Holmes for the Holidays

Spend the yuletide at 221-B Baker Street, where the library is stocked with new books about Sherlock

"...Though Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his last Sherlock Holmes story in 1927, it did nothing to stem the..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Christopher Lee, Spies, and Werewolf Sex

The strange tale of Howling II

"...flicks, and had just wrapped A Breed Apart with Kathleen Turner and Rutger Hauer for British-based Hemdale Film. In..."

July 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Real Talk With Amos Lee

On 'Shady' McCoy, PPR vs. non-PPR, and more

"...friends, the talented musician and fantasy football guru Amos Lee. (It is a smelly basement. The Trashman eats a..."

Nov. 23, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Bandwagon

"...Directed by: John Schultz. Starring: Kevin Corrigan, Steve Parlavecchio, Lee Holmes, Matthew Hennessey and Doug Macmillan. “Finally… a movie..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Touched With Fire

Two manic-depressive poets meet in group therapy and fall in love

"...Directed by: Paul Dalio. Starring: Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby, Christine Lahti, Bruce Altman and Griffin Dunne...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Raven

John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.

"...McTeigue. Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Kevin McNally...."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Supremes Give Death Row Inmate Another Chance

Supreme Court orders new trial for South Carolina death row inmate, ruling state courts erred by excluding evidence that another man may have committed the crime

"...that another man may have committed the crime. Bobbie Lee Holmes was sentenced to death for the rape, robbery,..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Nicolas Cage plays a recent parolee in this high-stakes, high-altitude thriller in which a group..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Dan Rather, and Min Jin Lee...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...took the two of them – with assistance from Lee Sparks in the miniatures department and a handful of..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Booksmart; Texas Film Hall of Fame 2019 inductee John Lee Hancock's period crime drama The Highwaymen; and Kathy Griffin:..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Club. Also slated for summer release are mavericks Spike Lee's Summer of Sam and John Sayles' Limbo...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...Division of Laura Lee9pm, Stubb's Gothenburg, Sweden's answer to the MC5 scored a..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Food-O-File

The scoop at AF&WF, and sad news for breakfast taco lovers

"...Maher and Todd Duplechan (Lenoir) and James and Cristina Holmes (Olivia, Lucy's Fried Chicken) are expecting babies anytime now......"

May 2, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hornucopia

UT basketball: embarrassed and humiliated

"...This guy is ready for the NBA like David Lee Roth was ready to take over Howard Stern's terrestrial..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Sports Column by Michael Corcoran

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...24th birthday. Andrew Nackman's debut feature stars Chord Overstreet (Glee) and Kate Flannery (The Office). Also of note are..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Kansas Gives Texas Lesson In Humiliation

Jayhawks beat down hapless Horns 73-47 in ESPN featured game

"...This guy is ready for the NBA like David Lee Roth was ready to take over for Howard Stern...."

Feb. 17, 2013 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

Five New TV Shows To Watch

We pick our favorite pilots from the new fall crop

"...Yes, Benedict Cumberbatch is the preeminent portrayer of Sherlock Holmes, but Jonny Lee Miller’s broody take lands him smack..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...Price – or, earlier, Boris Karloff or, later, Christopher Lee – through a series of pictures that played in..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

"...Voting." For more election news, see "Election Notes." – Lee Nichols..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Film News

Under Tim McCanlies' Spell; plus, accolades aplenty all over Austin

"...which he was granted special permission to perform. Katie Holmes is in talks to portray Cooley's wife. Sounds like..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Two Roads to Justice

Republican Shane Phelps takes another stab at Democrat Ronnie Earle's job for district attorney.

"...a prosecutor under longtime Harris County DA John B. Holmes Jr., a man who has sent more convicted murderers..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...LOTTO LANDD: John Rubino; with Larry Gilliard, Jr., Wendell Holmes, Barbara Gonzales, Suzanne Castallos, Jaime Tirelli, Luis Guzman, Paul..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...thriller. Cast List: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...the stylish and cerebral thriller Ex Machina, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander. Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...Cat on 12th was popular, but not until Johnny Holmes opened his Victory Cafe on V-E Day in 1948..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...reading, especially the comments of U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston...."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...David Warbeck, Sarah Keller, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar, Anthony Flees, Giovanni De Nava, Al Cliver, Michele Mirabella, Gianpaolo Saccarola,..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Gets Arty

First titles, plus Nicolas Winding Refn on exploitation

"...him are the brilliant Copperhead and his assistant Sherlock Holmes! Der Bunker D: Nikias Chryssos Germany, 2015, 85 min...."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ice Storm

Revisiting Ang Lee's The Ice Storm and its survey of the moral dissolution of American life through the Nixon era

"...two suburban Connecticut families. Before filming began, director Ang Lee presented each member of cast and crew with a..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Review by John Davidson

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