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For director Shaun Seneviratne, life is cinema and cinema is life. His first feature film, Ben and Suzanne: A Reunion in Four Parts, which debuted at SXSW this year, places the viewer as a fly on the wall, witnesses to a week in the life of a couple’s attempt to figure out their future. It is the result of a fourteen-year-long filmmaking process.
Read MoreAhead of her directorial debut The Watchers, we sat down with Ishana Night Shyamalan to talk about her influences, working with Dakota Fanning, and what’s missing in the modern horror genre.
Read MoreI had the pleasure of speaking with Sean about the process of making “Tennis, Oranges,” quiet spaces in LA Chinatown, and the power of saying as little as possible.
Read MoreIn advance of the Eastside Cinema screening of Her Dog Satan on May 4,Scott Conn, the director of Dirt Road to Psychedelia, sat down with Hyperreal Film Journal to talk about DIY filmmaking, the Austin punk scene, and Roger Corman inspirations.
Read MoreWith Dissolution, the short film which won the Narrative Shorts Jury Award at SXSW, director Anthony Saxe explores this disconnection from the past by looking to his parents. Through home videos captured in his infancy or before he was born, he investigates who his parents were to themselves and to each other when they lived completely different lives to the ones he now knows.
Read MoreNicole Daddano and Adam Wilder’s short animated film The Bleacher makes the viewer a voyeur in a dark and gritty world, centered around a laundromat where a regular has some very dirty laundry to do indeed. HFC sat down with Nicole and Adam to discuss all the strange turns the film takes and shifting from live action to animation.
Read MoreWard Kamel’s beautiful and devastating short film, If I Die In America, which debuted at SXSW, tackles this question with searing aplomb. When Manny’s husband, Sameer, dies suddenly, his grief is usurped by an unexpected battle with Sameer’s family, who refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of their relationship and any claim he tries to stake on his husband’s body. I sat down with Ward to discuss his process and the thoughts and experiences that inspired the film.
Read More“The Devil Inside Me” tells the all too relatable story of toxic relationships with a little twist. A lonely woman forms an intimate and fleeting relationship with the prince of darkness, Satan himself. After their shared night, he ghosts her, leaving her to wonder when it went wrong. This film is Sarah Uftring’s directorial debut. The Austin filmmaker took the plunge and it paid off as she has garnered accolades, praise, and recognition for her hilariously awkward comedy. This interview, we got the chance to talk about genre filmmaking, approaching a set as a first time director, the importance of collaboration, and why adding a wiggly tail to your sex scenes might be more challenging than you think!
Read MoreHyperreal 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.
Read MoreHyperreal Film Club interview extraordinaire Justin Norris catches up with Waypoint Entertainment’s co-founder and CEO, Ken Kao, and head executive and producer, Josh Rosenbaum, to talk about Waypoint’s journey, Cuckoo’s path to SXSW, and the ins and outs of film producing.
Read MoreHyperreal Film Club sat down with Matt Farley, the creative dynamo who’s written, recorded, and released over 24,000 songs and written and starred in nearly 20 movies in the last 20 years to talk about the creative drive, Elaine May’s Ishtar, and the phone number thing.
Read MoreHyperreal Interviewer Extraordinaire Justin Norris sat down with Amy McCullough and Jimmie Buchanan Jr. to discuss their new film Work Dreams, the push and pull of the nomadic lifestyle, and terrifying dreams.
Read MoreHyperreal Interviewer Extaordinaire Justin Norris chatted with producer Jai Stefan and director Jack Huston about Day of the Fight, working with actors as an actor, and the filmmaking lessons learned.
Read MoreHyperreal Interviewer Extaordinaire Justin Norris caught Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Midnight Special) to talk about his new film The Bikeriders, working with Michael Shannon, and starting bike gangs.
Read MoreFollowing a screening of the Theatrical cut of The Exorcist at IFC Center, playwright John Pielmeier sat down to discuss his work adapting the film for the stage, his work on Agnes of God, and how faith and innocence figure into work.
Read MoreReverie is the debut short film from auteur Brian Bowers, who is a multifaceted creative with a passion for experimental storytelling. I had the honor to speak with Brian, trying to wrap my head around how he was able to pull off these sentiments. We talk about everything from off-site directing to dance choreography to the works of great poets.
Read MoreDirector and star of Dogleg sat down with Hyperreal writer Marie Ketring to talk about fucked-up zooms, traumatizing set experiences, and what motivates him to keep working.
Read MoreHyperreal Interviewer Extraordinaire Justin Norris sat down with director Emil Lozado to talk documentary filmmaking, the value of a creative partner, and Nicholas Cage performances.
Read MoreHyperreal Interviewer extraordinaire Justin Norris sat down with filmmaker Ryan Darbonne to discuss his short film What They Found, authenticity in period piece filmmaking, and watching The Banshees of Inisherin in Ireland.
Read MoreA Q&A with Ikechukwu Ufomadu and Graham Mason about DIY comedy, possible sequels, and how to get away with murder (don’t do it).
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