American Pie 2

"...in the uniformly excellent cast. Like the teens in Amy Heckerling's seminal Fast Times at Ridgemont High, these kids..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...tiny you might have glossed over two big names: Amy Heckerling and Spike Lee...."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Loser

"...Directed by: Amy Heckerling. Starring: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Zak Orth, Thomas..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Clueless

Heckerling updates Jane Austen's Emma to Beverly Hills

"...Directed by: Amy Heckerling. Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, and Phoebe Cates. Directed by Amy Heckerling. Sean Penn launched his career into the stratosphere..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Birdsong, 'Bindlestiffs,' Amy Heckerling, and more

"...Get a clue: Writer/director Amy Heckerling will take the stage at New Movement this..."

June 6, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...D: Amy Heckerling; with Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold,..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

American Pie

"...In this case it's less a seeming re-creation of Amy Heckerling's classic than a go-for-the-lowest-common-denominator grab bag of raunchy..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Night at the Roxbury

"...into watchable 90-minute films. Here, Ferrell, Steve Koren, and Amy Heckerling fall back on precedent (Wayne's World, Steve Martin..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Scanlines

Clueless

"...D: Amy Heckerling (1995)..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Screens Feature

Sense and Sensibility

The lively and funny screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen written by Emma Thompson, who also stars, was rewarded with an Oscar.

"...the excellent adaptation of Persuasion and, remarkably enough, even Amy Heckerling declared that her movie Clueless owes a great..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coming Soon

The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film

"...Amy Heckerling hasn't done jack for me lately, but in..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Jenny's dazed meanderings as a way to explore the seamy underbelly of America's urban youth. We see Telly and..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Awake in the Dark

"...She's back in Amy Heckerling's Clueless, and while she's now an old pro..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature by Patrick Taggart

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Mel Brooks; with Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony, Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks. (PG-13, 90..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Luv Doc: Problems That Don’t Actually Exist

Certain girls are really hot

"...For rhetorical purposes, I am going to assume you..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...2013, after a successful special double-feature screening with friend Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Rosenfeld realized he..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Getting Crazy

A whirlwind tour of Arkush's 1983 feature

"...my other favorite early Eighties films came up, including Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High and, especially, Francis..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Louis Black

Geek Out!

This is the BBC miniseries that set women worldwide swooning for some Mr. Darcy

"...Austen adaptations, with Ang Lee's Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility, Amy Heckerling's Beverly Hills revisionist Clueless, and this, the BBC..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Stage & Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir

The Criterion connection, Renoir-style

"...Criterion package Linklater's stone classic school daze '76 with Amy Heckerling's Eighties cutup Fast Times at Ridgemont High as..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"...survey are widely seen hits from the period, like Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Martha Coolidge's..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it

"...following despite being helmed by the world's worst director, Amy Heckerling...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...Loser (July 21), Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling returns to the camera in her first outing..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...Screenings abound as the movie-going season approaches, beginning with Amy Heckerling's brilliant Fast Times at Ridgemont High at the..."

May 12, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Calling the Shots: Women Behind the Camera

"...D: Amy Heckerling; with Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...had a tough time hitting their mark -- from Amy Heckerling's flop, Johnny Dangerously, to the Coen brothers' ill-met..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dancing About Architecture

"...the movie's success, but if Chong didn't write and Amy Heckerling doesn't direct, I give it a chance. Moore's..."

July 21, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck