You Suck, Dick!

Dick’s satire is smart and the events, along with the fashion, remain a perfectly exaggerated depiction of the ‘70s.

ReviewsKatie WilliamsJuly 24, 2023Comment

I Feel Like the Audience is Healing: An Interview with Al Warren

Director 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.

InterviewsMarie KetringJuly 21, 2023Comment

This Week in Screenings 7/21-7/27

This week in Austin screenings 7/21-7/27

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldJuly 21, 2023Comment

Weird Wednesdays: Flux Gourmet

Flux Gourmet is a full-course meal, a cacophony of artistic triumph and disdain for the wealthy, all wrapped up in a bloody, sensual performance. You don’t have to enjoy the meal, but you can’t argue with the ambience.

Alamo Weird Wednesdayremus jacksonJuly 20, 2023Comment

Film Notes: Velvet Goldmine

Part Citizen Kane pastiche, part failed David Bowie biopic, part vehicle for Ewan MacGregor penis shots, Velvet Goldmine is a fairy-tale about glam rock and all its promises.

Film NotesJames ScottJuly 19, 2023Comment

Getting Hyperreal with... Emil Lozado

Hyperreal Interviewer Extraordinaire Justin Norris sat down with director Emil Lozado to talk documentary filmmaking, the value of a creative partner, and Nicholas Cage performances.

Getting Hyperreal With..., InterviewsJustin NorrisJuly 18, 2023Comment

How to Live Like a Butabi

Six life lessons gleaned from arguably the most philosophically important text of 1998: A Night at the Roxbury.

ComedyDavid SneeJuly 17, 2023Comment

This Week in Screenings 7/14-7/20

This week in Austin screenings 7/14-7/20.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldJuly 14, 2023Comment

Film Notes: Face/Off

FACE/OFF’s enduring appeal stems from the showdown between two of Hollywood’s biggest personalities, constantly attempting to one-up each other for the world’s most unhinged performance.

Film NotesMorgan HydeJuly 13, 2023Comment

One Stroke of Gender to Another: Orlando

Orlando (1992) stars Tilda Swinton in a sumptuous historical romp that similarly acts as a litmus test for the mutability of gender.

Jessica BuieJuly 12, 2023Comment

5 Foreign-Language Sci-Fi Movies to Expand Your World

Overcome the “1-inch barrier of subtitles” and you’ll get taken out of this world with these 5 foreign sci-fi films.

ListsPete LegaseyJuly 11, 2023Comment

Paul Schrader Movie Mad Lib

Paul Schrader’s movies follow such a clear formula that you can make a Madlibs from it. In fact, we did just that, roping in a couple of other Hyperreal contributors to imagine their own Schrader movies.

AnalysisForest DeLozierJuly 10, 2023Comment

This Week in Screenings 7/7-7/13

This week in Austin screenings 7/7-7/13.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldJuly 7, 2023Comment

Film Notes: Near Dark

NEAR DARK is the perfect entry point for someone looking to discover her auteurist poetry.

Film NotesTanner Carlos HadfieldJuly 6, 2023Comment

In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson Finally Goes To Sleep

With a dreamlike atmosphere and metatextual themes, Asteroid City is both a return to form and a major work for Wes Anderson.

Michael PerkinsJuly 5, 2023Comment

Movies to Cure your June Gloom: An Alternate Hyperreal Calendar

Still looking for a way to beat the heat by staying in the cool AC oasis of your living room? A dream team of Hyperreal contributors have come together to offer up even more movies to add to your watchlist.

Alternate CalendarHyperreal Film ClubJuly 4, 2023Comment

Have a Nice Apocalypse with Southland Tales

It’s as though Richard Kelly looked at the silliest parts of America circa 2002 to 2006 and cranked them all the way up, and society just saw fit to follow suit.

ReviewsMorgan HydeJuly 3, 2023Comment