About Nick Hornby

"...It was a scene right out of High Fidelity...."

May 29, 1998 Books Feature

Juliet, Naked

Nick Hornby adaptation debunks the myth of authenticity

"...These preoccupations have been the predominate wheelhouse of author Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), and this adaptation of his 2009..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

About a Boy

"...the most funny line in this ace adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel, though to judge from the lack of..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...feet doesn’t fall in love with the guy. Screenwriter Nick Hornby scores again in this adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

An Education

Everything about Scherfig’s coming-of-age story about a girl in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 is spot-on.

"...by Lynn Barber and adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby (About a Boy, High Fidelity), with a steady..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

High Fidelity

"...Wagner and Sara Gilbert. This relatively faithful adaptation of Nick Hornby's beloved music-culture novel is a smart, funny, and..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best Imitation of Myself

Chatting with Ben Folds about his new box set

"...doing the unexpected, whether it’s working with William Shatner, Nick Hornby, and Regina Spektor, composing music for film soundtracks,..."

Oct. 27, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Polysyllabic Spree

Unless you're a Hornby completist driven to paroxysms over the man's every quotidian observance, get ready to throw the book at the wall more than once: at the twee (titular) references to the Believer' brass, at a gratuitous excerpt from Great Expectations,' and at Hornby's grousing about having too few chances to read

"...by Nick Hornby..."

March 11, 2005 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

Fever Pitch

Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.

"...Fallon, Lenny Clarke and Jack Kehler. Die-hard fans of Nick Hornby’s first, best novel, Fever Pitch, which chronicles in..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Songbook

Sheet Music

"...SongbookBy Nick Hornby..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Speaking With the Angel: Original Stories

"...edited by Nick Hornby..."

March 9, 2001 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...philosopher Michael J. Sandel, comedian Michael Ian Black, novelist Nick Hornby, historian H.W. Brands, thrillmeister Dean Koontz, novelist Yaa..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

What'cha Watchin'?

Chronicle Editor Kimberley Jones gives this new cover of High Fidelity a spin

"...Did the world need another rendering of Nick Hornby's comic novel about a record store owner on..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones

Badly Drawn Boy

Record Review

"...Their loss. This 16-song soundtrack to the Hugh Grant-starring Nick Hornby adaptation is a blissful summery popgasm, retaining the..."

May 17, 2002 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Life Goes On?

"...Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books, $12.95 [paper]), is probably the best..."

June 21, 2002 Books Feature by Nick Barbaro

Wild

Reese Witherspoon stars as Cheryl Strayed in this autobiographical trek of expiation.

"...beginning of Cheryl’s hike. The jogging never stops. Screenwriter Nick Hornby charts a linear path up the trail from..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Springsteen on Springsteen

Nobody knows the Boss better than the Boss knows the Boss

"...a Charlie Rose television interview, and celebrity sit-downs with Nick Hornby, Ed Norton, and Win Butler. By then, you've..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Screens Top 10s

"...Things Are (Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers), An Education (Nick Hornby) WORST FILM..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...his own novel) and About a Boy (adapted from Nick Hornby's book), other works whose distinctive characters stand apart..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The People Person

Peter Hedges' Pieces of April brings the novelist-screenwriter out of the quiet and into the filmmaking fray.

"...the World for director Scott Elliott, as well as Nick Hornby's About a Boy for Chris and Paul Weitz,..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

American Wedding

"...Weitz brothers (who went on to direct the superlative Nick Hornby adaptation About a Boy) had a good-natured if..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...4. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby..."

April 28, 2000 Books Column

The Road to Esmeralda

'The Road to Esmeralda' is, in some basic senses, a political thriller. However, it's also the story of mind-blowingly pretentious, self-indulgently self-loathing, overprivileged, and underclever yuppies.

"...of mind-blowingly pretentious, self-indulgently self-loathing, overprivileged and underclever yuppies. Nick and Sarah are two Los Angelenos who drive deep..."

June 24, 2005 Books Review by Jess Sauer

Best Books of 2006

"...year for criticism. While it seems silly to give Nick Hornby extra credit for Housekeeping vs. the Dirt (McSweeney's)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Memories of My Father Watching TV: A Novel

"...a multi-tiered satire of hit-men and target marketing. Like Nick Hornby, another hot UK import these days, Thomson's detail..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Books Review

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Nick Gomez; with Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

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

"...Lorraine Ashbourne. Based on a book by English writer Nick Hornby, this film depicts the romance between an uptight..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Guy Ritchie; with Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher. Vinne Jones,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Like to Watch

Finding the heart in Syfy's The Magicians

"...Díaz and Tao Lin all the way back to Nick Hornby and Cameron Crowe, he imagines the Manic Pixie..."

April 8, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Best Adapted Screenplay Brooklyn (Nick Hornby, based on book by Colm Tóibín), Carol (Phyllis..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

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