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This year’s Austin Film Festival witnessed a true full-circle moment for filmmaker Austin Kolodney. In 2022, he premiered his short film Two Chairs, Not One at AFF; in 2025, he came back to screen his feature debut Dead’s Man Wire, directed by Gus Van Sant, following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
Read MoreAhead of this year’s Austin Film Festival, take a look at the feature films and documentaries our Hyperreal Film Journal writers can’t wait to see.
Read MoreZiah 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.
Read MoreExclusive red carpet interviews with The Order cast and crew including screenwriter Zack Baylin and actor Tye Sheridan.
Read MoreExclusive red carpet interviews with Operation Taco Gary’s cast and crew including writer-director Michael Kvamme and actor Simon Rex at Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreExclusive interview with The Fetch cast and crew at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreExclusive red carpet interview with American Spirit cast and crew at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreShot entirely in first-person, RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-prize winning book pushes the boundaries of visual storytelling to create a bold and immersive work of art.
Read MoreJustin Kurzel’s newest film The Order, this year’s “Centerpiece Film” at the Austin Film Festival, observes a hate-filled racial movement in 1983 that continues to live on in modern rhetoric.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreComing 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.
Read MoreToday we’re joined by Dani Hurtado, writer, star, and director of the short film Affogato, which screened at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreThe Seed of the Sacred Fig entwines the real threats of a brutal theocracy with the fictional story of one family’s struggle under its absolutist rule.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreBucky F*cking Dent brings a genuine earnestness a well-tread subject in this exploration of father/son relationships — and, of course, baseball.
Read MoreBen Van Kleek's JONAH tackles the question of life beyond our planet -- but it turns out that sometimes the truth may not always be as exciting as you hope it would be.
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