In Full Bloom

The Old Settler's Music Festival: A Photo Essay

"...year, and with Central Texas in the full spring bloom, patrons of this annual outdoor music festival are certain..."

April 7, 2000 Music Feature by John Carrico

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 Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...(Little, Brown & Co., $13.95 paper), the title of Claire Bloom's latest memoir (she wrote an apparently less candid..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Daylight

"...Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, Claire Bloom, Barry Newman, Stan Shaw and Vanessa Bell Calloway...."

Dec. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Trio's Epic TV: The Top Ten Miniseries of All Time recalls a time before TiVo.

"...world wars. Stars Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, and Laurence Olivier. Airs Thursday, Nov. 27, at..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Controversial writer Hanif Kureishi teams up again with director Stephen Frears for Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, a vibrant and uneven portrait of a Thatcher-era progressive relationship in perpetual crisis.

"...LaidD: Stephen Frears (1987); with Shashi Kapoor, Frances Barber, Claire Bloom, Ayub Khan Din, Roland Gift, Wendy Gazelle...."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Review by Will Robinson Sheff

Max Rose

Screen legend Jerry Lewis stars in this drama's title role

"...Daniel Noah. Starring: Jerry Lewis, Kerry Bishé, Kevin Pollak, Claire Bloom, Dean Stockwell, Lee Weaver, Ileana Douglas, Rance Howard..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Channel Surfing

"...Women (4/22, 7 & 10pm), hosted by British actress Claire Bloom. Bloom began a long relationship with Shakespeare's female..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...ROMEO AND JULIET D: Baz Luhrmann; with Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino,..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...two contain Romeo and Juliet with Albert Finney and Claire Bloom. The snippets are well-chosen -- an aural delight..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Scanlines

The Haunting

"...D: Robert Wise (1963) with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn...."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: Robert Wise; with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn...."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, Claire Danes. (PG-13, 104 min.) I wished I liked this..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Short Story Films

Small stories find their Hollywood ending

"...as a wanderer searching for the slinky, ink-slinging witch (Claire Bloom), whom he loves and despises. Since each tattoo..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

"I've got the last good lay in an aging whore!" said Martin Ritts of his famously troubled star, Richard Burton

"...as the film reunited Morris with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom, all of whom worked previously on the film..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Screens Review by John Davidson

Olivier's Shakespeare

Now that 'Deadwood' lies murdered in the mud, Shakespeare is the only solace.

"...beckons like the devil. John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Claire Bloom all fall down, but the 1955 film unfurls..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

"...Directed by: Stephen Frears. Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Frances Barber, Claire Bloom, Ayub Khan Din, Roland Gift and Wendy Gazelle...."

Nov. 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clash of the Titans

"...Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Sian Phillips, Maggie Smith, Claire Bloom and Ursula Andress. Ray Harryhausen's special effects take..."

March 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Cohen; Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Stan Shaw, Viggo Mortensen, Claire Bloom...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wing Commander IV

"...Mira Sorvino, Michael Rapaport, Jimmy McQuaid, F. Murray Abraham, Claire Bloom, Olympia Dukakis. VHS Home Video Waterloo Video, 1016..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Rapaport, Peter Weller, Claire Bloom, Olympia Dukakis, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Warden. (R,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Mighty Aphrodite

"...Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Rapaport, Peter Weller, Claire Bloom, Olympia Dukakis, David Ogden Stiers and Jack Warden...."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Princess and the Goblin

"...Directed by: Jozsef Gemes. Starring: Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, Rik Mayall and Sally Ann Marsh. At times,..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

The Quiet Girl

Irish tale of a lost girl finding hope will break and mend your heart

"...in a seemingly prickly new home. But in adapting Claire Keegan's award-winning 2009 novella, Foster, writer/director Colm Bairéad pulls..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Nature, a security guard's musings on form and feminism bloom into the wondrous "Hard Drive." After years playing with..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Claire in Motion Directors/Screenwriters: Lisa Robinson, Annie J. Howell Claire..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Carine Adler; with Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...$POSITIONS Director/Screenwriter: Brandon Daley, Producers: Ben Gojer, Jake Bloom Blue-collar Midwesterner Mike Alvarado attempts to save his family..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Hour, Crooks, Dead Earth Politics, Elijah Ford & the Bloom, Ruby Jane, Leopold & His Fiction, Ian McLagan, My..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Art Work

Local artists convene for a conversation about art, labor, and the economy

"...moderated by Watson and ... might be good editor Claire Ruud, with Katie Geha of SOFA Gallery, Russell Etchen..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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