Mary Poppins Returns

The perfect nanny returns, the same as last time

"...Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and David Warner...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Review: Zach Theatre’s The Sound of Music

New production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tries to forget the Julie Andrews film, and finds new political relevance

"...orchestration, and brilliant casting – including the practically perfect Julie Andrews as Maria, the Nonnberg Abbey postulant-turned-governess-turned-matriarch of the..."

July 1, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

All sugar, no spice in this modern-day fairy tale

"...Directed by: Garry Marshall. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, John Rhys-Davies, Heather Matarazzo and Chris..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Princess Diaries

It's the movie that turned Anne Hathaway into a star, and the ordinary girl she plays into a princess.

"...Directed by: Garry Marshall. Starring: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Robert Schwartzman..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: Robert Wise; with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn...."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Torn Curtain

"...Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews and Lila Kedrova. Universal Hitchcock Series: This Cold..."

Aug. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

S.O.B.

Edwards' crowning achievement is a wickedly funny, impeccably cast, ingeniously subversive satire of the Hollywood film industry.

"...Directed by: Blake Edwards. Starring: Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Robert Vaughn,..."

Aug. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Outlaw Josey Wales

"...fiction, in his past.S.O.B. D: Blake Edwards (1981); with Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia,..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

After a Fashion

In between TV marathons, Stephen Skip-Bos to his Lou all over town at the functions he can still make it to

"...off again. The film Robert and Dennis chose was Julie Andrews' Star!. Star! was Julie's long-awaited triumph after winning..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards

The Edwards gestalt is a sublime combination of the "low art" of physical comedy and the "high art" of intellectual wit

"...them Darling Lili – made with his then-new bride Julie Andrews, who at the time was trying to break..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shrek the Third

The big, green cash machine has finally run dry, perhaps not of box-office power but most assuredly of the caustic wit that made the first two films so winning.

"...Starring: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, Rupert Everett, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake,..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...D: Robert Wise; with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood,..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Tooth Fairy

Due to a misdeed, a tough hockey player, played by Dwayne Johnson, must serve as a tooth fairy for a week, tutu and all.

"...Directed by: Michael Lembeck. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Chase Ellison, Billy Crystal and Stephen Merchant. How..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...across our lovely and peaceable planet, I love Dame Julie Andrews. As a boy growing up in the Seventies,..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'How to Dress for Success' by Edith Head with Joe Hyams

This how-to classic offers more than clothing advice

"...the scene I'm playing!'" Or in the case of Julie Andrews, in the chapter titled "The 'Secrets of Success'..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Design Post by Anne Harris

UT Football Legend Ricky Williams Getting the Biopic Love

LA-based Modern Magic to explore what happened after he quit the NFL

"...one-of-a-kind journey, involving Buddha, Kali, Jesus, Marley, football, parenthood, Julie Andrews, Lenny Kravitz and everything in between."..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Straight-ish movies that shaped queer identity

"...said, some parts are "cringeworthy," but for 1982, the Julie Andrews movie played around with gender roles and cross-dressing..."

July 27, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...surprising is how artfully he complicates the romance between Julie Andrews' war widow and James Garner's cynical American naval..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

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

"...June 23, 4:15pm, Stateside Mary Poppins D: Robert Stevenson; with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ed Wynn, David Tomlinson, and..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Zach Theatre's Singin' in the Rain

This stage take on the silver-screen musical really comes alive when it breaks free of the familiar film's grip

"...like Elvis, that Mary Poppins will fly just like Julie Andrews, that Don will dance in the rain just..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"...ACTOR-SINGERS ACTING AND SINGING Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music Jennifer Lopez, Selena Elvis..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...(1965, 174min/color, DCP) Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, and Richard Haydn. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...BS: Bing Crosby. Julie Andrews. Ella. The Kingston Trio...."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Austin Show Celebrates the Lighter Side of Ethnic Assimilation

Lucky Chaos Theatre’s Leng Wong tells us about Living on the Hyphen

"...waiting for a glass to shatter, one of those Julie Andrews type of things. And Anu and Purna Bajekal..."

March 28, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

KMFA Premieres Icons of Broadway

Classical station's new show salutes musical theatre legends

"...program will focus on performers Mandy Patinkin, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Patti Lupone,..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chronicle Recommends: Makeover Films

A new year, and a new you

"...role in a soap opera; and in Victor Victoria, Julie Andrews is a singer who disguises herself as a..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The Sound of Music (1965)

Seven Von Trapp siblings

"...film star shines as brightly in recent history as Julie Andrews. Only a lady as lovely as she could..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The Sound of Music

The Hillside comes alive with a joyful production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic

"...We're all familiar with the 1965 Julie Andrews film, and most of us (with the sad..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

'To See the Dream'

Wyler by the bullet

"...of Music to make The Collector (1965) after casting Julie Andrews as Maria...."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature

Thoroughly Modern Millie

The young musical thespians of Summerstock Austin's Thoroughly Modern Millie are determined to entertain you, and they succeed impeccably

"...Thoroughly Modern Millie, based on the 1967 film starring Julie Andrews and restaged for Broadway in 2002, is an..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

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