Steven Spielberg and the Federal American Holidays

Rather than pumping out another Spielberg retrospective where forty films are boiled down to a top ten, Hyperreal would like to offer an alternative assembly: attributing a Steven Spielberg film to each of the major American holidays.

AnalysisEli FischerSeptember 10, 2026Steven Spielberg, West Side Story, War Horse, Indiana Jones, The Fabelmans, The Color Purple, Jaws, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Catch Me if You Can, Disclosure DayComment

Weird Wednesdays: Cruel Jaws

Cruel Jaws feels dangerous in a fun way, like watching a friend spray graffiti on a government building. It doesn’t matter that the graffiti is incomprehensible trash, it’s exhilarating and fun in the moment.

Alamo Weird Wednesday, ReviewsJackie StargroveAugust 18, 2026Cruel Jaws, Bruno Mattei, David Luther, Gregg Hood, Richard Dew, Kevin Dean, Scott Silveria, Larry Zience, Kristen Urso, George Barnes Jr., JawsComment

The Sweetest Taboo: An Interview with Erica Schultz

Hyperreal Film Club’s Matthew Seidel sat down with Erica Schultz to discuss her new book, The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide to Child Kills in Film, her successful indiegogo campaign, Letterboxd, and the Austin film scene.

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