Austin Says Farewell to Carrie Fisher

Goodbyes fit for a princess, senator, general, and writer

"...today after the death yesterday of writer and actress Carrie Fisher. So this week Austin's cinemas are paying tribute..."

Dec. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Carrie Fisher Lightsaber Vigil

"...Carrie Fisher Lightsaber Vigil at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar..."

Dec. 29, 2016 Photo Gallery

This Is My Life

"...mutual experiences for material, hangs out with a chain-smoking Carrie Fisher and finally, falls in love. Oddly, Fisher and..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A stellar entry into the beloved franchise

"...Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The Force awakens, and a franchise reboots

"...Directed by: J.J. Abrams. Starring: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac,..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Star Wars

"...with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker,..."

May 14, 1999 Screens Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...piss-off for grownups.), some for the company of other fishermen, some because they like wearing rubber pants, and some..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Belushi

More than laughs, more than addiction: a charming, tragic portrait of the Blues Brothers star

"...of interviews including Ivan Reitman, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, John Landis, and most especially his patient, suffering,..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jackass 3D

Now with even more stupefying stunts and added dimensions.

"...(Unsurprisingly, it's also vastly more entertaining than the Chevy Chase/Carrie Fisher tag-team film Under the Rainbow.) Jackass continues to..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Smith turns his stoner Greek chorus into leading men on a mission.

"...along the way hooking up with a bizarre nun (Carrie Fisher), a perverse hitchhiker (George Carlin), and finally a..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scream 3

"...Jason Mewes, reprising their (ongoing) Clerks/Chasing Amy/Dogma roles, and Carrie Fisher acting as though she's back on the Hollywood..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

If These Walls Could Talk

"...D: Steve Binder; with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Art Carney. Bootleg..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Kelly Marie Tran, Keri Russell,..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Star Wars Actors in Non-Star Wars Films

Celebrate May the Fourth away from a galaxy far, far away

"...broke, and this 1981 film starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher (taking a break from her Princess Leia duties)..."

May 3, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...A New Hope all flew coach to England. When Carrie Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds, complained to Lucas that it..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Undiscovered

A musician and an actress circle and sniff, and generally run through every cliché in the why-can’t-we-be-together playbook.

"...Meiert Avis. Starring: Pell James, Steven Strait, Kip Pardue, Carrie Fisher, Ashlee Simpson, Shannyn Sossamon, Stephen Moyer, Fisher Stevens..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sugar and Spice

"...prying reporters appeared at her doorstep after husband Eddie Fisher left her for Elizabeth Taylor, she showed up holding..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...were up to at recess before, but I think Carrie Fisher gouged a hole in the glass ceiling of..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Recap: The Director and the Jedi Q&A

Mark Hamill and Rian Johnson on their different Skywalkers

"...the original cast to return for the new trilogy: Carrie Fisher signed on straight away, but he was caught..."

March 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...rival Debbie Reynolds and was co-scripted by Reynolds' daughter, Carrie Fisher, to whom Taylor briefly played stepmom. Icons: The..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

'Alien,' Auld Lang Syne

Ridley & Ripley in TAMI's Carolyn Jackson Collection

"...Jackson, who interviewed Woody Allen, Joe Namath, Richard Pryor, Carrie Fisher, and Brian De Palma – to name but..."

June 5, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sorority Row

Things go badly when these sorority sisters try to cover up a prank gone wrong and a serial killer enters the fray.

"...Hendler. Starring: Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Audrina Patridge and Carrie Fisher. Ostensibly a remake of 1983's The House on..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Humor

Rees' strips are provocative and wise, and delivered with a punch to the gut

"...Rich (Random House, 144 pp., $17); Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (Simon & Schuster, 176 pp., $21)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Jordan Smith

The Women

This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.

"...Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette Midler, Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher and Cloris Leachman. In a last-ditch effort to..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stitching Up a Storm

Textile art is alive and well in the Camp Fig exhibition "Pins & Needles"

"...love Princess Leia! Please tell me about meeting with Carrie Fisher...."

Aug. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Blues Brothers

"...John Landis. Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Carrie Fisher...."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...107, including Sinéad O'Connor, both Indigo Girls, Margaret Cho, Carrie Fisher, Andy Dick, and most of the actresses currently..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

Also Playing

"...Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Christian Slater, Tom Arnold, and Carrie Fisher... TV's Nanny, Fran Drescher, applies her shtick to..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Star Wars: Special Edition

"...Directed by: George Lucas. Starring: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness. No synopsis necessary,..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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