Fun With Dick and Jane

The original version of this comedy was a little countercultural, a lot class-conscious, and a touch subversive; this remake is all farce when what is needed is satire.

"...movie appeared in 1977 it starred George Segal and Jane Fonda and meshed perfectly with its times – a..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Is Where I Leave You

Awfully likeable ensemble comedy.

"...Directed by: Shawn Levy. Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn,..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Journals of Jean Seberg

"...is spent connecting threads between two contemporaries of Seberg's, Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. Recounting the roles that these..."

June 21, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Straight Talk

"...to 5 was a cartoon, a farcical take, with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as fellow working stiffs. It..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

Monster-in-Law

This banal and lukewarm slice of romantic comedy is as soft and ephemeral as any colorized Ted Turner outing.

"...Directed by: Robert Luketic. Starring: Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott,..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Georgia Rule

Despite the presence of three acting powerhouses – Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan – this movie about three generations of "difficult" women never rings true.

"...Directed by: Garry Marshall. Starring: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moving On

Misguided rape-revenge dramedy depends on Tomlin and Fonda's charm

"...Directed by: Paul Weitz. Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, Sarah Burns,..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Book Club

Life, love, laughter, and literature for a classic quartet of actresses

"...Directed by: Bill Holderman. Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Alicia..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Up Close and Personal

"...Personal, I felt that I ought to be seeing Jane Fonda's face where, instead, I was seeing Michelle Pfeiffer's?..."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1968, 134min/color, DCP) Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Timothy Dalton, and Anthony Hopkins. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tout Va Bien

Jane Fonda is a fixture in the American imagination – and as it turns out, the French imagination, too

"...politico's wife. Atlanta media billionaire's wife. Barbarella and Hanoi Jane. Many are the ways in which we know Jane..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Easy Rider Takes a Wild Flyer

Peter Fonda Strikes the Father Lode in Ulee's Gold

"......"

June 27, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Barbarella

Based on a French comic strip, Fonda and her then-husband Roger Vadim had a good time with this outrageous movie about the adventures of a 41st century sexual explorer. It makes virtually no sense, but the costumes are fetishistic gems and the set design trips the light fantastic.

"...Directed by: Roger Vadim. Starring: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O’Shea, Marcel..."

April 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Across the Universe

Gearing up for a new national tour of her hit show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin took a few minutes to talk about connectedness -- her connectedness with The Search, with audiences, and with Austin.

"...of Intelligent Life in the Universe, the play by Jane Wagner that provided Tomlin with a Broadway hit in..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...D: Roger Vadim; with Jane Fonda, John Philip Law, Anita Pallenberg. (R, widescreen, new..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

South by Southwest Announces Black Keys Keynote and More Featured Speakers

Jane Fonda, Dwyane Wade, Elijah Wood top latest announcement

"...– new additions to conference programming include screen legend Jane Fonda, who leads a session on Hollywood activism; retired..."

Jan. 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Experimental Response Cinema’s Scott Stark Bids Farewell to Austin

Our interview with the filmmaker and programmer

"...celebrity activism in "More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda."..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Youth

Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel star in this gorgeous, existential ode

"...Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda and Alex Macqueen...."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...It's Peter Fonda's birthday, and he's alone in his cabin in Montana,..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Just Can't Get Enough

More Summer Reading

"...Peter Fonda despises authority. This much we already know, not only..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...replaced by Norman Jewison as director) and for the Jane Fonda Sixties cult-favorite Barbarella. In these and in lesser..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: James Bridges; with Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas...."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Low Turnout, the Fight for Voting Rights, and More Election News

Keep marching on

"...Jane Fonda came to East Austin this week, representing her..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 6-12

"...be more interested than interesting," said actor and activist Jane Fonda. That may not be easy for you to..."

May 6, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Nationtime

Searing documentary from the 1972 National Black Political Convention finally restored

"...of around an hour. Thanks to funding provided by Jane Fonda and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the documentary..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Unscripted: Sexy Future Space Lady

What says summer fun more than out-of-this-world lovin' with a Sexy Future Space Lady? Especially improvised!

"...flesh-eating dolls, a man bong, death by parakeets, and Jane Fonda as the titular rocket jockey doing a zero-gravity..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sir! No Sir!

The GI anti-war movement during the Vietnam war is recounted in this revelatory documentary whose current implications cannot be underestimated.

"...the massive amount of archival visual footage presented here. Jane Fonda (whose son Troy Garrity narrates the documentary) is..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Improvising Every Second

The secret history of Austin Circle of Theaters director Latifah Taormina, from Second City to the Committee and beyond

"...jump to film, directing Steelyard Blues with a post-Klute Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland – supported by a dozen..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Book Club: The Next Chapter

Tedious sequel recycles that Golden Girls energy again

"...Directed by: Bill Holderman. Starring: Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Don Johnson,..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

80 for Brady

Four legends of cinema take a road trip to Super Bowl LI

"...Directed by: Kyle Marvin. Starring: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Tom Brady...."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

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