9 Short Films Take Aim at the Yucks This program

9 Short Films Take Aim at the Yucks
This program of nine shorts directed by writers of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" feels like an anthology of juvenilia.
DANA STEVENS

Australia's John Butler Trio wins over Americans (Reuters)
Reuters - With the closing of Lava Records, the music industry is wondering whether its talent roster -- which moved to sister label Atlantic -- will keep thriving or whether their profiles will diminish amid the shuffle. Hopefully, the John Butler Trio, a former Lava act, won't lose the label support it needs to sustain its growing North American popularity.

Inching Toward Adulthood With a Cheetah for a Friend
This soulful, piercingly beautiful story about a boy and his cheetah marks the welcome return to the screen of the director Carroll Ballard.
MANOHLA DARGIS