Heavenly Creatures

This early film by Jackson is a startling genre-bender that combines drama, comedy, fantasy, romance, and horror in a story about the friendship between two schoolgirls.

"...or any other year. Based on a true story, Heavenly Creatures tells the tale of two young schoolgirls: the..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

After a Fashion: Heavenly Creatures

Your Style Avatar rocked the house with his new collection at the Driskill, and a lot of folks can take a bow.

Nov. 16, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

From the Vaults: Still a 'Heavenly Creature'

Melanie Lynskey started Down Under at the top

"...It may be hard to believe, but 1994's Heavenly Creatures was the first feature film for its co-stars:..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Frighteners

"...Meet The Feebles to the passionate “true crime” fantasy Heavenly Creatures -- has made the unlikely leap into mainstream..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Music of the Heart

"...had, oh, Peter Jackson helm the film à la Heavenly Creatures' magical realism. Anything to step away from Craven's..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Forgotten Silver

"...subtle "mockumentary" from the man behind Dead Alive and Heavenly Creatures. It's so subtle, in fact, that you'd hardly..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fun

"...halves of the same coin. Comparisons to Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures are to be expected, but whereas Jackson's film..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

They Might Be Angels

For Blue Lapis Light, dance artists Laura Cannon and Nicole Whiteside become heavenly creatures

"...movements have the aggressive athleticism of humans defying gravity, creatures of the earth battling their way into the sky...."

Oct. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bridge to Terabithia

This excellent screen version of the Newbery-winning novel is not about fairies and enchanted forests but about kids who feel as though they don't fit in.

"...are far more memorable than any of the film’s creatures – there’s a big rabid squirrel thing that will..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Scanlines

"...Heavenly Creatures..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Hello I Must Be Going

The marvelous Melanie Lynskey, for once, gets the starring role in this movie about a woman who gets blindsided by divorce.

"...longtime fan of Lynskey’s coy yet subtle acting skills (Heavenly Creatures, The Informant!), which hardened into stereotypical kookiness after..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chosen One

Director Jamie Babbit sounds off on 'The Quiet' – Burnt Orange's first national release – and its discomfiting implications

"...JB: I hope anyone who appreciated Heavenly Creatures or American Beauty would be interested in seeing..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Where Are They Now?

Cyndi Williams' play 'Where Are They Now?,' based on the Parker-Hulme murder case, is a true crime drama that isn't about who done it but who survives it

"...had been drawn to it for his 1995 film Heavenly Creatures. The story encapsulates our best and worst impulses,..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Where Are They Now?'

Cyndi Williams is living a playwright's dream with her play 'Where Are They Now?,' which is being staged for the third time in 15 months

"...source material used by Peter Jackson for his film Heavenly Creatures – in which two English schoolgirls, one an..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

My Summer of Love

This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.

"...Love, Lost and Delirious, The Dreamlife of Angels, and Heavenly Creatures. Although the tone of My Summer of Love..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sweet Home Alabama

"...with nice turns from sassy-as-ever Jean Smart (Designing Women), Heavenly Creatures' Melanie Lynskey, and goofy Ethan Embry (who last..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ever After

"...(best known as Kate Winslet's sister in crime in Heavenly Creatures), and other charming characterizations are rendered by West..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sense and Sensibility

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

"...As played by Thompson and the dazzling Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures), the sisters are clearly older and more mature,..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

"...-- Bud Simons Heavenly Creatures..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Screens Feature

Tracking Down Grief With The Head Hunter

Filmmaker Jordan Downey on a monster movie with a fractured heart

"...(Christopher Rygh), a blood-covered champion charged with slaying the creatures that rampage through the land. He is disconnected from..."

April 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2006

"...observed the social behavior and customs of these strange creatures: scuttling like crabs across the stage, stealing shoes, killing..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nightstream Review: Frank & Zed

Horror puppet movie is beautiful, heartbreaking, and gory

"...his back catalog, it's really the fantastical sequences in Heavenly Creatures. As for the inevitable Muppets comparisons, this is..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...critical attention for her award-winning performance in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures. Lynskey’s next movie, I Don’t Feel At Home..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: This Is Halloween

Unconventional horror for the haunting time

"...Shades of Heavenly Creatures and Picnic at Hanging Rock, and the religious..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW FIlm

Daily reviews and interviews

"...that of Alex (journeyman television actor Tergesen) and Alice (Heavenly Creatures' Lynskey), newlyweds for whom the bloom is starting..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

FronteraFest 2005

"...imagining it's a more document-based take on Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. Directed by Williams and Julia M. Smith, with..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Arts Review

Wintry Mix

The holiday film forecast

"...zombie comedy Dead Alive, the true-life teen murder drama Heavenly Creatures, the darkly comic ghost thriller The Frighteners --..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...400 million visits, is in good hands: Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures, Meet the Feebles) helms a cast that includes..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...Sam Raimi, Stanley Kubrick, and Kiwi gorehound Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures, Meet the Feebles), before Rusty sums it all..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

The Frighteners

"...man behind Bad Taste, Dead Alive, and 1994's masterpiece Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners was supposed to be Jackson's entrée..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Screens Feature

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