Measure for Measure

Ophelia may go to a watery grave, but it's great prep work for an ingenue

"...Helena Bonham Carter (Zefferelli, 1990): Ophelia knows what it’s like..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...Boy Williamson broadcasts King Biscuit Time on KFFA in Helena, Ark., which later features Pinetop...."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim classic shows just how dull violent retribution can be when it's all someone ever talks (or, in this case, sings) about.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Geek Out!

This is the BBC miniseries that set women worldwide swooning for some Mr. Darcy

"...the lower-billed Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr. Bingley as well as Helena's cousin) is an amiable guy, dishing about why writer..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Entranced

Remembering one who fascinated us all: Karen Kuykendall, 1937-2007

"...backstage jokes: an appropriation of a famous exchange between Helena Rubinstein and one of her assistants that we often..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Within These Walls

A chat with Damon Krukowski and Michio Kurihara.

"...against him. We have cellist in the band now, Helena Espvall. Kurihara very much wants to change his sound..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

Past winners

"...G: 1) Laura Bradshaw; 2) Shelley Peebles; 3) Helena Colyandro..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Food Feature

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Yes, it's true: Harry Potter manages his first kiss, in between all manner of expository storytelling, and never was a young man's wand more ever-ready.

"...Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter and Evanna Lynch. There is a fair..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

God vs. Satan: TXRD Calvello Cup Championship

"...damnedest. She's fast, graceful, and ruthless. Smarty Pants and Helena Handbasket expertly fought, as did Sacrilicious and Axle Rosie...."

June 25, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

Hannibal Rising

Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull?

"...Peter Webber. Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li, Helena Lia Tachovska, Dominic West, Aaron Thomas, Kevin McKidd and..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

"...G: 1) Laura Bradshaw; 2) Shelley Peebles; 3) Helena Colyandro..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...St. Helena, Calif...."

May 5, 2006 Column

Because We're Not Californians?

May 1, 2006 Postmarks

Recall DeLay

Feb. 6, 2006 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...St. Helena, Calif.Leader Manipulates SystemDear Editor,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...St. Helena, Calif.Leader Manipulates SystemDear Editor,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Column

Californian Telling Texans What to Do

Dec. 28, 2005 Postmarks

Irreplaceable

Co-director Mike Johnson on 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' and how stop-motion has done more than survive amid the rise of computer animation

"...Corpse Bride (voiced by Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, and Helena Bonham Carter, respectively), the film's deceptively simple plot traverses..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners: 1991-2004

"...G: 1) Laura Bradshaw; 2) Shelley Peebles; 3) Helena Colyandro..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Food Feature

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Deep Roy, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Annasophia Robb, Philip Wiegratz, Jordon..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

A visit to Deadwood: The legends show you where to go. Once you get there, you do your best to find out why you came.

"...serving in Montana's Territorial Senate; he was sheriff of Helena at 23. When 22, he introduced and guided the..."

June 24, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye

Trio tells the story of the N-word, and then Chuck D takes over

"...debate that engulfs language, identity, censorship, and commercialism. Filmmakers Helena Echegoyen and Todd Williams cover the aforementioned topics and..."

July 2, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Top 10 Shows in 2003 That Shed Light in a Dark Year

"...which his cast embodied with elegance. Margot Brown's lovelorn Helena was again a dream all her own in the..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Fish

Tim Burton is all grown up and getting serious.

"...McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Matthew McGrory, Helena Bonham Carter, Loudon Wainwright, Robert Guillaume, Danny DeVito, Steve..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Heart of Me

"...Directed by: Thaddeus O’Sullivan. Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron and..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ballet Austin's original adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream delivered two ballets, really -- a highly accessible story-driven first act, followed by a more traditionally balletic second -- which offered an easy way into his clever and fanciful yet intricate work.

"...endearing. The four lovers were cookie-cutter duplicates: the girls, Helena and Hermia, pretty and perky as danced by Margot..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Till Human Voices Wake Us

"...Directed by: Michael Petroni. Starring: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Gallacher, Lindley Joyner, Brooke Harman and..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Latest in Paper

"Like Imperial Rome, Ode to a Banker is a sprawling, remarkable event masquerading as a trade paperback murder mystery," writes Marc Savlov of Lindsey Davis' novel, now in paperback.

"...relatives, among them his somewhat more upper class wife Helena Justina and his parents and siblings, along with assorted..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

American Boy

Chris Isaak's drummer Kenney Dale Johnson: From Soap Creek to Showtime

"...video by Herb Ritts that found Isaak and model Helena Christensen rolling around Hawaii's beaches. The song went to..."

July 5, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Under the Sun

"...Directed by: Colin Nutley. Starring: Johan Widerberg, Helena Bergström and Rolf Lassgard. Set in the mid-Fifties Danish..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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