Once Upon a Time in the West

"...Directed by: Sergio Leone. Starring: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Jack Elam and Woody..."

Aug. 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lady Eve

"...Directed by: Preston Sturges. Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn and William Demarest. Preston Sturges' delirious..."

June 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yours, Mine & Ours

This supersized family comedy makes The Brady Bunch look like an example of prudent family planning and sophisticated humor.

"...supersized family comedy, itself a remake of the 1968 Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball comedy. It won’t spoil your..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Easy Rider Takes a Wild Flyer

Peter Fonda Strikes the Father Lode in Ulee's Gold

"......"

June 27, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...It's Peter Fonda's birthday, and he's alone in his cabin in Montana,..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Just Can't Get Enough

More Summer Reading

"...Peter Fonda despises authority. This much we already know, not only..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature

Ulee's Gold

"...Directed by: Victor Nunez. Starring: Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood, Vanessa Zima and..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...movie for you! Cinematic titans Peter O’Toole (as King Henry II) and Katherine Hepburn (as his estranged wife Eleanor..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Longest Day

"...Bernhard Wicki. Starring: John Wayne, Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Richard Beymer, Jeffrey Hunter,..."

May 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bodies, Rest & Motion

"...by: Michael Steinberg. Starring: Eric Stoltz, Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda and Tim Roth. Fluff masquerading as angst. Based on..."

May 28, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...D: Preston Sturges; with Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: James Bridges; with Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas...."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Subverting the Code

New AFS series showcases Barbara Stanwyck at her most sly and seductive

"...con artist, Jean, who accidentally falls for her mark, Henry Fonda's Charles Pike, a nerdy snake scholar and heir..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...D: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper; with Fonda, Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Luke Askew...."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

AFS Preston Sturges Retrospective Schedule

"...information, call 322-0145.Jan. 18 The Lady Eve (1941) with Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, William Demarest...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Emperor

Tommy Lee Jones is Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Fox his adviser in this historical drama set in postwar Japan in which the general must decide the fate of the Japanese emperor.

"...colors, shades, and tones. Fox sounds like a young Henry Fonda, without trying to do a faithful imitation; Jones..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...and dishes out spontaneous ultraviolence like Slobodan Milosevic meeting Henry Fonda's Frank in the devil's cut of Once Upon..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Belles on Her Toes

Trying to shake Gene Tierney

"...Hawkeye (missing the scene): What, what, what, what? Henry: Cornel Wilde just kissed Gene Tierney. Hawkeye: On the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

3000 Miles to Graceland

"...was the intention. The role immediately calls to mind Henry Fonda's equally disturbing turn as the vile, oily Frank..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

"...The Grapes of Wrath (D. John Ford, 1940; with Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell), Steinbeck's classic tale of the Joads,..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

12 Monkeys

"...Julien Duvivier; with Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, W.C...."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature

Letters at 3AM: The Lincolns of Hollywood

It is dangerous to view history through the eyes of sentimentality

"...Lincoln (1939). Sappy as only Ford can be sappy, Henry Fonda's humble, saintly, silly Lincoln is saved, in performance,..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3am

Learning about "manhood" from the movies.

"...like Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, and John Wayne; and..."

May 31, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Boston Strangler, Mr. Majestyk

"...and DVDs.)The Boston Strangler D: Richard Fleischer (1968); with Henry Fonda, Tony Curtis, George Kennedy, Sally Kellerman.Mr. MajestykD: Richard..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

The Haunting

"...Duvivier (1942) with Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel..."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

J Soulja's hip-hop open mic, an Elliott Smith tribute, and more recommended local shows

"...gathered to celebrate and mourn Elliott Smith at the Henry Fonda Theatre in 2003, Tito Larriva could barely make..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...When scam artist Jean (Barbara Stanwyck) seduces Charles (Henry Fonda), a straight-laced heir to an ale empire, she..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...Time in the WestD: Sergio Leone; with Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, and Charles Bronson (1968)..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Chronicle Recommends: Fictional Presidents of Film and TV

Take a break from #45 with these fictional Commanders in Chief

"...depiction of how nuclear brinksmanship might actually play out. Henry Fonda, as always projecting an innate decency, plays the..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Doors Guitarist Robby Krieger Rallies

ROT thunderdome enlists some “Roadhouse Blues”

"...a video out of it. It was at the Henry Fonda Theatre in L.A., and we had the bass..."

June 9, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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