Henry Fool

"...and Kevin Corrigan. “Get up off your knees,” barks Henry Fool (Ryan) to Simon Grim (Urbaniak) as he swaggers..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Puns Very Intended at the O. Henry Pun-Off

The annual world championship encourages groans

"...The O. Henry Museum is the former residence of American classic short..."

May 8, 2019 Events Post by Gracie Awalt

Fay Grim

The lunatic charm of Parker Posey is the best reason to see this wild, borderline-screwball sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 film, Henry Fool.

"...this wild, borderline screwball sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 Henry Fool, in which Posey played Fay, a firecracker nymphomaniac..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chronicle Recommends: Foolish Films

They're no geniuses, but these fools make for fun films

"...recommendations. This April, the Chronicle critics celebrate their favorite fools in cinema...."

April 1, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Aubrey Plaza Takes a Dramatic Turn

Aubrey Plaza discusses acting dramatic in Ned Rifle

"...Ned Rifle, the final installment of writer/director Hal Hartley's Henry Fool trilogy, actress Aubrey Plaza takes a dramatic turn..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Russ Espinoza

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Last Days of Disco, Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight, Henry Jaglom's Déjà Vu, Hal Hartley's Henry Fool, Tom DiCillo's..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Art Imitates Chef

British Actor Lenny Henry Cooks in Restaurant Sitcom

"...Chef! stars British comedy superstar Lenny Henry as the mercurial Gareth Blackstock, chef de cuisine at..."

April 11, 1997 Screens Feature by Virginia B. Wood

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...2.5 (M.S.) 6/19/98 HE GOT GAME 3.0 (R.S.) 5/1/98 HENRY FOOL 3.5 (M.B.) 7/24/98 HIGH ART 3.5 (M.B.) 6/26/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...final chapter of Hal Hartley's tragicomic epic begun with Henry Fool (1998) and continued with Fay Grim (2007). In..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...His Fay Grim continues the story of Henry Fool, in which a garbage man posts on the..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Reeling in '98

The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998

"...Supermasochist NEAR MISSES Saving Private Ryan; Shakespeare in Love; Henry Fool; Beloved; He Got Game High Art; The Thief;Without..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 26-April 1

"...me, no one. Alone, I find my way.” APRIL FOOL! Although the passage by Octavio Paz is mostly accurate..."

March 27, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...Pitch Carrolls, which premieres December 4 at the John Henry Faulk Living Theatre, currently in town to teach playwriting..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Good Year

It's difficult to reconcile this romantic trifle starring Russell Crowe with Ridley Scott, the director who made Blade Runner and The Gladiator.

"...the vineyards and châteaux of Southern France, anyway (no fool he) – but simply that it is difficult to..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Regarding UT president what's-his-name calling Robert Jensen a fool ["War of Words," Sept. 28], I submit this (slightly..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Regarding UT president what's-his-name calling Robert Jensen a fool ["War of Words," Sept. 28], I submit this (slightly..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Regarding UT president what's-his-name calling Robert Jensen a fool ["War of Words," Sept. 28], I submit this (slightly..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Scanlines

"...It was a damn fool idea. The idea – the damn fool one –..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Southern Comfort

The Chronicle food staff has scoured Austin in search of the city's best down-home eateries; they're served up within.

"...Roy Henry's Famous Waffles & Chicken1815 W. Ben White, 443-4476..."

March 3, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Bombs Not Bullets

Austin Hip-Hop Mushrooms

"...longtime Electric Lounge booking agent and poetry slammer Mike Henry and partner David Crump, a Seguin native back in..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...is far away, high and behind." Robin Bradford, an O.Henry award-winning fiction writer, is expecting her first child and..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Joe Gould's Secret

"...influences and traditions -- Somerset Maugham, Damon Runyon, O. Henry, Henry James, and Guy de Maupassant, with John Updike..."

July 5, 1996 Books Feature

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...3) Caroline Says, No Fool Like an Old Fool (Western Vinyl)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...Catchdubs. Together, the two DJs reign supreme over the Fool's Gold family and have sired releases from Kid Cudi,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Catfish

This "reality thriller" is a sour cautionary tale about social media.

"...Directed by: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. “Don’t let anyone tell you..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...its Caribbean limbo, and Holly croaking out Clarence "Frogman" Henry's "Ain't Got No Home" might just be the B-side..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...New Orleans music. Don't let the "brass band" title fool you, either; this is a thoroughly modern juggernaut that..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Coach's Corner

"...the underdog Seahawks. As is customary in the National Fool's League, a desperate, last-minute drive by the Jets is..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Checking Out Austin's New Central Library

Yes, the city’s “Library of the Future” still has books, but this 21st century facility is about so much more

"...building will house all 300,000 books from the John Henry Faulk Central Library on Guadalupe and have room for..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...– Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein in James Whale's Frankenstein..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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