Remembering Nora Ephron

Comfort and a clear-eyed, ever-witty lens on the lovelorn

"...it, after all – but the script was by Nora Ephron. She died Tuesday night, and the heart hurts..."

June 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Michael

Travolta plays an unkempt, beer-swilling, Beatles-quoting angel who – yes – also dances.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mixed Nuts

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Lucky Numbers

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Lisa Kudrow, John Travolta, Daryl Mitchell, Michael..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You're Going To Want To Remember This

A few words with Nora Ephron: writer, filmmaker, foodie, and turtleneck enthusiast

"...her future as a successful journalist, screenwriter, and director, Nora Ephron was obsessed with the size of her breasts,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

This Is My Life

"...owed a certain amount of their mother's time. Writer Nora Ephron wrote a hilarious description of the unreasonable and..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

A Smile Like Yours

"...pitch and tone. On too many occasions, arch, circumspect Nora Ephron-like dialogue and sensibilities (or at least a weak..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

You've Got Mail

The joke of Nora and Delia Ephron's screenplay is that the one, true love of your life may walk right past you on the sidewalk, and you'll never know it.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Dave..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bewitched

Again Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sleepless in Seattle

One of the signature love stories of the Nineties, Sleepless in Seattle basks in the idea of romantic love while also tweaking the notion.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Booked

Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases

"...The Most of Nora Ephron..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

You Go, Girl!

TV Eye

"...The statement also reminded me of a column Nora Ephron had written years ago about Sally Quinn's comment,..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Hanging Up

"...their aging parents. Based on a novel by Delia Ephron, who co-wrote the screenplay with sister Nora, it's the..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Art of Film Producing

Lynda Obst's Hollywood Survival Manual

"...first introduced her to Central Texas); The Fisher King; Nora Ephron's first film, This Is My Life; Ephron's second,..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Friend

A dog and woman find common ground in grief

"...the city, she would have been dazzling as a Nora Ephron leading lady. Robbed of that, can we get..."

April 4, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Molli and Max in the Future

When Harry Met Sally meets the far future in this talky sci-fi rom-com

"...them together? That was director Rob Reiner and scriptwriter Nora Ephron telling you that these things have always been,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

The 50-year relationship between a legendary writer and his editor

"...fleetingly in an on-camera, apparently out-of-focus interview), Joseph Heller, Nora Ephron, Charles Portis, Katharine Hepburn, and Robert Caro. That..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

7 Days

COVID rom-com is a breezy look at modern arranged marriages

"...a breezy cha-cha-cha than a drifting waltz. But then, Nora Ephron was asking a different question: For Harry and..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Molly Burch on Romance Movies and New Album Romantic Images

Local singer-songwriter reveals her favorite rom-coms and rom-drams

"...Nora Ephron's so-iconic rom-com, the classic "meet me there." I..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Shithouse

Awkward college romance gets a timely, heartfelt revamp with this astonishing debut

"...our unlikely way to love and knowing ourselves. Part Nora Ephron, part David Lowery, but all shot with his..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: On the Campaign Trail With Beto O'Rourke

Plus: More TribFest picks, and our favorite movies made by women

"...(director, Becoming Leslie). • Me on the death of Nora Ephron, and the dumb critical debasement of romantic comedies..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Holiday Viewing: The Shop Around the Corner

The essential Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie (no, not that one)

"...Judy Garland, 1960 Broadway musical She Loves Me, and Nora Ephron’s 1998 comedy You’ve Got Mail, which cannily adapted..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Chefs

Give your compliments to the chef with these four films

"...This was the last film from comic nonpareil Nora Ephron. Honestly, half the movie ain’t so hot –..."

May 24, 2017 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Get Booked

Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Monica Riese

The Back-up Plan

Jennifer Lopez is back with a new romantic comedy about a woman whose biological clock is out of sync with her life.

"...arrow in man- (and woman-) kind's anti-chick flick quiver. Nora Ephron, you're needed...."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Four Letter Word

This tale of an unapologetically promiscuous New Yorker settles for the easy trifles of romantic comedy.

"...for that elusive combination of all three – the Nora Ephron/Ingmar Bergman/Eli Roth trifecta!) Well, if your reason for..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...heights of George Cukor and Woody Allen down to Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner, and then down further to..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Serendipity

"...Armstrong warbling sweet in the background) -- but then, Nora Ephron's been ripping off her own formula for a..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postscripts

Comedy that stands the test of time, and royal dictates that don't.

"...S.J. Perelman (Most of the Most of S.J. Perelman), Nora Ephron (Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women), and Benjamin..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

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