Filmmaker Elaine Epstein on her SXSW premiere of Arrest the Midwife, a documentary on the plight of three midwives in the Northeast.
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HFC sat down with Momoko Seto at Animation First Festival ‘25 to discuss her debut Dandelion’s Odyssey, her unique approach to filmmaking, and the beauty of rot.
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Ziah Grace sat down with directors Annika Iltis and Timothy Kane to talk about what made "The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young" stand out from other sports docs.
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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.
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Exclusive interview with The Fetch cast and crew at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
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Exclusive red carpet interview with American Spirit cast and crew at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
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One of Houston’s biggest weeks for film is the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Hear from programmers Jazmye Moreno, Michael Robinson, and Michael Sicinski.
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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.
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The Hyperreal Film Journal team interviewed director Richard Linklater and Dazed & Confused cast members at the Austin Film Festival’s 30th anniversary event for the classic Austin film.
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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.
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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.
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We sat down with Rob Taylor and Nic Costa on Zoom to ask a few questions about their latest release, Raging Midlife. Along the way we covered the joy of filmmaking, the balance of their process, the inspiration of pro wrestling, and the sincerity of this comedy film.
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A few days after making its Texas Premiere at the Austin Film Festival, Callie sat down with Hyperreal Film Club’s Justin Norris to talk about the characters of her short, working with a primarily female film crew, and the other areas of the female experience that film can still explore.
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Coming off its premiere at the Austin Film Festival on October 27th, Victoria sat down with Hyperreal Interviewer, Justin Norris, to talk about her short, collaborating with Alexi on the script, and her favorite on-screen friendships.
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Today we’re joined by longtime actor and writer Angela Gulner to talk about her directorial debut feature, The Beldham, which is a multigenerational monster movie.
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Today we’re joined by Dani Hurtado, writer, star, and director of the short film Affogato, which screened at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
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We sat down with Norita producers Sarah Schoellkopf and Melissa Daniels to discuss their connection to Nora Cortiñas and the feminist message at the heart of the film.
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In honor of Foxfire's screening as part of Austin Film Society’s Girls To the Front series, which Hyperreal Film Club partnered on, we sat down with director Annette Haywood-Carter to discuss the film’s journey from forgotten gem to feminist cult classic.
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Jadie Stillwell sits down with Susan Skoog to discuss Whatever, a film that traces the fine lines between apathy, autonomy, and acceptance.
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Fresh Kill is a neon-green love letter to what was then the new world of hacktivism, a playful form of civil disobedience attempting to disrupt and infiltrate the technological systems that control modern life by replacing algorithms with abstraction and logic with poetry.
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