Rich Hill

The turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town are observed through the camera's gentle lens.

"...The former coal mining town of Rich Hill, Mo., is one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it towns that..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Notting Hill

Love blossoms between a London bookstore owner and beautiful movie star. Can this relationship survive the obvious hindrances?

"...a sweetie, or a hearty chuckle with friends. Notting Hill is a veritable pot full of the stuff. No..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Sugar Hill

"...them, but their efforts pay off big time: Sugar Hill is arguably the most beautiful-looking crime drama since Coppola's..."

March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

"...village Ffynnon Garw make a mountain out of a hill. Which, of course, is the subject of The Englishman..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide Update

"...published our "Guide to Food and Wine in the Hill Country" (Vol. 17, No. 30, April 3, 1998), we..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Food Feature

King of the Hill

Regal Dining at Reasonable Rates

"...Castle Hill Cafe..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

Get Your Goat On at Windy Hill Farm

An interview with Ty Wolosin

"...Ty Wolosin runs Windy Hill, a small farm in Comanche, Texas, but his influence..."

Sept. 1, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Sweetish Hill Bakery

"...of the neighborhood is and always will be Sweetish Hill. Whether wide-eyed from exercise or still squinting from sleep,..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Food Feature

On Judges' Hill

Sits a mansion with a menu of equal elegance

"...Wooten mansion was re-invented as the Mansion at Judges' Hill last spring, we had the impression that the owners..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

I Found My Fill on BlackBerry Hill

At Sundance, a renewed "Focus on Film" amid celebrity worship and the frantic search for the next big thing

"...made the leap to feature-length filmmaking. Showing up the hill at the Slamdance Film Festival (where, for the first..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...before the trees and bushes were plucked off these hills and asphalt spread over most surfaces. At that time..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Get Him to the Greek

Jonah Hill and Russell Brand make a well-matched odd couple, and their path to Hollywood is littered with the excesses of drugs and rock & roll.

"...Directed by: Nicholas Stoller. Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean Combs, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne and..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A.X.L

A boy and his electronic dog

"...on Daly’s 2015 short film "Miles", A.X.L follows Miles Hill (Neustaedter), an amateur motocross racer who, by his own..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Plunkett & Macleane

"...conceive a mutually beneficial plan to rob from the rich as a team, employing Plunkett's street savvy and Macleane's..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Picks to Snicker

Rich Man, Poor Man, Funny Man, Root

"...comedies: NBC's NewsRadio, on which he's been playing filthy rich and wildly capricious station owner Jimmy James for the..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sundance Recap: Part III

Mental instability, poverty, a disappearance, and a docu-thriller

"...Rich Hill: Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Award for..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Ed Wood

This biographical film is charming, melancholy, strange, and quirkily humorous. There's also a certain irony in giving the silver-screen treatment to the most infamous of bargain-basement directors and his motley crew of hangers-on.

"...Wood's passion for making movies, his love for the then-over-the-hill Bela Lugosi, and a funky, friendly look at Hollywood..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Widows' Peak

"...by: John Irvin. Starring: Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, Jim Broadbent and Anne Kent. There's a..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

Calvary

Brendan Gleeson stars in this darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.

"...Named after the hill Jesus was crucified on, and opening with a quote..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Apocalypse by the Trainload

Bong Joon-ho discusses his film 'Snowpiercer'

"...Yet even in the air-conditioned, first-class carriages of the Hill Country Flyer, which is roaring along the railway tracks..."

June 27, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Once and Future

Castle Hill Cafe, an all-time Austin favorite, is not resting on its laurels

"...Castle Hill Cafe1101 W. Fifth, 476-0728..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"...even though they're so old and dusty." Natalie Jane Hill Sings With the Azaleas..."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...our turn until this week, when the Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival kicks off today, Thursday,..."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature

Fightin' Words

Rich Oppel and Mike Levy Spar on Paper:

"...Texas Monthly publisher Mike Levy and Austin American-Statesman editor Rich Oppel. No love letters these. The wordsmiths disagreed sharply..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

Taking Stock

Food Editor Virginia B. Wood reports from the 17th Annual Texas Hill Country Food & Wine Festival.

"...Austin, Texas." For the most part, this year's Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival delivered on all the..."

April 12, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

'Friday Night Lights': Westlake Bested, Watch Out for Westwood

"...the 183 traffic. Maybe not, but still. QB Chase Rich has led the Warriors to their first-ever 4-0 start,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Liquid Assets

Spanish Wines and the 16th Annual Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...It's a robust red grape that produces a big, rich wine with intense blackberry flavors and the ability to..."

April 6, 2001 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Best Croissant

Sweetish Hill Butter Croissants

"...on the outside and buttery on the inside, Sweetish Hill plain croissants taste about as close to the way..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Best of Austin Feature

The Bandera Way

Scenes from a marriage in four acts.

"...drunk," he replies, poker-faced. "Simple as that. It's the Hill Country courting method."..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Skulls

"...Starring: William Peterson, Steve Harris, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Bibb, Hill Harper, Craig T. Nelson, Paul Walker and Joshua Jackson...."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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