Stage Beauty

Victor/Victoria meets Shakespeare in Love at A Star Is Born in this gender-bending backstage story.

"...Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths and Edward Fox. Victor/Victoria meets Shakespeare in Love at A Star Is Born's..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hot Chick

"...division of the sexes in modern life à la Victor/Victoria or somesuch. This lack of high ambition is not..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Switch

"...at the seams. In his similarly themed 1982 film Victor/Victoria, Edwards successfully looked at the blurred distinctions between men..."

May 17, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...I ordinarily respect, arguing the density of 10 or Victor/Victoria, the comic brilliance of The Great Race or The..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...I ordinarily respect, arguing the density of 10 or Victor/Victoria, the comic brilliance of The Great Race or The..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Makeover Films

A new year, and a new you

"...from a batty living room set. – Marc Savlov Victor Victoria (1982) What was it about 1982 that saw..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

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

"...Some comedy fans might also cite such titles as Victor Victoria, S.O.B., and Operation Petticoat. Auteurists would also chime..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Outlaw Josey Wales

"...Would The Last Starfighter (1984), Junior Bonner (1972), or Victor/Victoria (1982) be anywhere near the movies they were with..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Gay Place

Straight-ish movies that shaped queer identity

"...the show fresh. Braverman landed on Little Women and Victor/Victoria. Today, she said, some parts are "cringeworthy," but for..."

July 27, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"...a vastly sexier precursor to Blake Edwards' 1982 cross-dresser Victor Victoria...."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Don't Gleek on My Parade

For all its inclusiveness, 'Glee' falls short in the 'T' department

"...woman playing a man playing a woman. This whole Victor/Victoria scenario is not new to teen media, and is..."

Oct. 28, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Jimmie D

Skin Deep

If it hadn't been such a hack job (and a transparent, two-star rewrite of one of Edwards' numerous commercial peaks), Skin Deep might've done for John Ritter what its blueprint, 10, did for Dudley Moore: transform the TV vet into a viable leading man at the box office.

"...Days of Wine and Roses, The Pink Panther, S.O.B., Victor/Victoria). Let us not in this case, however, throw out..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Film

Film Reviews

"...the 'hood. Clockers is the tale of two brothers, Victor (Washington) and Strike (Phifer) and what happens when Victor,..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Death Watch: 501 and 502

After a short break, Texas resumes executions

"...John Quintanilla walked into the Action Amusement Center in Victoria, Texas, wearing a mask and gloves and brandishing a..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...as three generations of warring women face-off. Cast List: Victoria Korotkova, Anna Mikhalkova, Sofia Krugova (North American Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein offered a metaphor for the modern age, one in which the monster is the unacknowledged dark side of the inventor or creator.

"...In 1818, a year before the birth of Queen Victoria and 10 years before Edgar Allen Poe's first volume..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Film

Film Reviews

"...the 'hood. Clockers is the tale of two brothers, Victor (Washington) and Strike (Phifer) and what happens when Victor,..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...and the redemptive power of, um, death. Depp voices Victor, a shy, retiring, proto-Victorian type who panics on the..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...accepts, taking the infamous "Greatest Drugs" to ensure his victory. It works, but the magical potion also drives him..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...JFK Memento (France, U.S.) Director: Chloé Rochereuil, Producer: Victor Agulhon JFK Memento is a VR documentary chronicling JFK's..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Blowing the Whistle

E-mails show what city officials knew and when they knew it

"...... to [service center 5], from the 2008 Crown Victoria's, after reviewing M4's records there has been no record..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Irreplaceable

Co-director Mike Johnson on 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' and how stop-motion has done more than survive amid the rise of computer animation

"...verve than the living. A story of confused, young Victor caught between two brides, the living Victoria and the..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Charlie Victor Romeo, UT-PAC..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Further Reflections

"...Freeman, Camryn Manheim, Tonie Perensky, Bruce Weitz, Alexis Arquette, Victor Slezak...."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Henry Jaglom; with Stephen Dillane, Victoria Foyt, Vanessa Redgrave, Glynis Barber, Michael Brandon, Vernon Dobtcheff,..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...everywhere (rather than these Mary Reilly-like forays into simpering Victorianism) as she plays a woman nearing 30 who busts..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"..."Victor XX" Spain Director/Screenwriter: Ian Garrido What would happen if..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Northcote (Victoria, Canada)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...a life in prison. Cast: Melissa Leo, Keith Leonard, Victoria Charkut (North American Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...PRESSPAUSEPLAY (Sweden) Directors: Victor Köhler & David Dworsky The first real testimony of..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

1   2     NEXT ›    2 »