which responded well to his social conservatism and populist rhetoric.
Hundreds of Kansans waited outside Watermark Books in Wichita (which is seen hosting Thomas Frank in our movie) to meet Huckabee and buy signed copies of his most recent book, A Simple Christmas.
“I just wish the rest [...]