HCAF '25: The Wasps

The Wasps feels like a comedy that the sickos have been yearning for: a truly absurdist film that places comedy above all else.

HCAF ’25: Interview with Julian Castronovo on Debut

We sat down to talk to Julian Castronovo, the star, writer, and director of the film Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued. One of the most standout and spectacular films I have seen this year, perhaps even in the last decade.

Film Fests, Houston Cinema Arts Fest, InterviewsEli FischerDecember 8, 2025Debut, Julian Castronovo, Houston Cinema Arts FestivalComment

HCAF ‘25: An Interview with Jinho Myung the Writer/Director of Softshell

We sat down to talk to Jinho Myung about the film Softshell, an intimate and stunning feature debut. Softshell tells the story of Thai American siblings navigating living in Queens after the death of their mother. In this interview we talk about instant intimacy, the verisimilitude of New York, and the power of food movies.

Film Fests, Houston Cinema Arts Fest, InterviewsEli FischerDecember 8, 2025Softshell, Jinho Myung, Houston Cinema Arts FestivalComment

HCAF ’24: BORDERS | NO BORDERS, Narrative Shorts

BORDERS|NO BORDERS is the short film competition hosted by Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2024.

HCAF '24: Connor Sen Warnick on the Cinema of Absence

As part of our coverage of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2024, Hyperreal Film Journal viewed a work-in-progress screening of Connor Sen Warnick’s feature debut, Characters Disappearing.

HCAF ‘24: Interviews with the Programmers at Houston Cinema Arts Festival

One of Houston’s biggest weeks for film is the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Hear from programmers Jazmye Moreno, Michael Robinson, and Michael Sicinski.

HCAF ’24: Bertrand Dezoteux on Harmonie

Hyperreal Film Journal got a chance to watch the international premiere of Bertrand Dezoteux’s post-modern artistic feature, Harmonie, at the Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2024.

Houston Cinema Arts Fest, InterviewsAP DwivediDecember 2, 2024Harmonie, Bertrand Dezoteux, Houston Cinema Arts FestivalComment

HCAF '24: Interview with Markus Zizenbacher, Director of The Life of Sean DeLear

The Life of Sean DeLear is a vivacious and colorful look at the crushingly charismatic Sean DeLear and his experiences in the LA punk scene of the 80s and 90s.

Interviews, Houston Cinema Arts FestEli FischerNovember 20, 2024Comment

HCAF '24: Interview with Director Haley Elizabeth Anderson

We are joined today by the director of Tendaberry, a year-spanning, character-driven epic that chronicles the life of a young woman navigating living in New York after her boyfriend returns to Ukraine to be with his ailing father.