Citypaper, December 4

The string of cover stories comes to an end. This week, two reviews: one for the crudely made but nonetheless engaging doc Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, and the second for Randall Miller's second film of the year, the hyperactive, twist-heavy "thriller" Nobel Son. In music, there's a pick for Rudresh Mahanthappa at the Painted Bride (I'm working on a DownBeat feature on Rudresh that should hit stands in the May saxophone issue) and a Soundadvice blurb for the Chicagoan/Dutch Flatlands Collective.