Silent Hill: Revelation

Watch out for the demons that inhabit Silent Hill.

"...J. Bassett. Starring: Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell, Martin Donovan and Deborah..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silent Hill

Eerie but ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games has a pitch-perfect score and unnervingly nightmarish imagery.

"...Directed by: Christophe Gans. Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Deborah Kara Unger and..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

"...been dormant for most of the Nineties, but as Sean Hill and Shana Merlin tell it, the building is..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...this week, Chronicle writers Wayne Alan Brenner, Ashley Moreno, Sean L. Malin, and myself offer this introduction to improv..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hero of Heroes of Comedy

"...in your blurb about these troupes. Somewhere around 1997-1998, Sean Hill started the We Could Be Heroes improv troupe,..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Postmarks

WaffleFest 2015

For the 14th year, the Hideout Theatre brings 25 troupes together for a toasty mix of improv and free waffles

"..."We inherited WaffleFest from Sean Hill, the founder and daddy of the Hideout," says..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chef Shuffles at Texas French Bread, laV

Today's local food news

"...Michael Symon gets weird, Texas Hill Country Olive Company branches out, and more in your..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

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

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...What started out, back in the last millennium, with Sean Hill's Heroes of Comedy has become the city's major..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...can go off and talk to Andy Crouch. Because Sean [Hill, manager of the Hideout] has given Andy Crouch..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Stage Uncaged

How a performative open mic From Iowa became a theatrical springboard in Austin

"...says McCormick. "And the management at the Hideout – Sean Hill, pretty much – if it weren't for their..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Finding God in the Gumbo

Once in the Ninth Ward and now in the Hill Country, the Smoking for Jesus Ministry serves up Real New Orleans Style fare with a side of spiritual nourishment

"...make gumbo. And create a new life in the Hill Country...."

May 4, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sean Wheeler, a KVRX house party, the Southside Psychout, and two Hole in the Wall extravaganzas

"...Sean Wheeler & the Reluctant Messengers..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Death Watch: One Man Spared, Another Set to Die

Mark Robertson seeks stay due to racist lawyer

"...in 1991 for the double murder of his friend Sean Hill and Hill's grandmother Edna Brau, currently has several..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Hurlyburly

"...Directed by: Anthony Drazan. Starring: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Garry Shandling, Robin Wright,..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dìdi

An Asian American wannabe skate punk comes of age in 2008 California

"...Directed by: Sean Wang. Starring: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...in a very affluent neighborhood. (12/8/95)2.5 stars (H.C.) Great Hills, Lake Creek, Lincoln, Movies 12, Northcross, Riverside, Westgate..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Red Rocket

Simon Rex gets under the skin of this year’s most fascinating scumbag

"...Directed by: Sean Baker. Starring: Simon Rex, Suzanna Son, Bree Elrod, Brenda..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Touch & Go recording artists, the Delta 72 (applause). Philly's punk R&B messengers grind riffs like tablets of holy..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Beer in Bloom

If local dreamers have their way, Austin will be the next craft brew hub

"...It's a beautiful Hill Country April day just west of Oak Hill –..."

June 18, 2010 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Aileen Ritchie; with Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Niamh Cusack, Ruth McCabe, Ewan Stewart, Pat Shortt...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sxsw

"...1/100th bad. The rest is Brown pickin' music from hillbilly to hellfire on his custom guit-steel guitar. It takes..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The 12th of Never

The dispute over one Eastside housing proposal reflects a larger Austin conflict

"...sales, vagrancy, and prostitution," as described in a Robertson Hill neighborhood memo opposing the project – and con­versely, its..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...3-year-old was an infrequent drop-in at their home-based Oak Hill day care. Among the multiple counts were allegations that..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Ends in Southwest Road Wars," News, Sept. 22]. The Hill Country Alliance was formed to promote responsible and planned..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Education: Roseana Auten..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...the long-awaited game-to-show version of groundbreaking FPS Halo. Meanwhile Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka headlines the serial..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File

V.B.W. is serious about fruitcakes; plus, the Event Menu is in holiday heaven

"...enhance the holiday table. Right here in Austin, Sweetish Hill (1120 W. Sixth, 472-1347) co-owner Jim Murphy is so..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Baranski, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Isaiah Washington, Amiri Baraka, Sean Astin, Laurie Metcalf...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

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