Thelma

A college student's burgeoning sexuality brings on psychic powers

"...Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen and Grethe Eltervåg...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Thelma & Louise

"...Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald and Stephen Tobolowsky. Thelma (Davis) and Louise (Sarandon) take off for a weekend..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Review: Thelma

Grappling with faith, sexuality, and powers in Norway

"...The first steps into genre filmmaking can be like the..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thelma

A nonagenarian seeks revenge after being scammed

"...How often have you watched a movie and suddenly there’s a gun-toting granny in the third act, or an..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Joachim Trier’s Thelma Is a Riveting Tale of Psychic-Sexual Coming of Age

Love makes the world burn down

"...In early September at the Toronto Inter­na­tional Film Festival, I sat down with Norweg­ian..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thelma, Louise, Musketeers, and More Queer Films Headline Our Week in Events

Get your weekdays squared away

"...Queer Film Theory 101: Footloose..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Bad Girls

"...title. Bad movie. Capitalizing on our fetishistic attraction to the image of women and guns (helped along by the..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leaving Normal

"...Dohlen and Patrika Darbo. What interest was generated by the presence of Lahti and Tilly is tempered by this..."

June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Women's Writes

From 'Thelma & Louise' to 'Nashville,' Callie Khouri has honed the art of telling women's stories

"...May 1991 when I attended an advance screening of the latest film by Ridley Scott, the director of Alien..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mad Money

Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes, and Queen Latifah as janitors at the Federal Reserve who plot the "recycling" of currency that is pegged for destruction.

"...Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah, Ted Danson, Adam Rothenberg and Roger Cross. Move over, Gordon Gecko: The new..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hannibal

"...sure doesn't taste like Hannibal Lecter. This sequel to the wildly popular The Silence of the Lambs arrives 10..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cadillac Ranch

"...Feeney, Christopher Lloyd and Jim Metzler. Cadillac Ranch -- The Pitch: Feisty, nubile chicks on the lam/Red convertible/Suitcase full..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Set It Off

This action-heist drama about four young African-American women from L.A.'s housing projects is as much a story about friendship as a story about crime.

"...and Anna Maria Horsford. Set It Off's girls 'n the hood are the kind of bank robbers you find..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema

"...short works by filmmakers from Australia, Canada, England and the U.S. are showcased here, all sharing the common denominator..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Living End

"...Scot Goetz, Mary Woronov and Johanna Went. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose, and for the..."

Nov. 13, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wisecracks

"...Gail Singer takes a lighter turn to concentrate on the current proliferation of female stand-up comics in Wisecracks. Intercut..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

V.I. Warshawski

"...say. You'd think Sara Paretsky's popular detective novels about the Chicago female private eye with the unpronounceable name would..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Innocents

Norwegian "evil kids" horror delivers a sickening catharsis

"...This week, some Helen Lovejoy "won't someone think of the children?" type decided to become Twitter's lead character of..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Border

Swedish coming out drama has a mythological bent

"...be human. Gritty Swedish fairy tale Border (adapted from the novella Gräns by Let the Right One In novelist..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Last One Down the Mountain: Belated Thoughts on the Sundance Film Festival

Even virtually, the 2024 fest felt revitalized

"...reviews are already coming in from Berlin, which is the next major film festival on the international circuit after..."

Feb. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Five Devils

Scents unlock memories and secrets in this French drama

"...It's all in the olfactory bulb, that cluster of nerve cells linking the..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cinema, Vehicular

Green Screen Film Series returns to the Laguna Gloria Amphitheater

"...Chevy. A vicious 18-wheeler hellbent on running yuppies off the road. Steve McQueen in a desperate rush for the..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Gay Place

Lesbian Wedding is high on the list of SXSW closing parties

"...I know many of us are still mourning the loss of GayBiGayGay, but not all is lost. This..."

March 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...A Triple-S movie (three suicides in the cast -- Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Bates, and George Sanders),..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

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

"...For 42 lazy, hazy, Central Texas summers, the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series has given viewers refuge..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX 2017

SXSW: Another year queerer

"...Over the course of 10 nonstop days and nights expect a..."

March 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...eye-popping stories to tell. She blazed trails by blurring the distinctions between black and white music communities, and not..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Better Place

For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals

"...trailer with various chickens, dogs, and monkeys, and made their way from Hanover, Mass., to Central Texas in 1978,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Pillow Talk (1959)

Doris Day, the Sixties' most popular professional virgin, croons over the opening credits that "there must be a pillow-talkin' boy for me." Boy, was there ever, and his name was Rock Hudson.

"...D: Michael Gordon; with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Thelma Ritter, Tony Randall, Nick Adams...."

Nov. 29, 2002 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Review: Never, No Guarantee

Fivepiece strings listless ennui into post-punk fixtures on debut EP

"...As if surrendering to the doldrums of an aching existence, singer Emily Ng strikes..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

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