Cold Comfort Farm

"...Directed by: John Schlesinger. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Eileen Atkins, Sheila Burrell, Joanna..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Next Best Thing

"...Directed by: John Schlesinger. Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Illeana Douglas, Lynn Redgrave,..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Johns

"...Gartin, Terrence Dashon Howard, Nicky Katt, Elliott Gould and John C. McGinley. A scene about halfway into Scott Silver's..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

DVD Watch

'Sunday Bloody Sunday'

"...– that headlined his New York Times obit, director John Schlesinger funneled his most intimate bits into 1971’s Sunday..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Midnight Cowboy

Fueled by two riveting character studies and its exposure of New York City's seamy underbelly, this multi-Oscar-winner screams “contemporary” and “eternal” at once.

"...Directed by: John Schlesinger. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...to consider: not just Hardy’s source material, but also John Schlesinger’s 1967 witty, feverish go at the story. Schlesinger’s..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In Print

"...Conversations With John Schlesinger..."

June 16, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Twilight of the Golds

"...Brendan Fraser, Sean O'Bryan, Jack Klugman, Rosie O'Donnell and John Schlesinger. Originally filmed for Showtime, this adaptation of Jonathan..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waterland

"...Sinead Cusack, Grant Warnock, Lena Headley, Ethan Hawke and John Heard. History experienced as the personal instead of an..."

Nov. 20, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Underworld: Blood Wars

Vampires vs. werewolves (again)

"...performances in Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing or John Schlesinger’s Cold Comfort Farm. But what can you say..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top of His Craft

Prior to his appearance at the Austin Film Festival, writer / director Steven Zaillian remembers his first film, his most successful, and the lessons he's learned along the way.

"...thirtysomething film editor writing on the side when director John Schlesinger tapped him for the project after reading one..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Tried and True: Auteurs Make a Return to Form

"...Michelangelo Antonioni; with Fanny Ardant, Chiara Casselli Irene Jacob, John Malkovich, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Jean Reno, Peter Weller,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Cold Comfort Farm

"...D: John Schlesinger; Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Rufus Sewell,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Screens Feature

Cowboys and Controversy

Kyle Henry and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...not only American Cowboy, but also upcoming projects for John Pierson's Split Screen (a weekly show that airs every..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Citywide Summer Film Series

"...Casino Royale (D: John Huston, 1967): Tue, 6/17, 9:30pm; Wed, 6/18, 7:10pm..."

May 23, 2003 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Films from 1981

Experience cinema from the Chronicle's founding year

"...There are some who say that the British director John Schlesinger (he of such gritty dramas as Midnight Cowboy..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Kyle Henry: Top Ten

Local filmmaker has a few films to put in your Netflix qeue

"...2) Sunday Bloody Sunday (Dir. John Schlesinger) - Everyone sees Midnight Cowboy, no one sees..."

Aug. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Andy Campbell

Scanlines

"...D: John Schlesinger (1990) with Matthew Modine, Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature

Expectations of Future Growth

Third Time Lucky?

"...how hands-on they could be when Robbins rejected the John Croslin-produced tapes she gave the label in October of..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Waiting for Christmas

"...Hentges says finding Fountains of Wayne guitarist Adam Schlesinger in April, 1997 was the most important outcome of..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

One World or Two '97

"...& Acoustic Music Festival last weekend, but while organizer John Aengus admits that the event lost "a substantial sum"..."

April 11, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Letters at 3AM: JFK and That Hard Rain

When boomers and their offspring die out, Kennedy's assassination will have the approximate historical echo of William McKinley's

"...my 17th birthday. On every TV channel simultaneously, President John F. Kennedy told us that the Russians had missiles..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...Toff V. Wolfson Said debut, originally produced by Stiff Johnson (G. Love & Special Sauce), and currently set to..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...its North American debut, as will the latest from John Sayles, Go For Sisters, starring Edward James Olmos and..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Cry-Baby': Rockabilly heartthrob needed for Broadway run

A new stage musical adapted from John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby needs a hunky musician for the title role and thinks he might be in Austin

"...See, a new stage musical is being developed from John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby, and it needs a musically..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Give Harvey Relief

Comedy and classical music benefits raise $280K for Houston

"...the Grammy-winning choral ensemble Conspirare – assembled at Saint John's United Methodist Church on Allandale for Hope After Harvey,..."

Sept. 14, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Denton, Planned Parenthood’s Cecilia Richards, and 16-time WWE champion John Cena. Plus, revving up the programming will be opening..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Report From Art Basel

Texans find a place with the art world elite in Art Basel Miami Beach

"...Regine Basha, Laurence Miller, Ann Elizabeth Wynn, Julie and John Thornton, Mary and Chris Ozburn, Johnna and Stephen Jones,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

The Stan Laurels

"...album in the guise of a power-pop combo, multi-instrumentalist John Lathrop commingles longing melodies and oblique wit in a..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Review by Greg Beets

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...say to yourself, that's the best defense Sorensen and Schlesinger and the rest of those yayos can come up..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

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