Janine Barchas’ The Lost Books of Jane Austen

In this nonfiction book, the local scholar provides fresh insight into the ways that Jane Austen became Jane Austen, literary superstar

"...a good 20 years before it was incorporated, but Jane Austen certainly has a presence here today – one..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Jane Austen Book Club

Though it’s as estrogenic as dong quai, this amiable film about six friends and their book club is thoughtfully rendered with a certain universality of spirit.

"...– in that sense not unlike the books of Jane Austen herself. Writer and first-time feature director Swicord (who..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Becoming Jane

Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.

"...Cohu, Laurence Fox, Ian Richardson and Anna Maxwell Martin. Jane Austen could spot a phony. Her novels (including Pride..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Jane Eyre

"...Shaw, Elle Macpherson and Amanda Root. In movie language, Jane Eyre is one of those literary classics for which..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Now You Can See 'What Jane Saw'

UT English Department project featured in 'New York Times'

"...Two hundred years ago today, Jane Austen visited a museum for a retrospective of portraitist..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Austen, Say Hello to Austin

Three local authors toast Jane Austen at BookPeople today

"...Jane Austen shuffled off this mortal coil some 200 years,..."

May 19, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Austenland

Keri Russell plays a woman who vacations in a Jane Austen fantasy camp, but the film is lacking in sense and sensibility.

"...Starring: Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Georgia King, James Callis and Ricky Whittle...."

Sept. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Emma

"...Cosmo. I must confess that the only writing of Jane Austen I've ever read is the first 30 pages..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen's third novel is infused with liberal doses of modern attitudes and autobiographical tidbits from the author's life.

"...Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Jonny Lee Miller and Harold Pinter. Jane Austen's third novel is given an odd treatment as..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Persuasion

In this film adaptation of Jane Austen's posthumous novel, a young woman faces a suitor that her snooty family made her reject eight years earlier, but who has now come into his own fame and fortune.

"...Fiona Shaw. Attend a screening of this adaptation of Jane Austen's last (and posthumously published) novel expecting the lavish..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Love & Friendship

What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?

"...World. His newest film, an adaptation of an early Jane Austen novel (unpublished until after her death), is as..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Emma.

Anya Taylor-Joy gives Austen’s priggish heroine the spark she deserves

"...The secret to Jane Austen – and most especially to the frothy yet..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bride & Prejudice

This Jane Austen adaptation takes the Bollywood out of India and leaves us something too familiar.

"...debut before Western eyes. You'll recall the plot from Jane Austen, and the other characters are always explaining the..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Review: Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility

Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen's classic work

"...said for Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan's adaptation of Jane Austen's already witty 1811 novel, Sense and Sensibility, as..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Aisha

Bollywood takes on Jane Austen's Emma.

"...Ira Dubey. Not reviewed at press time. Proving that Jane Austen adaptations never go out of style, Aisha offers..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sense and Sensibility

The lively and funny screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen written by Emma Thompson, who also stars, was rewarded with an Oscar.

"...1995 would have been such a banner year for Jane Austen? This new film adaptation of Austen's first novel,..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Malcolm's List

Austen imitator is a poor relative from Sussex among Regency romances

"...that was trying very hard to be like something Jane Austen might’ve written. As it turns out, the film..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The mash-up title just about says it all

"...possibly be any crossover between the fan base of Jane Austen and that of zombie entertainments. But I at..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pride & Prejudice

This fresh adaptation of Jane Austen’s masterpiece starring Keira Knightley presents a witty and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations.

"...Judi Dench. This fresh adaptation shakes the dust off Jane Austen’s early 19th-century novel of manners and gives it..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Girlie Night Sneaks ‘Austenland’

Alamo Lakeline pairs Jane Austen comedy with Regency treats

"...a lot of us, the appetite for all things Jane Austen never wanes. Crafty, then, that the Alamo Drafthouse..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...the Jewish Baltimore of his youth in Liberty Heights; Jane Campion (The Piano) re-teams with Harvey Keitel in Holy..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...professor Janine Barchas walked into the lab with What Jane Saw. What better name for a project to pair..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Postmarks

Light rail, affordable housing, and reverse racism.

"...Austen Powerless..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column

Cold Comfort Farm

"...BBC's Absolutely Fabulous). Intent on becoming a writer “like Jane Austen,” Flora believes that a little bit of rural..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...104 min.) Attend a screening of this adaptation of Jane AustenÕs last (and posthumously published) novel expecting the lavish..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Adapting Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Writer/director Burr Steers mixes bonnets and the undead

"...Graham-Smith's pastiche takes Jane Austen's tale of ego, arrogance, misperception, and romance in..."

Feb. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Playhouse’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

In its rush to be fun, the show fails to tap all the potential of this rom-com sequel to Pride and Prejudice

"...of the five sisters get married, but what then, Jane Austen?..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Doug Dorst, Part Two: The Coffeehouse Transcript About 'S.' Continues!

Shout-out to JJ Abrams, who would've LOVED that peanut-butter cup.

"...libraries – I see my wife's college copy of Jane Austen, and it's got her handwriting in the margins...."

Dec. 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (Random House) before I kicked it under my..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Bridget Jones's Diary

romantic fantasy as it is social satire.

"...the film's originality.) Fielding's novel made generous allusions to Jane Austen to frame the novel as a modern-day social..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

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