A Fan's Notes

In Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe tells the story of his first assignment for Rolling Stone in 1973 and a day when the youth of America believed rock & roll could change the world.

"...Before Cameron Crowe was a filmmaker, he was a fan. Before..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Almost Famous

This sweet, amiable, and knowing coming-of-age tale is Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical boyz-to-men story about how he grew into the role of a rock & roll journalist in 1973.

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aloha

Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jerry Maguire

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Renee Zellweger, Kelly..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

David Crosby: Remember My Name

The most hated man in folk rock on his career in bridge-burning

"...and lows of his life and career to interviewer Cameron Crowe, who also has a cassette tape of an..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Country Bears

"...the film's genuinely trippy resemblance to, of all things, Cameron Crowe's recent Almost Famous), this is either one of..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reality Bites

Stiller's first feature film as a director captured the zeitgeist and is imbued with an honest and sarcastic wit.

"...into the lives of four young Houstonians that makes Cameron Crowe's recent Singles look like a tame also-ran. Like..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Bought a Zoo

Matt Damon is a widower with two kids who buys a zoo after his wife bought the farm in Cameron Crowe's latest movie.

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church,..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vanilla Sky

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Spall, Noah Taylor, Kurt..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Singles

Love in the Nineties: no drugs and the sex is scary. Actually, Cameron Crowe documents the habits of a generation that adapted.

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Campbell Scott, Matt Dillon, Bridget..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy doesn't make the attraction between the characters played by Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom believable and then goes off in dozens more unprofitable directions.

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conversations With Wilder

"...Conversations With Wilderby Cameron Crowe..."

March 10, 2000 Books Review by Raoul Hernandez

Definitely Famous

Heart's Nancy Wilson, younger, wiser

"...went later because I was working on stuff for Cameron's movie. It's called Elizabethtown, a new romantic comedy he's..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Eight Men Out, The Grifters, Say Anything

"...and damned for being such a fool.SAY ANYTHING D: Cameron Crowe (1989); with John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney,..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"...years before his death, writer/director/producer Billy Wilder (1906-2002) told Cameron Crowe:..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Station to Station

Fattening up the Thin White Duke

"...New Career in a New Town, the author references Cameron Crowe's 1976 article for Rolling Stone in which the..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Cameron Crowe (1981)Hunter S. Thompson upended journalism in 1971 with..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Wintry Mix

The holiday film forecast

"...again as the object of his obsession, Sofia, and Cameron Diaz essaying the crazy-jealous ex. The original was one..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...Fisher, Gloria Stuart, and Bill Paxton. Directed by James Cameron. Much like my heart, the legend of this blockbuster..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Three day weekend equals more time to binge (on TV, of course)

"...And speaking of Fugit, the breakout lead in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous: Let me tell you, Crowe’s new..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine

The true story of the underdog music rag that lived (and died) rock

"...of first and second generation music typesetters and/or unionists: Cameron Crowe, Robert Christgau, Dave DiMartino, Chuck Eddy, Greil Marcus,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins SXSW Speaker Roster

A$AP Rocky, Olivia Wilde, and the Fonz all join conference

"...talking people with new films imminent, Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe will be in conversation with ex-Byrd David Crosby,..."

Jan. 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prom

Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden stars in this tween wish-fulfillment movie.

"...but hyperarticulate wallflower named Lloyd (played by Nicholas Braun), Cameron Crowe and John Cusack should consider a joint defamation..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Intacto

"...recalls Alejandro Amenábar's supercool Abre los Ojos (remade by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky); both films spit up clever..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bandwagon

"...a wry, comic sensibility that makes Citizen Dick from Cameron Crowe's Singles seem downright silly. (Which it was, I..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...D: Cameron Crowe; with Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renee Zellweger,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

A flood of weather (and music) following SXSW

"...sanity. In related news, former Stubb's resident performer Russell Crowe received the Academy Award for Best Actor...."

March 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Rodrigo García; with Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Holly Hunter, Amy Brenneman, Kathy Baker...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Like to Watch: Roadies

Showtime series becomes a summer favorite

"...think maybe why hardly anyone else did, is that Cameron Crowe has also learned a lot since then. Try..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...time trip. The title piece, pulled from the 2000 Cameron Crowe flick Almost Famous, not only explains his role..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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