Dan Lybarger is a freelance writer and critic from Kansas City. His work has appeared in Cineaste, Filmfax, eFilmCritic.com, KCActive.com and The Kansas City Star. He can be reached at danlybarger@excite.com.

Blog Entries by Dan Lybarger

Christopher Walken Talks A Late Quartet

(4) Comments | Posted November 9, 2012 | 11/09/12 04:25 PM ET

With his slow Queens drawl, high forehead and even higher hair, Christopher Walken has never been anything less than distinct. But in a career that spans (according to IMDB) 121 TV and movie appearances, the Oscar winner is most widely known for a specialty portfolio of volatile antagonists,...

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Your Sister's Sister Director Lynn Shelton Embraces the Awkward

(0) Comments | Posted June 27, 2012 | 06/27/12 04:08 PM ET

Lynn Shelton doesn't expect you to like her characters right away. In her fourth feature, Your Sister's Sister, the Seattle writer-director introduces her protagonist, Jack (played by Mark Duplass, star of her 2009 movie, Humpday), by giving him an angry diatribe to deliver -- one that sours a party held...

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Just in Case It Matters: Nellie McKay On Downtown Express

(1) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 04/20/12 04:25 PM ET

Since her 2004 debut album Get Away From Me, musician Nellie McKay has proved herself to be astonishingly versatile. The London-born, New York-raised songstress can change genres during the running time of a single tune.

"Sari" features her rapping to a Bach-like accompaniment, and "I Want to...

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Just In Case It Matters: An Audio Interview With T.J. Martin and Dan Lindsay on Undefeated

(0) Comments | Posted March 14, 2012 | 03/14/12 11:58 AM ET

Like the teenagers they chronicle in their Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated, directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin weren't expected to emerge as winners. The two were up against some formidable competition on Oscar night, from their fellow nominees Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory and Wim Wenders' Pina....

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Just in Case It Matters: Lou Dobbs vs. Dr. Seuss

(0) Comments | Posted March 1, 2012 | 03/01/12 01:59 PM ET

Lou Dobbs' recent warning about the dangers of the new movie Dr. Seuss' The Lorax was too comical to leave unchallenged. Therefore, Bill Pryor, KCActive.com and I all teamed up to make this video on the subject.

Enjoy.

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