From the Journals of Jean Seberg

"...Rappaport. Starring: Mary Beth Hurt. French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard supposedly described film history as a history of..."

June 21, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Portrait of the artist as a young man is more a portrait of NYC.

"...the film isn’t so much about legendary NYC artist Jean-Michel Basquiat as it is about creating mise-en-scène. The narrative..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

SXSW Film Review: Jean of the Joneses

A witty directorial debut hints at big things to come

"...voice. Highly visually controlled, snappily edited, and beautifully acted, Jean of the Joneses is a clever New York comedy..."

March 16, 2016 Screens Post by Sean L. Malin

SXSW Live Shot: Wyclef Jean

Haitian MC turns in a performance for the ages

"...SXSW Interview on Thursday at the Convention Center, Wyclef Jean sounded like a man with something to prove: “If..."

March 20, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Q&A: Wyclef Jean

“I am the most famous Haitian in my century, right?”

"...Haitian hip-hop mogul Wyclef Jean, showcasing midnight tonight at Gatsby, ran a 2010 campaign..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Fantasia Review: Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

Inside the mind and art of France's genius of decay

"...no director seemed more set for the transition than Jean Rollin, subject of Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Fest: The Simpsons' Al Jean

Writer/producer reflects on 27 years of the beloved sitcom

"...Al Jean might not be a household name to most people,..."

June 7, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Weird City Hip-Hop Festival: Jean Grae

Call her a femcee and risk ‘Fight Club’

"...at the Empire Control Room, New York rap idol Jean Grae talks femcees, the possible re-release of her pulled..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

FF2011: 'Calibre 9' Director Jean-Christian Tassy Goes Ballistic

An interview with Jean-Christian of 'Calibre 9'

"...like our ideal weekend getaway, but in French director Jean-Christian Tassy's righteous debut feature, it's a prelude to bullets,..."

Sept. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Blue Jean

The closeted life of a lesbian in 1980s Britain resonates with modern homophobia

"...Jean (McEwen) is afraid. As a lesbian in late 1980s..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

My Obsession: Norma Jean & Marilyn

How HBO’s Monroe biopic highlighted the need for #MeToo

"...mind (obviously), few left quite the impression that Norma Jean & Marilyn did. Like those Lifetime dramas, HBO's Marilyn..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Screens Column by Britt Hayes

Comedian Colton Dowling Launches Kickstarter for SXSW Selection Van Damn, Jean Claude!

Queer web series skewers stereotypes for right- and left-wing alike

"...first three episodes of local web series Van Damn, Jean Claude! Creator and local comedian Colton Dowling calls the..."

April 6, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Dangerous World of Jean-Paul Belmondo

AFS explores the action star beyond Breathless

"...the work of France's greatest export (wine be damned), Jean-Paul Belmondo...."

July 6, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Phranchyze, Jean Grae, Homeboy Sandman

First-year fest sends home its vets with noodles for brains

"...Yorkers closing down Empire Control Room, Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae, sauntered out. The latter took her place as..."

Sept. 28, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"..."Everything is cinema." – Jean-Luc Godard..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Fun: Jean Grae on the San Marcos River

Femcee summer floats of days gone by

"...Finally there was New Yorker and Talib Kweli affiliate Jean Grae...."

May 14, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Jean Stapleton: On Theatre

"...When Jean Stapleton talks about "the series," there's no need to..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jean Supreme

"...Court recently decided a workplace dress code fight over jeans. At hazard to my dignity, I ask why in..."

Feb. 8, 2023 Postmarks

Melany Jean’s Top 10 Fine Art Moments of 2018

Unforgettably textured sculptures, unsettling exhibitions, and unusual spaces made for a memorable year in art

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017

Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Savage Nights

"...a complicated love triangle among an HIV-positive bisexual man Jean (played by Collard) who is caught between another bisexual..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hundreds of Beavers

Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents

"...within the first few bars of opening frontier ballad “Jean Kayak,” sung over a Winsor McCay-esque cartoon of a..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Old School, Au Courant

Jean Pierre's Upstairs is a restaurant of the old school; it emphasizes service over scene, and all employees act like professionals. Each diner is treated like he or she is the only person in the room. But the food is also surprisingly avant-garde, Chronicle food writer Rachel Feit reveals in a review of Jean Pierre's Upstairs.

"...Jean Pierre's Upstairs3500 Jefferson, 454-4811..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

The Women on the 6th Floor

This light comedy from France is pure bourgeois fantasy, but it's a genial fantasy nevertheless.

"...opens in Paris in 1962, in the Joubert apartment. Jean-Louis (Luchini), a stockbroker, was born in the fifth-floor apartment..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"..."THE BENDA MASK ... JEAN ARTHUR,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

We call them "retirees," although in other cultures and eras they would be elders, but if they had anything real to do they wouldn't be coming here to Jean, Nevada.

"...neon-lit structures constitute most of what there is of Jean, Nevada, one on each side of I-15. They call..."

May 2, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...That conscience, belonging to the 19-year-old illiterate peasant girl Jean (Jovovich), crops up midway through, after a frazzled Jean..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

JLG by JLG

"...Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard. The JLG of the title is film great..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Afternoons With Margueritte

Gérard Depardieu plays an oafish man who bonds with a cultured older woman, who teaches him to read and alters his life.

"...Directed by: Jean Becker. Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Sophie Guillemin, Maurane,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Helas Pour Moi

"...Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Laurence Masliah, Bernard Verlay, Jean-Louis..."

Feb. 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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