Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

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

"...in Blame; Sherry Thomas has followed her acclaimed female Sherlock Holmes novel A Study in Scarlet Women with Conspiracy..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

These New Crime Thrillers Make Killer Presents

Following the deadly stalkers through the stacks of Mulholland

"...inner-city sort of oblique homage to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It’s an homage that Arthur..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In this drama featuring Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle, a debate on the talking dead springs to dramatic life

"...curious historical truth – that Houdini was friends with Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – to engage..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room Theatre resurrects two dead celebrities for a spirited battle

"...wanted that. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, also wanted that. But Houdini was a stickler..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Gets Arty

First titles, plus Nicolas Winding Refn on exploitation

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

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christopher Lee, Spies, and Werewolf Sex

The strange tale of Howling II

"...of screen credits ever, the only actor to play Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and Fu Manchu, and to..."

July 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Krapp's Last Tape / Hughie

Pairing of Krapp's Last Tape and Hughie reveals haunted old men and masterful acting by Michael Stuart

"...laughter from any material, be it Shakespeare, Shaw, or Sherlock Holmes. That was most evident here as well, as..."

May 22, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

What the Hell Is that Tentacle Fence on Koenig Lane?

It's pastry chef and political gadfly Jen Cash's noodly masterpiece

"...city of Austin, Texas … well, you'd probably be Sherlock Holmes, friend, because that's precisely who she is...."

July 25, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

On an Adventure With Sam Neill

Revisiting the ripping yarn with the "Jurassic Park" star

"...streets and coasts of Edwardian Britain. With traces of Sherlock Holmes, SyFy's Warehouse 13 and the National Treasure romps,..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Bedtime Gorey

This view of an upper-crust world both morbid and lively should please die-hard and casual Gorey fans alike

"...Firefly improv, World of Warcraft improv, Star Trek improv, Sherlock Holmes improv, Harry Potter improv – hell, Gnap! Theater..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Evil Dead' Rises Again

Three originals brought in Fede Alvarez for this horror remake

"...saw Sam," Campbell recalls, "he was dressed up as Sherlock Holmes, playing with dolls in the middle of the..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letting Go, With 'Peace'

Champion for new plays Suzan Zeder closes her career at UT with a new drama of her own

"...Again in Oz, and The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes also draws to a close the story of..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Game's Afoot

This whodunit is all in fun, but Austin Playhouse isn't having as much fun with it as it could

"...life of William Gillette – whose stage play about Sherlock Holmes proved so popular, he toured it for more..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Sherlock Holmes' deerstalker hat was never mentioned in the printed..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Letters at 3AM: Accidents of Birth and Rebirth

The unacceptable trade-off for a medically extended life

"...for days but watch the entire BBC Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series twice. It was nearly a week before..."

July 13, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Politics Gift Guide

Slip into something more comfortable with Perry, Freud, and more

"...a St. Sebastian's pincushion doll or finger puppets of Sherlock Holmes, Frida Kahlo, and many others, including "Most Obscure"..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Lullaby for the New World Order

The birthers have no endgame

"...he has detection skills in that area that make Sherlock Holmes look like a barely competent Boy Scout. Other..."

May 20, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Bedside Manner: Hide the Schlock!

Depressing real stuff and trashy TV

"...truly bad Murder She Wrote novel, The Murder of Sherlock Holmes by James Anderson.) But I've found over the..."

Feb. 20, 2011 Books Post by Jordan Smith

TV Eye: From Career Criminal to Copper

BBC America debuts a sexy, scintillating new detective show

"...is more than your typical whodunit (as in the Sherlock Holmes tradition or any of the CSIs or Law..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tommy Tune

The master hoofer isn't getting older; he's getting more nonchalant

"...New York, landing a chorus spot in the now-obscure Sherlock Holmes musical Baker Street, in which he danced beside..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Black Minutes

Everywhere you turn in this ambitious debut novel, there's the wretched stench of deceit and corruption

"...Sierra Madre); renowned criminologist Alfonso Quiroz Cuarón ("the Mexican Sherlock Holmes"), who is called in on the original case;..."

May 21, 2010 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Andrew Bird

Live shot

"...discarded – gave the whole stage the appearance of Sherlock Holmes' study, its mastermind meditating through his violin. A..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...for Drama from the Mystery Writers of America for Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Tequila's becoming more expensive, Americans are getting shorter, and more

"...Sherlock Holmes called it "deduction," but he may have meant..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...Pakistani Cricket Team’s head coach. It’s Club Paradise meets Sherlock Holmes. Directed by the Coen Brothers. Working title: A..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Movies and Shakers

The production companies behind – and ahead of – the boom, and how they might be able to help you

"...must be friendly, non-biting, and look good in a Sherlock Holmes hat."..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Reading

Michael Connelly's ace homicide detective Harry Bosch is back with LAPD after three years' retirement

"...with hell even longer than people have been reading Sherlock Holmes. Bosch's new assignment with the cold case unit..."

May 27, 2005 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Kinks

Gift guide

"...unforgotten friendship ("Do You Remember Walter?"). His songwriting is "Sherlock Holmes English-speaking vernacular" – British humour and peculiarity unguided..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Page Two

If you think we're asinine, don't blame it on our advertisers.

"...scant sentences, detecting with a skill that would turn Sherlock Holmes green, they discover the reason we hold such..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Memoirs of Vidocq: Master of Crime

Almost 150 years after the death of François Eugène Vidocq, criminal investigators of all stripes still follow his basic methods of detection. Likewise, all manner of thieves and con artists follow in his footsteps, and that includes writers, too.

"...four stories by Emile Gaboriau in 1865, and Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, who debuted in 1887, 12 years after Vidocq's..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

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