At Wit’s End: Bob Byington on His Dry New Comedy, Lousy Carter

“My career puzzles people, including myself”

"...movie made her feel good. … I saw where John Waters said Oppenheimer was a three-hour movie about talking...."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

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

"...Charles all over again (hijinks ensue, naturally), and Preston Sturges’ effervescent screwball shifts the long con to a whole..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...and Wine) will present a 45th anniversary screening of John Huston's hard-hitting boxing drama Fat City...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...Antoine Fuqua’s revisionist take on John Sturges’ 1960 Western (itself an oater remake of Akira..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: It Was Thirty Years and a Day and a Half Ago

It's hard to get unstuck from the past when it's still so present

"...conference. Featured were Jonathan Demme, already a friend, and John Sayles and Maggie Renzi, who became the closest of..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Subverting the Code

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

"...say we're lucky indeed to have both. In Preston Sturges' effervescent The Lady Eve, Stanwyck plays a con artist,..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

'Eggheads'

Novelist Joseph Skibell reflects on his adventures in the screen trade that produced this screwball comedy

"...William Morris Agency. The manager represented famous actors like John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe – I was their first..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Are You Looking At?

Thanksgiving viewing guide

"...1:45pm: The Great Outdoors (Encore). Of course, John Candy's Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the Thanksgiving classic,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Free Comic Book Day

Nine years in, the annual event is winning big crowds and new comics readers

"...have a sampler of kid-friendly superhero stories from its Johnny DC imprint. In fact, FCBD offers plenty of gateway..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...According to Garp. (Yes, to those who know me: John Irving had been a writing teacher, but when I..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Leatherheads

George Clooney's latest (behind and in front of the camera) is awfully agreeable, but it lurches forward in fits and starts.

"...Directed by: George Clooney. Starring: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce and Stephen Root. You can’t read..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File

The James Beard Foundation and Inter­national Association of Culinary Professionals honor local cookbook authors

"...Celluloid series last week was great fun. The Preston Sturges comedy The Lady Eve inspired such dishes as Lady..."

April 4, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Event Menu

March 27-April 5

"...Chef Battle Celluloid series continues tonight when Alamo chefs John Bullington, Trish Eichelberger, and Elijah Horgan take on challenger..."

March 28, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

'Allez Cuisine!'

Tyson Cole brings out the knives on Iron Chef America

"...Chef challenges on March 27. Team Alamo – chefs John Bullington, Trish Eichelberger, and Elijah Horgan – will take..."

March 19, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Okey-Pokey

"...The Great Escape (D: John Sturges, 1963)..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...plays like a Capraesque fairy tale with a Preston Sturges hero and Howard Hawks dialogue; it borrows from Meet..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Belles on Her Toes

Trying to shake Gene Tierney

"...who wrote the film's theme while contemplating a "Dear John" note from his soon-to-be ex-wife, heard himself protest. If..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dr. John / Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Record review

"...Dr. John..."

June 16, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...Arthur, and everything flows from there. Written by Preston Sturges...."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Nude Works 13

What draws the eye into Neil Coleman's images of female nudes is the comfort of the models with their own bodies and their connection to the photographer

"...pubic hair was removed by retouching. Victorian art critic John Ruskin had such difficulty reconciling the ideal vision of..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Review by Benné Rockett

From the Source

"...The Lady Eve (1941) D, scr: Preston Sturges; with Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Great Raid

The single dullest war film of the past decade from the once promising director John Dahl.

"...Directed by: John Dahl. Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Joseph..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...thinking) are here mentioned" in the Paramount era. Meanwhile, John Oller's Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew (1997) quotes..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...most vigorous workout this side of Jack Nicholson or John Belushi, a comedian to whom Black is often compared...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...up this escalator that didn't work. But people like John Milius taught how to write screenplays, Syd Field and..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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

The Great Escape

One of the all-time great action movies also features an all-star international cast. Steve McQueen is unforgettable as the "Cooler King" in the drama about an Allied prisoner escape from a Nazi POW camp.

"...Directed by: John Sturges. Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, Charles..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magnificent Seven

"...Directed by: John Sturges. Starring: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...dark-haired doll kept three steps ahead of obscurity until John Ford cast her opposite Edward G. Robinson in The..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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