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Guide to Summer Films

"...14, say goodbye to the touchy-feely sentimentality of director Nora Ephron's 1992 summer smash Sleepless in Seattle and hello..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

Wrapped and Ready

"...D: Nora Ephron; with Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Best Friend's Wedding

"...a team-writing effort by Billy Wilder, Tracey Ullman, and Nora Ephron -- the responsible party is actually the talented..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...idea of love on the way it's written by Nora Ephron. While her other films may endorse grand gestures..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Weekend Events to Get You to the New Year

Movies, art, drag performances, and more

"...three decades since filming, the comedian can still pull Nora Ephron’s dialogue out of thin air. There’s no better..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Drag Fest, Nutcracker, and Puppets in This Week’s Events

Lots of weekend events to keep you occupied

"...with a little Santa hat, or give Janet a menorah to yeet at the screen. ’Tis the freakin’ season..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...the headline, this is not a queer reappraisal of Nora Ephron’s John Travolta-starring angel flick Michael. No: This is..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Austinites Behind What Happens Later, Meg Ryan’s Return to Rom-Coms

Writers and producers share the details behind the intimate, eccentric, and nostalgic story

"...direct. Given her cherished oeuvre of wistful and banter-driven Nora Ephron films like When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Meher Qazilbash

The Writer, The Editor, and the Filmmaker: The Story of Turn Every Page

Lizzie Gottlieb on her father and LBJ biographer Robert Caro

"...and stay with us several times a year, and Nora Ephron lived with us when she was getting divorced.”..."

Jan. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: 7 Days

Rom com plays perfectly with the tools Harry and Sally left behind

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

June 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...they’ve been swapping anonymous love letters – a plot Nora Ephron would later borrow for You’ve Got Mail...."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

SXSW Review: Shithouse

Remarkable debut is the anti-Say Anything

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

March 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...Scannell (Bonding), "Straight Up" channels the spirit of a Nora Ephron romantic comedy while shaking up the genre’s tropes..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Writer/Director/Actor Pamela Adlon Embraces Better Things at SXSW

The comedian and show creator talks the strength of scars

"...“Everything is copy,” says Pamela Adlon, quoting Nora Ephron’s now-famous dictum. It’s the underlying creative impulse of..."

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...long journey to his alma mater to receive an honorary degree. Along the way, he reevaluates his life and..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John Hughes Film Series at Moviehouse This March

Round Rock theatre screens the maestro of teen movies' greatest hits

"...isn’t much respected: Wes Craven, perhaps, with slashers, or Nora Ephron with rom-coms. John Hughes dominated teen movies in..."

Feb. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard

Lit-urday: 'The Vacationers'

Emma Straub's new novel reviewed

"...as engrossing - and as infuriating - as a Nora Ephron movie. It's a given that everything will work..."

June 7, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

The Best and Worst of TV in 2013

From 'Breaking Bad' to 'Bunheads,' this list has it all

"...ballerinas. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) belongs to the Nora Ephron tradition of smart, fizzy female voices that underlie..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...panel paired with novelist Meg Wolitzer (l). Obst produced Nora Ephron’s 1992 adaptation of Wolitzer’s novel This Is My..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Mrs. Santa's Book Bag

"...the peanut butter sandwich cookies beloved of the late Nora Ephron. Those recipes are all here, and each is..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Gay Place: SO MUCH BOUNCE PER OUNCE

Express yourself and ya booty with so much bounce, it'll make ya flounce

"...I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING: A NORA EPHRON TRIBUTE Faaaaaake orgasm contest. Why not try for..."

July 20, 2012 Column

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...wife Amanda Urban over his wagon-wheel coffee table. Once Nora Ephron immortalized it in the script, they couldn't throw..."

July 6, 2012 Column

'ATX: A Television Festival' Arrives In June

Witnessing the birth of a new Austin festival

"...on the production side, working for directors Betty Thomas, Nora Ephron, and Mira Nair. In addition, she has been..."

Jan. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Liz Taylor, the Beatles, inventor of the Pringles can, etc.

"...Meryl Streep and Nora Ephron were among those in the audience watching the..."

May 27, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Big Kiss-Off

Julie Klausner's misadventures with men

"...of the nonslapstick rom-com by and for our generation. Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers make movies for our moms,..."

March 12, 2010 Books Feature by Audra Schroeder

Chasing The Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West

W.K. Stratton's combination of memoir, profiles, and travel narrative with lengthy digressions into rodeo culture and folklore makes the sport seem familiar even if it defies easy categorization

"...explains why sports films are as schmaltzy as anything Nora Ephron might produce...."

June 24, 2005 Books Review by John Dicker

DVD Roundup

"...employed entire research departments. 1957's Desk Set, adapted by Nora Ephron's parents, is the post-World War II battle of..."

May 21, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Wit and Wisdom From Poor Richard's Almanack

Related Readings

"...Humor & Wit series (S.J. Perelman, Mark Twain, and Nora Ephron are Franklin's colleagues in the series). Poor Richard's..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

ALSO PLAYING

"...The Love BoatNora Ephron promises her latest, Lucky Numbers, contains a little..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...charming romances ever committed to celluloid. Not to slight Nora Ephron's take on Nikolaus Lazslo's durable comedy Parfumerie --..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

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