In this installment of In Deep Focus, writer Kellen Lowe takes a look at one of Jack Nicholson’s best performances as a a man adrift in his own life in Five Easy Pieces.
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Bruno-Vision returns with a look at one largely forgotten Bruce Willis movie with a stacked cast and one still-underrated flick from style king Tony Scott and legendary writer Shane Black. Are they enough to turn around Willis’ (at this point) flagging career? Keep reading.
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This week in Austin screenings 12/8-12/14.
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Let these Thanksgiving leftovers sate your hunger until we emerge shiny and chrome in the new year.
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This week in Austin screenings 12/1-12/7
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Andrei Konchalovsky’s 1997 adaption of "The Odyssey" brings a modern comfort that reminds us we can heal from any difficult journey.
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Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki returns with one of the funniest and most charming films of the year.
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This week in Austin screenings 11/24-11/30
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Our team of talented writers was at Austin Film Fest 2023 to bring you the latest up-to-date coverage of all the movies soon to be on your watchlist. If you missed a review as it was published, we’ve got the full master list of our coverage right here in one convenient place.
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This week in Austin screenings 11/17-11/23
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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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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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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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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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In a return to form, David Fincher’s The Killers explores the suave hitman archetype through the modern gig economy.
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This week in Austin screenings 11/10-11/16.
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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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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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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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Six years after his last film, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is his most human film since 2004’s Sideways.
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