Holy Hell

A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants

"...a pseudo-religious cult as seen from the inside out, Holy Hell is engrossing not for the horrors we imagine..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To 'Hell' in a Hand Device

iPad trailblazer 'Holy Hell' available for two-day-only free download

"...exhibition – think smartphones and tablets – as an unholy way to watch a product initially intended to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Holy Motors

Holy Motors; hot damn. This French firecracker is set to detonate.

"...heard exclaiming much the same thing at its conclusion: “Holy Motors, holy moly! What the hell just happened and,..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barge to Hell, Part 3

A final metal injection from HeadCrusher

"...quintet’s cruise to the Bahamas on metal’s Barge to Hell. If I could, I’d book passage to the 2013..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...July, and August in Austin promises to be one hell of a summer!..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Websites from Hell

It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?

"...noting that the Pope's recent arrival online, via his Holy Roman website, remains vastly overshadowed by the Church of..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Who the Hell Is TVHeadATX?

The local wheatpasting provocateur reveals … a thing or two

"...You’ve seen those images. Hell, maybe you’ve even seen the man himself, live, in..."

Aug. 11, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Video Premiere: Band of Bastards Debut a Hardcore “Holy Roller”

Singer & TOD legacy Jason Reece: “These motherfuckers can play”

"...punctuates it with a scream. Near the midpoint, elbow-thrower “Holy Roller” bounces like a 40-ounce malt liquor off your..."

July 7, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Donya Stockton Isn’t Going Anywhere Near Hell in That Handbasket

The Austin clubland mover-and-shaker weaves much to the imagination

"...someone’s doing Native American weaving or Ukrainian weaving or whatever-the-hell, a person can make baskets that are perfect; and..."

April 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

High Art and Holy Spirit Team Up at the Ragamuffin Film Festival

The Hope Arts Festival and local film collective Project Seven host an Evangelical Christian film festival at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown this weekend.

"...feature filmmaking -- we're talking Omega Code and its hellishly cornball offspring -- knows that despite frequent attempts to..."

July 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...the best way, I think we're all fools. We're holy fools. We're irresponsible, though serious about our craft. We're..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bowl Week: or, Holy Hopping Baby Jesus, It’s Eastern West Virginia Tech vs. Cal-Poly San Luis State!

"...throw their own bowl game and invite whomever the hell they please, provided the teams each have a paltry..."

Dec. 27, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather

Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

"...Wolves at their record release show on Saturday at Holy Mountain and at their Waterloo Records in-store on Memorial..."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Holy Smokes

Stiles Switch and Thirsty Planet pair up for craft beer collaboration

"...Stiles: “I love beer. I love barbecue. Why the hell not?”..."

March 10, 2014 Food Post by Anna Toon

Holy Shit! Rumsfeld Quits!

"...don't do book reviews." "Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning..."

Nov. 8, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Cult of Personality

Filmmaker Will Allen jumps back into his Holy Hell

"...Hell..."

May 27, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Parker

Action star Jason Statham plays the latest screen version of Donald E. Westlake's master thief Parker.

"...doodled during a movie before in my life, but holy hell, Parker’s two-hour running time takes a lifetime. Plenty..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Conjuring

This supernatural thriller from the director of Saw could be mistaken for The Amityville Exorcist.

"...Before you know it, crucifixes are bared and the holy water is flying as the fiercely Catholic Warrens engage..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ajami

This Oscar-nominated Israeli film reveals not only the divides between Jews and Arabs, but also those between Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and women, and rich and poor.

"...of violence that has been forever endemic to the Holy Land. Working with a battalion of mostly nonprofessional actors..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

End of Days

"...into its two-hour-plus running time. Positing Ah-nult as a holy avenger, “pure of heart” and weak of faith, may..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Advocate

"...obvious conclusion… and at almost two-and-a-half hours it's a hell of a running gag. Devil's Advocate is such a..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Light ’em up for everyone's favorite movie stoners.

"...We've all gotten a little older now, haven't we? Hell, Harold (Cho) doesn't even smoke pot anymore. Married and..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The One

"...striking Li vs. Li action sequences are impressive as hell in the genre's characteristic, over-the-top way. After a while,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

What a bummer

"...theatrical experience too! Movie theatres are my church! But holy hell, having to sit through nearly three hours of..."

May 23, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cowboys and Indies

Texas Sundance roundup

"...Holy Hell is another, remarkable Austin-bred documentary, perhaps the best..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

The Long and the Short of It

It's an uphill battle securing a future for a short film

"...piece," explains Ruiz, whose previous Austin filmmaking credentials include Holy Hell. "So I was always thinking of getting people..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Alice in Wonderland

Sadly, the mirth-to-muck ratio in Tim Burton's new film is deeply imbalanced.

"...Alice was away, the Red Queen (Bonham Carter) unleashed holy hell – or coup d’etat – snatching the crown..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

"...confusion of cheap rhetoric, meaningless polemics, and secularly driven holy visions. Longtime right-wingers and conservatives are now loudly declaring..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Letters @ 3AM

Jo Carol Pierce's music says: Go the distance, baby, and find out – find you

"...and wrote upon it: "Love Is a Dog From Hell." Then he tied string to that red-paper heart and..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

The Year in Movies, and in Moments

What didn’t make my Top 10

"...wholly worthy of her talents, but I enjoyed the hell out of her performance in Into the Woods. (Despite..."

Dec. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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