A Conversation With Elaine May

The Austin Film Festival guest is her own unreliable narrator

"...Don't believe everything you read about Elaine May...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chronicle Recommends: May Movies

These picks all feature a "May" in the title or the cast

"...movie recommendations. This month, we all picked our favorite May – person or movie...."

May 29, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Elaine Stritch (1925-2014)

Brassy Broadway legend truly at liberty now

"...a "Broadway Baby" – accent on the "broad" – Elaine Stritch seemed unstoppable, a feisty, fiery force of nature..."

July 17, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Chronicle had an extended conversation..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Small Time Crooks

"...by: Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Hugh Grant, Elaine May, Michael Rapaport, Tony Darrow, Jon Lovitz and Elaine..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Heartbreak Kid

Ben Stiller stars in this smart and winning remake of a 1972 Neil Simon-penned comedy about a man who falls in love with another woman on his honeymoon.

"...smart and winning remake of a 1972 Neil Simon-penned Elaine May film. Here, at the wedding of his former..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Primary Colors

"...or another how it all comes out because the Elaine May script has distilled everything into a mush of..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

DVD Watch

Elaine May & Walter Matthau in the underrated 'A New Leaf'

"...of Walter Matthau’s magnificent, craggy puss. But his writer/director/co-star Elaine May's no slouch either...."

Sept. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...the circuit in Austin last year, and when you may get to see them...."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mikey & Nicky

"...Directed by: Elaine May. Starring: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose..."

May 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Diva's Best Friend

Stuart Moulton knows what becomes a legend most. Just ask Carol or Charo or Eartha or Elaine ...

"...Charo. And this week, you can add the incomparable Elaine Stritch to the list. (See "Elaine Everlasting.")..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gringo

Long-delayed stoner comedy is a little stale.

"...of Pamplona in his corner office, while shamelessly self-centered Elaine Markinson (Theron) is an impolitic meanie who doesn’t hesitate..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Dying Gaul

Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas debuts as a director of his own material with this nasty little story about interpersonal deceptions and Hollywood ethics.

"...Robert. In turn, Jeffrey introduces Robert to his wife, Elaine (Clarkson), a clearly intelligent woman whose life of luxury..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Out to Sea

"...Jack Lemmon, Dyan Cannon, Gloria De Haven, Brent Spiner, Elaine Stritch, Hal Linden, Donald O'Connor, Edward Mulhare and Rue..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Second Act

Lean In meets The Secret of My Success in workplace rom-com

"...is about as far away from Mike Nichols, or Elaine May for that matter, as you can get. Granted,..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

"...apartment complex managed by MacLaine. On the outside, he's devil-may-care, but you know that inside something is gnawing away..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Rumor Has It ...

Fans of The Graduate should skip this strange comedy, which posits that the real-life inspiration for counterculture icon Benjamin Braddock grew up to be a cheesy, brainless high tech zillionaire doing yoga and driving a Mercedes around Half Moon Bay.

"...(MacLaine) and mother inspired The Graduate’s Mrs. Robinson and Elaine, and their shared lover (Costner) might be her biological..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"...independent film movement and champion of personal expression is Maya Deren, whose 1943 film Meshes of the Afternoon is..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

To what citywide scandal has our monopoly daily directed its powerful attention? It's a local scourge, a plague, a deep-rooted city problem: the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals. (Okay, well, we don't get it either.)

"...On Monday, May 7, I heard from several sources that Statesman Editor..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Louis Black

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...Azaria. Fans of Edouard Molinaro's La Cage aux Folles may rest assured that Mike Nichols' adaptation of the famed..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Improvising Every Second

The secret history of Austin Circle of Theaters director Latifah Taormina, from Second City to the Committee and beyond

"...and care that she brings to her work, you may wonder how such a gentle, maternal being ever got..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Humboldt County

This fine ensemble piece – thoughtful and cheering, even giddy in stabs – presents a seriocomic, sympathetic portrait of a pot-growing family operating along the coast of Northern California.

"...graduated to within striking distance of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, much less Hal Ashby or even Roger Corman's..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tomcats

"...Farrellys rank right up there with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and American Pie might as well be Chaplin's..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down to Earth

"...material here (still credited to Heaven Can Wait scribe Elaine May, among others) is equally so. The film's subplot..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Memorial Day always fell on the last Monday of May. (To tell the truth, though, the last time I..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everything You Need to Know About Voter ID

A program to help guide you through Tuesday's Senate meeting

"...realize there’s a lot of hubbub around it. But maybe you’re not clear on the details. Here are the..."

March 9, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Winning Dirty

The deep pleasures in the sketch show Winning Dirty come from character comedy and the way that the members of the Frank Mills troupe are old-school comedians

"...Blue Theater, through May 20. Running time: 1 hr, 30 min..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Shift Meal's Job Fair, the Quesoff's Triumphant Return, Jester King's Pet-Adoption Rescheduling, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...your Food News Buffet for the last week of May:..."

May 26, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFS Turns Over A New Leaf Tonight

Hello, Goodbye series continues with Elaine May comedy

"...of Walter Matthau’s magnificent, craggy puss. But his writer/director/co-star Elaine May's no slouch either...."

Oct. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Starter for 10

This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story’s characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.

"...Tate, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lindsay Duncan, Charles Dance, Elaine Tan and John Henshaw. The suddenly ubiquitous McAvoy (The..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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