Fried Green Tomatoes

Jessica Tandy was nominated for an Oscar in the category “Best Supporting Actress” at the 64th Academy Awards (1992) for her role as Mrs. Ninny […]

Evelyn Couch Evelyn Couch, played by Kathy Bates, is the protagonist of the modern-day narrative in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), a film that blends past […]

This article is more than 10 years old Rebecca Nicholson took some time to figure out the true meaning of this sentimental story of female […]

Twenty-five years ago this December, moviegoers met the Threadgoode family of fictional Whistle Stop, Alabama, in the film Fried Green Tomatoes. Writer Fannie Flagg recalled […]

Reba McEntire has a new TV series in the works, announced this week by NBC. The country star will be front and center in “Happy’s […]

When my sixth-grade crush told me she didn’t want to partner up with me for a class project, I was quietly heartbroken. I didn’t yet […]

Before Nancy Atchison auditioned for the part of the young Idgie Threadgoode in the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes,” her parents read her the novel on […]

Revisiting Idgie and Ruth, the iconic (but closeted) onscreen butch/femme duo It’s 1991 and I’m sitting in a dark theatre on a December night when […]

I have a built-in resistance to movies where a couple of people sit around in the present, discussing a story that took place in the […]

One of the greatest friendships in Southern fictional history is that of Idgie and Ruth, the two women at the heart of the classic film […]