The Band Wagon

Many astute people consider this witty backstage tale the greatest of all Minnelli's great musicals. Sublime performances, great musical numbers, and an inspired Betty Comden and Adolph Green script are the glue that holds together Minnelli's most masterful fusion of form, content, and froth.

"...Directed by: Vincente Minnelli. Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...(1992, 124min/color, DCP) Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, and Vincent D’Onofrio. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"...Music Jennifer Lopez, Selena Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock Dueling Astaires..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Funny Face: Centennial Collection

Hepburn and Astaire say, 'Bonjours, Paris!' in the still-spry Funny Face

"...Funny Face: Not once does she break character when Fred Astaire – at 58, fully 30 years her senior..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two

Boston '69 revisited

"...skill and accuracy. In the midst of plodding couples, Fred Astaire stopped: That smile hit his face, his eyes..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Long Shot

Timely political rom-com finds new common ground for opposites attracting each other

"...other and figuring out how to make it work. Fred Flarsky (Rogen) and Charlotte Field (Theron) didn’t have to..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Souls of Our Feet 2008

Tapestry's new program of classic tap routines continues to reveal the form's vitality and the troupe's growing skill

"..."Bojangles" Robinson, and the Nicholas Brothers to Hollywood hoofers Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and Gene Kelly and on to..."

March 14, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2005 Soul to Sole Festival Concert

The continuum of tap from 1930s elegance to today's stomping rhythm pulsed in the concert concluding Tapestry Dance Company's 2005 Soul to Sole Festival

"...its tongue out at the light-as-air tap epitomized by Fred Astaire. In fact, Janas' persona was a bit belligerent;..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Review by Ann Ciccolella

Don't Drown

In Rebecca Beegle's imaginative Don't Drown, Judy Garland welcomes Mary Shelley onto her TV show to talk about an apocalyptic novel, and the result is a compelling portrait of souls suffering in isolation

"...pleading with his creator to build him a mate. Fred Astaire dancing sans partner on the walls and ceiling..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics, Bruce Lee, the Nicholas Brothers, and Fred without Ginger. Each dancer is free to mold these..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

Top Hat

"...Top HatD: Mark Sandrich (1935); with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Helen Broderick, Edward Everett Horton, Eric..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Review by Louis Black

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...Without a Cause’s monument to the star-dusted Griffith Observatory, Fred and Ginger’s playful sparring in Shall We Dance...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...company members wouldn't be just trying to dance like Fred Astaire and the Nicholas Brothers and Eleanor Powell and..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dave Van Ronk and a Bitter Chill

Remembering the folksinger who inspired 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...skill and accuracy. In the midst of plodding couples, Fred Astaire stopped: That smile hit his face, his eyes..."

Dec. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

Step Up 3D

Not as exciting as the two previous installments, this new dance film is overwhelmed by the 3-D.

"...– set on the streets, to a remix of Fred Astaire's "I Won't Dance" – is easily the most..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: You Go Where You Have to Go

Welcome to the new year ... same as the old year?

"...In my dream fevers, I dance like Fred Astaire. In life, I make Babar seem graceful and..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Louis Black

What Women Want

"...preening and easy charm. At one point, Nick dances (Fred Astaire-style) alone in his apartment to the milky sounds..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Billy Elliot

"...asks his mate, “Who do you think is better, Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers?” you know you're in for..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shall We Dance?

"...clumsy beginner with two left feet to an accomplished Fred Astaire who wins his first ballroom competition. Also, the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Top Hat

"...Directed by: Mark Sandrich. Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Lucille Ball...."

May 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shall We Dance

"...Directed by: Mark Sandrich. Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Edward Everett Horton. One of..."

Aug. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: White Christmas

The one we can't seem to quit

"...As his sideman, Kaye doesn’t have the finesse of Fred Astaire or the spastic adorability of Donald O’Connor (the..."

Dec. 13, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Butt-Numb-a-Thon 14 Lineup

Harry Knowles' annual film fest sneaks 'The Hobbit,' 'Mama'

"...video clip of Eleanor Powell at the tribute for Fred Astaire hosted by the AFI in 1981 followed by..."

Dec. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Louis Black

Tommy Tune

The master hoofer isn't getting older; he's getting more nonchalant

"...up nine Tony Awards, eight Drama Desk Awards, three Astaire Awards, a Texas Medal of Arts, and a National..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Balance, Yes; Reality, No

"...I am the woman who yelled an obscenity at Fred Astaire during Paramount's June 20 showing of Funny Face...."

July 11, 1997 Column

Letters at 3AM

The paradox of possiblities exhibited by the 20th century -- from Auschwitz to Ginger & Fred.

"...Auschwitz -- and -- Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers --..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Bedside Manner

So I'm trying this new thing …

"...Carole Lombard, all soft-focus-glam in Twentieth Century promo stills. Fred MacMurray biding his time in the "death chamber" that..."

June 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Confessions of a television columnist; also, strange timing for the 1999 Image Awards, Iron Chef may hit the big screen, and Texas Parks & Wildlife rakes in the kudos.

"...in the Santa Claus Suit: A 1979 movie staring Fred Astaire, Bert Convy, and Nanette Fabray. Wondrous things happen..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Paramount Theatre Announces Star Wars, Pink Flamingos, Sin City for Summer Classics Film Series

Plus Robert Rodriguez gets his star on Congress Avenue

"...Nazi-smashing romance of Casablanca, and the terpsichorean glamor of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at their finest and most..."

April 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – an Excerpt

In this chapter from her book, Erica C. Barnett describes the point when her life became a shrinking circle

"...industrious people in the world. Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backward and in heels – well,..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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