Alexander Payne`s `Election` is a Flick worth picking
(LA Times Movies)

The cover of the new Criterion Collection edition of `Election` features a cupcake bearing the high-school campaign slogan `PICK FLICK` in brightly frosted letters. Even those who haven´t seen Alexander Payne´s wickedly astute 1999 satire will likely grasp the reference. Tracy Flick, played in...