Review: The Hollow of Fear

Charlotte Holmes is back, and the stakes are higher than ever

"...The paragon of Victorian womanhood may have been demure and..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

The Last Butterfly

"...Fossey, Freddie Jones, Linda Jablonska and Daniel Margolius. From the award-winning Czech director of The Ear comes this relentlessly..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romancing the Holmes

What inspired Sherry Thomas to turn Sherlock into Charlotte?

"...built a following with a blend of YA fantasy (the Elementals trilogy), Victorian romance (the Fitzhugh series), and homages..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Dining Beyond the Chains

Good food moves to the 'burbs

"...The Hollow708 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown, 512/868-3300 Lunch: Tue.-Sat., 11am-2pm;..."

July 18, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

April and the Extraordinary World

Animated French steampunk fantasy is delightfully imaginative

"...Absolutely one of the most imaginative and altogether wonderful animated films I’ve had..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil's Backbone

Set in a crumbling boys' school/orphanage/fallout shelter during the Spanish Civil War, the lost boys of this haunting film contend with a vengeful ghost as well as the more worldly traumas of war, greed, and abandonment.

"...Hitchcock and François Truffaut were an unlikely pair – the prim master of suspense and his sensitive, derelict French..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dining Beyond the Chains

Good food moves to the 'burbs

"...The suburbs surrounding Austin are among the fastest-growing small communities..."

July 18, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Opinion: Governor Abbott, Do Not Tell Our Children the Same Story About AR-15s

A survivor of an AR-15 reflects on the governor’s position on gun violence and the mental health crisis

"...Another AR-15, one of 20 million in the hands of..."

June 10, 2022 Column by Julia A. Olson

"Chris Guarino: From the Unknown"

The haunting array of sculptural mutants displayed at Art on 5th are at once foreign and familiar, frightening and comical

"...Nestled between Uptown Cheapskate and the UPS Store in a strip mall on South Lamar..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Review by H.C. Arnold

Getting Bitter All The Time

Daniel Clowes' new book presents a cretin with a heart of, well, flesh.

"...graphic novel Wilson at least twice. You read Wilson the first time, you might come away with an overwhelming..."

July 2, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Pleasure Principle

Local bands find the dance-driven heart underneath post-punk's industrial pall

"...Before local clubs started closing, before the war and 9/11, before people got stabbed for enforcing..."

April 25, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Hollow Man

"...Steve Altes, Joey Slotnick and Mary Jo Randle. It's the loaded question that has titillated libidinal teenage males since..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hollow Reed

"...one night, injured nine-year-old Ollie (Bould) comes running to the home of his estranged father Martyn (Donovan) and concocts..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleepy Hollow

"...Marie. You'll notice Washington Irving's name is absent from the title of Burton's new film. That's due in no..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hoboken Hollow

This Texas-made slasher film draws on the early Eighties Ellebracht slave-ranch case in Kerr County for its story, but like the real thing, it's a bloody mess.

"...with production money from Anthony Michael Hall. Based on the early Eighties Ellebracht slave-ranch case in Kerr County, Stephens'..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

Into the Woods at Scream Hollow

Behind the scenes at the local destination horror house

"...The woods may be dark and deep. Yet no one..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Latest on Local Singer Chameleon Foster's Disappearance

His family requests help from the public to bring him home

"...since 25-year-old Brenden "Chameleon" Foster was seen at Hippie Hollow. Despite land, water, and air searches by officials, the..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Jessi Cape

The Beta Test

Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)

"...A scathing satire of both social media and the film industry, The Beta Test is an angry, fiery..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Taming the Screaming Toddler That Is Social Media

SXSW Online panel seeks to “unravel the social dilemma”

"...Count yourself lucky if you’ve never had the awkward experience of trying to mend fences IRL after..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by Katherine McNevins

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...Talk about a shocking transformation: As the bumbling and heartbroken hero of indie smash Thunder Road,..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cell

"...Christmas: He's far more interested in messing about with the pretty, shiny wrapping than he is with the actual..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Valley of Elah

Paul Haggis and Tommy Lee Jones deliver a scorching film that's part police procedural, part family melodrama, and all about our national failures in Iraq.

"...Directed by: Paul Haggis. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Barry Corbin, Josh..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Fan

"...D'Arbanville-Quinn and Chris Mulkey. Try though he might, all the dreamy angles and soft-focus rain spatter in Tony Scott's..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...Remember when irony wasn't the prevailing mainstream mindset? The last time we saw that..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ghost in the Shell

Scar Jo as cybernetic warrior

"...The inevitable live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s groundbreaking manga and..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wolfman

This monster reboot disappoints terribly, making up in blood and entrails what it lacks in heart and soul.

"...if director Johnston doesn't feel a little bit like The Wolfman's hirsute lycanthrope, the moon-bedeviled Lawrence Talbot. While not..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Unborn

A young woman is possessed by the spirit of her twin brother who never made it to term in this film directed by esteemed horror writer David S. Goyer.

"...Jane Alexander, Atticus Shaffer, James Remar and Carla Gugino. There's a sequence early on in The Unborn in which..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Garfield: The Movie

Garfield Declawed is the result of taking this comic strip to the big screen.

"...movie, loaded as it is with adorable animals. Sadly the task falls to me. This Garfield is everything Jim..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Avengers

"...some time since I had a chance to catch the old BBC television show upon which this updating is..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Tim Burton & Johnny Depp

Reviewing our reviews of the 8 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaborations

"...They have a couple dozen more to go before their..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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