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AFF Correspondence 2023: Ride or Die, or, The The Bikeriders Review
AFF Correspondence 2023: Ride or Die, or, The The Bikeriders Review

In The Bikeriders, you won’t learn much about what a biker gang does or what truly led to the Vandals’ downfall, but you will be struck by its sense of time and place.

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Justin NorrisNovember 16, 2023Comment
AFF Correspondence 2023: Whose Lie Is It Anyway? Or, The Monster Review
AFF Correspondence 2023: Whose Lie Is It Anyway? Or, The Monster Review

Monster, the latest film from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, takes the underlying fears of sending your child out into the world splays them out with tension and heart in equal measure.

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Justin NorrisNovember 16, 2023Comment
Napoleon: Bonaparte and Scott, Great Men Bogged Down by Ambition
Napoleon: Bonaparte and Scott, Great Men Bogged Down by Ambition

While a vast step up from his last real-life biopic, House of Gucci, Napoleon ends up a long and uneven journey that can’t deliver a cohesive vision of one of history's greatest figures.

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Colin PageNovember 16, 2023Comment
Facts and Fiction: The American Fiction Review
Facts and Fiction: The American Fiction Review

American Fiction is a challenging film, but it’s supposed to be: it’s a film that normalizes the Black experience on film and points its finger at your expectation of Black media.

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Austin Film Fest, Film Fests, ReviewsBlake WilliamsNovember 13, 2023Cord Jefferson, American Fiction, Jeffrey Wright, Issa RaeComment
Smiths-loving Hitman for Hire: The Killer Review
Smiths-loving Hitman for Hire: The Killer Review

In a return to form, David Fincher’s The Killers explores the suave hitman archetype through the modern gig economy.

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ReviewsColin PageNovember 10, 2023The Killer, Netflix, Michael Fassbender, David Fincher, Tilda SwintonComment
This Week in Screenings 11/10-11/16
This Week in Screenings 11/10-11/16

This week in Austin screenings 11/10-11/16.

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldNovember 10, 2023Comment
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
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