Jane Austen

"The Pirates! Band of Misfits": An Animated Pleasure Cruise

Tartine Alum Leading Gluten-Free Baking Workshop Next Week

Julieann Moore.​Suddenly discovering you have a gluten allergy can make you feel like Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennett, realizing at long last that it's Mr. Darcy who gets her crinoline all stiff. It can be liberating. Next Monday, Tartine Bakery vet Julieann Moore will lead a class at ... More >>

More harmonious than tumultuous, Bright Star is an ode to John Keats' great love affair

Julieann Moore.​Suddenly discovering you have a gluten allergy can make you feel like Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennett, realizing at long last that it's Mr. Darcy who gets her crinoline all stiff. It can be liberating. Next Monday, Tartine Bakery vet Julieann Moore will lead a class at ... More >>

Other Stage Standouts This Fall

Julieann Moore.​Suddenly discovering you have a gluten allergy can make you feel like Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennett, realizing at long last that it's Mr. Darcy who gets her crinoline all stiff. It can be liberating. Next Monday, Tartine Bakery vet Julieann Moore will lead a class at ... More >>

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Sorry State of Affairs

Ian McEwan's Atonement, now as a bodice-ripper

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Jane Sings

Musical version of Jane Austen classic is mostly sweet, empty-calorie fare

Romp and Circumstance

Ms. Austen has a fling in Becoming Jane

Coming Soon

The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

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The Great Cash-In

The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

Love at First Fight

This Pride & Prejudice brings fresh passion to an old love story

Not Too Nice

Of lunchtime invitations, flip-flop flaps, and shortened first names

The Kids All Write

A new anthology argues that reading and writing still matter

Same Old Song and Dance

Jane Austen goes Bollywood in Bride & Prejudice

Amber-jacked

Wherein our clubs columnist smacks right into Murphy's Law of Romance

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Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Emma

A group of friends acts out the tale of literature's favorite matchmaker

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Artbeat

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Artbeat

Our critics weigh in on local exhibitions

Globalization

Films of the World, Unite!

Mother Courage

Hanif Kureishi's new drama is like life, sharpened to its finest points

Real Life Resolutions

Hanif Kureishi's new drama is like life, sharpened to its finest points

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Critical Mass

A new book magazine aims to be the Cliffs Notes of reviews

Dispossession

LaBute deprives viewers the passion of Byatt's book

Emma Goes to France

Amelie serves up a daring, moving take on Jane Austen's best-loved heroine.

That Secret Shame

You don't have to be embarrassed to read romance novels anymore. With modern themes and better writing, Bay Area authors are helping to make the genre almost (gasp!) respectable.

San Francisco Victorians

At the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, 'tis always the season for historical fidelity

A Quality Year

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Mansfield Park: Up Close and Personal

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Riff Raff

Virginal Sacrifices and Live! Nude! Stupid!

Blue in the Face

Virginal Sacrifices and Live! Nude! Stupid!

Return of the Teenager

Everything I need to know about high school I learned from the New Teen Cinema

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Night + Day

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Himalayan Rhapsodies

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Speech Effects

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The Fan and the Movie Camera

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Down on the Farm

Rural rites and upper-class slights in John Schlesinger's Cold Comfort Farm

Love in Gloom

In Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, hope and histrionics carry on to the befuddled end

City of Night

Homeless gay youths in San Francisco run an extraordinary risk of HIV infection, according to city statistics. On the street, safety is a matter of economics -- and hope.

Night+Day

Homeless gay youths in San Francisco run an extraordinary risk of HIV infection, according to city statistics. On the street, safety is a matter of economics -- and hope.

Jane's Addiction

Sense and Sensibility is at once faithful to Austen's classic and powerfully cinematic