Boxing Helena

"...Forget any expectations you may have had about Boxing Helena's treatment of obsessive love, gender roles, the objectification of..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

MirrorMask

The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen with its innate sense of wonder intact, despite this sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen.

"...Machen, Dickens, and Homer. MirrorMask is the story of Helena (Leonidas), a teenage girl who longs for a normal..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Summer in the Hamptons

"...film with husband Jaglom) visits matriarch and well-known actress Helena Mora (played by the late, great Viveca Lindfors) and..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Emperor's New Clothes

"...a return from exile on the island of St. Helena and finding his plans scuttled by the fickle whims..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Woody Allen sets his latest farce into action with a cast of one-dimensional, annoying characters played by a group of terrific actors.

"...the dishes, while her client, a senior-aged divorcée named Helena (Jones), pours another scotch – on the clock –..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

"...Directed by: Helena Solberg. We all know the screen image of Carmen..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...few friends, including singer-with-a-secret Dinah Lance (Smollett-Bell) and vigilante Helena Bertinelli (Winstead)...."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

In Person

Helena María Viramontes

"...Helena María Viramontes: You hit one of the pulses there...."

April 20, 2007 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Jennifer Eight

"...Berlin runs into, and eventually falls in love with, Helena (Thurman), a blind woman who may be the link..."

Nov. 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A SXSW Easter Egg

Danny Strauss' satirical short "Always a Bride"

"...At Monday afternoon's screening of Helena From the Wedding at the Alamo Lamar, the audience..."

March 17, 2010 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Day Trips

Duels and gunfights killed this Karnes County town

"...Helena, Texas was a town killed by one too many..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Montana Blues

Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.

"...of morphine.A Cold Business The inquest took place in Helena, capital of Montana...."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips scares us with spooky stories of Texas.

"...About all that is left in Helena are the ghosts. Once the seat of Karnes County..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Film Festival Review: The Cliff

Spanish thriller adds political intrigue to cult horror

"...in a morgue in Gran Canaria with Cordelia's roommate Helena (Juana Acosta), looking at dead bodies after a mass..."

Oct. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How to Breathe Underwater: Stories

Debut author Julie Orringer, who is 30, belies the old bromide that young people can't write about youth convincingly, and she'll be at BookPeople on Friday, Oct. 24.

"...turns up in "What We Save," in which young Helena contemplates her mother's battle with cancer while having a..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Review by Michael Schaub

New in Print

Coffeetable book Great Women of Film touches upon the difficulties women face in Hollywood, but it's actually an invaluable primer for anyone who wants to work in film.

"...Great Women of Filmby Helena Lumme; photographs by Mika Manninen and Helena Lumme..."

April 12, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Gut Girls

The title characters in Sarah Daniels' play Gut Girls are brash, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling cockneys, carving their lots from life at the slaughterhouse, and the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production's colorful design work, solid direction, and vivid performances put us inside their greasy, tough world.

"...but full of pride as working girls. When Lady Helena, an erudite widow from the upper class, makes it..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Catherine Hardwicke Looks Harder at Don't Look Deeper

Twilight director solves the Quibi enigma for her new show

"...The story of Aisha (Helena Howard), a teen who discovers that her whole existence..."

July 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Murals in Austin You May Have Missed

A guide to some of Austin's most notable new murals you may have missed

"...with bees working a copper honeycomb. Hi There, artist: Helena Sue Martin..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Madeline's Madeline

"...Directed by: Josephine Decker. Starring: Helena Howard, Miranda July, Molly Parker, Julee Cerda and Okwui..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a Western without a compass.

"...Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Helena Bonham Carter, James Badge Dale, Bryant Prince, Barry Pepper..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: December 5

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Helena Montana approves first measure of non-discrimination ordinance. Not entirely..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Hard Labor (Brazil) Director/Screenwriter: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra Helena prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Book of Happenstance

Translating obsession

"...Helena Verbloem – the narrator of Ingrid Winterbach's latest novel,..."

July 8, 2011 Books Review by Monica Riese

TDH: 6/7/11

Butler Park completion, F1 agreement, Willie Nelson statue on agenda

"...Terrace, overlooking Riverside Drive. Previous inhabitants were Robert and Helena Ziller. Aside from being early friends of Town Lake..."

June 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

After a Fashion

Stephen takes issue with "guys"...

"...woman asked her new doctor (we'll call her Dr. Helena Handbasket) if she could call her Helena. The doctor..."

March 30, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Player

With Adventures of a No Name Actor, a comic memoir of his adventures in the screen trade, anonymous player Marco Perella is finding literary stardom.

"...Black goo bubbling from his dying alien lips. Tickling Helena Bonham Carter's ear with a celery stalk -- okay..."

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Twelfth Night

"...Directed by: Trevor Nunn. Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley,..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Howards End

"...Directed by: James Ivory. Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. Finally, it's..."

July 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Austin Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Less-than-magical production salvaged by a night of unexpected spontaneity

"...assorted subplots, this delightful diversion revolves around Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius, who are in love with the wrong..."

May 13, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

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