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Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.
"...Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Jane Lynch and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Firstly, the..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion
You'd think we'd be all star-f***ed out after SXSW, but here it is, Oscar-time and we are just beside ourselves with the bold type and the dropped names! What? No silly. We said "fawned."
"...dull, dull in her raggedy, deconstructed Balenciaga gown, and Helen Mirren looked fab in Armani and vintage diamonds. Trudy..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Author by Author
Notable Folks in Their Own Write
"...relives Nixon's infamous race for the U.S. senate against Helen Gahagan Douglas in 1950. In this campaign, he red-baited..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview
"...12:45-1:30pm CER E2.026Life Stories: MemoirCarroll Parrott Blue, Helen G. Green, Moderator: Carol Dawson..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

All Wrapped Up
Holiday Film Previews
"...D: James L. Brooks; with Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List
Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more
"...Man: Stories Rita Bullwinkel – Belly Up: Stories Edward Carey – Little Elaine Castillo – America Is Not the..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Review: The Girl With All the Gifts
A post-apocalyptic world that really grows on (or in) you
"...the Gifts, the new survival horror adapted from M.R. Carey's 2014 novel of the same name, simply transfers that..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300
Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart
"...fiction list features a host of local literati: Edward Carey (Foulsham), Jill Alexander Essbaum (Hausfrau), Louisa Hall (Speak), Kirk..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: Musicians of Behavior
Actors are musicians of behavior
"...roles in the Canadian TV production, Orphan Black: Sarah, Helena, Cassima, Beth, Rachel, a dead German whose name I've..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Longlist for Man Booker Prize Announced
A dozen authors - including some repeat performers - make the cut
"...Peter Carey: Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)..."

July 27, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Helen Greene..."

May 3, 2002 Column

All Wrapped Up
From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.
"...D: Tinto Brass; with Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off The Bookshelf
I Know This Much Is True
"...in a High-Tech Age Edited by Jill Bialosky and Helen Schulman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $13 paper..."

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections
"...Prod: Calvin N. Preece, Dan Delaney, Kyle Henry; DP: Helen Lee...."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Stay Tuned
TV Eye
"...* The Drew Carey Show (ABC, 5/14): Donald Trump (who must be building..."

May 9, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Reflections
SXSW Film Festival and Conference
"...Dean Stanton, John Milius, Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, Harry Carey, Jr., Ben Johnson...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

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