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Getting Hyperreal with... Amy McCullough and Jimmie Buchanan Jr.
Getting Hyperreal with... Amy McCullough and Jimmie Buchanan Jr.

Hyperreal 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.

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Getting Hyperreal With..., InterviewsJustin NorrisNovember 8, 2023Comment
Red Carpet Interview:  Jack Huston & Jai Stefan
Red Carpet Interview: Jack Huston & Jai Stefan

Hyperreal 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.

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Austin Film Fest, Red Carpet Interviews, InterviewsJustin NorrisNovember 6, 2023Comment
Red Carpet Interview: The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols
Red Carpet Interview: The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols

Hyperreal 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.

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Austin Film Fest, Red Carpet Interviews, InterviewsJustin NorrisNovember 6, 2023Comment
No Home for the Holidays: The Holdovers Review
No Home for the Holidays: The Holdovers Review

Six years after his last film, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is his most human film since 2004’s Sideways.

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Austin Film FestBlake WilliamsNovember 6, 2023Comment
This Week in Screenings 11/3-11/9
This Week in Screenings 11/3-11/9

This week in Austin screenings 11/3-11/9.

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldNovember 3, 2023Comment
AFF 2023 Correspondence: Strangers in a Strange Land Shorts Block
AFF 2023 Correspondence: Strangers in a Strange Land Shorts Block

Seven surreal shorts, showcasing comedy, drama, and everything in between.

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Austin Film Fest, Film Fests, Shorts, ReviewsJustin NorrisNovember 3, 2023shorts, AFF 2023, Tyler Savage, Oddities, Shitty Therapy, Javier Polo, Beauty Visa, Kate He, Simeon Hu, The Third Bedroom, Kathryn Van Buren, (Dis)connected, Karl Stetler, Mahogany Drive, Jerah Milligan, A Conspiracy Man, Valerio FerraraComment
AFF 2023 Correspondence: The Egghead & Twinkie Review
AFF 2023 Correspondence: The Egghead & Twinkie Review

A promising, if sometimes frustrating, queer coming of age comedy for the Tiktok generation.

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Austin Film Fest, Film Fests, ReviewsJustin NorrisNovember 3, 2023Egghead & Twinkie, Egghead and Twinkie, Sarah Kambe Holland, road trip, Tiktok, Queer cinema, Sabrina Jie-A-Fa, Louis TomeoComment
Midnight at the Paradise: A Double Date with Destiny
Midnight at the Paradise: A Double Date with Destiny

Midnight at the Paradise is a film for lovers, and for lovers of film.

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Lili LabensNovember 2, 2023Comment
AFF 2023 Correspondence: The Highest Brasil Review
AFF 2023 Correspondence: The Highest Brasil Review

The Highest Brasil doesn’t have the answers to life’s problems.—but,it does have a few pretty funny jokes about them in its pocket.

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Justin NorrisNovember 2, 2023Comment
A Chest Full of Dollars: The Titty Boy Review
A Chest Full of Dollars: The Titty Boy Review

Aaron Culp’s Titty Boy (2023) takes an outrageous idea and plays it out with wit and heart.

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Blake WilliamsNovember 1, 2023Comment
Come Play With Us: An Alternate Hyperreal Calendar
Come Play With Us: An Alternate Hyperreal Calendar

In this month’s alternate calendar, the Hyperreal Film Club community pairs each of the 13 screenings with its evil twin: from nuclear apocalypses to classic hauntings.

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Hyperreal Film ClubNovember 1, 2023Comment
Fathers, Sons and the Great American Sport of Baseball: Bucky F*cking Dent
Fathers, Sons and the Great American Sport of Baseball: Bucky F*cking Dent

Bucky F*cking Dent brings a genuine earnestness a well-tread subject in this exploration of father/son relationships — and, of course, baseball.

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Austin Film Fest, Film Fests, ReviewsLili LabensOctober 30, 2023David Duchovny, Logan Marshall-Green, baseball, Bucky F*cking Dent, Austin Film Festival, AFF 2023, AFF Comment
Saltburn: Calculated, callous, and grotesquely gorgeous
Saltburn: Calculated, callous, and grotesquely gorgeous

Emerald Fennell’s highly anticipated sophomore film delivers an intriguing and erotic modern take on Brontë-like gothic horror.

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Austin Film Fest, Reviews, Film FestsLili LabensOctober 30, 2023AFF 2023, AFF, Saltburn, Emerald Fennell, Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi Comment
AFF 2023 Correspondence: The Jonah Review
AFF 2023 Correspondence: The Jonah Review

Ben 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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Austin Film Fest, Film Fests, ReviewsJustin NorrisOctober 30, 2023AFF, AFF 2023, Austin Film Festival, Ben Van Kleek, Alaina Huffman, Trevor Vandelac, Osric ChauComment
This Week in Screenings 10/27-11/2
This Week in Screenings 10/27-11/2

This week in Austin screenings 10/27-11/2

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 27, 2023Comment
The Debate of Good and Evil: An Interview with John Pielmeier
The Debate of Good and Evil: An Interview with John Pielmeier

Following 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.

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InterviewsLuciaOctober 26, 2023The Exorcist, William Friedkin, John Pielmeier, plays, IFC centerComment
The Alchemy of Artifice: Uncle Yanco
The Alchemy of Artifice: Uncle Yanco

In the case of Agnes Varda’s 1968 short film, Uncle Yanco, she finds a balance between revealing how the artifice of filmmaking can expose the inherent falseness in the medium and how this falseness may reveal something deeper to the film.

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Kellen LoweOctober 25, 2023Comment
My First Time Watching: Party Girl
My First Time Watching: Party Girl

If even Parker Posey feels like she missed the “good” New York, you’re allowed some forgiveness for your nostalgia.

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My First Time WatchingMadeline HesterOctober 24, 2023 Comment
The Filmist: Equilizer 3 & 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Filmist: Equilizer 3 & 2001: A Space Odyssey

Jeff Baugh shares his thoughts on a recent genre exercise done with surprising brutality along with one of the most famous sci-fi films of all time in the newest installment of The Filmist.

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Jeff BaughOctober 23, 2023Comment
This Week in Screenings 10/20-10/26
This Week in Screenings 10/20-10/26

This week in Austin screenings 10/20-10/26.

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldOctober 20, 2023Comment
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