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Why is it when a jukebox musical for kids comes around ,everyone acts like they’re too good to watch it or they act like it’s beneath them? Trolls: Band Together is a movie I wish I had as a kid. A movie that makes you want to dance, move your body, and forget the troubles of the playground and be reminded that it’ll be okay.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 12/15-12/21
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreBruno-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.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 12/8-12/14.
Read MoreLet these Thanksgiving leftovers sate your hunger until we emerge shiny and chrome in the new year.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 12/1-12/7
Read MoreAndrei Konchalovsky’s 1997 adaption of "The Odyssey" brings a modern comfort that reminds us we can heal from any difficult journey.
Read MoreFinnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki returns with one of the funniest and most charming films of the year.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 11/24-11/30
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 11/17-11/23
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreMonster, 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.
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreAmerican 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.
Read MoreIn a return to form, David Fincher’s The Killers explores the suave hitman archetype through the modern gig economy.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 11/10-11/16.
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.
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