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Musings on Bimbos
Musings on Bimbos

One need only look at the Blockbuster hit of the past summer, Barbie, to see that the Bimbo is once again gracing our screens.

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AnalysisCiena LeshleyMarch 5, 2024barbie, gentlemen prefer blondes, marilyn monroe, legally blonde, reese witherspoon, the house bunny, anna faris, overboard, goldie hawnComment
Spawn of the Dead
Spawn of the Dead

2004 brought two prolific genre directors reanimating the Romero legacy for the 21st century, with wildly different approaches, at almost exactly the same time.

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AnalysisMike JohnsonMarch 4, 2024Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Zach Snyder, Edgar Wright, George RomeroComment
This Week in Screenings 3/1-3/7
This Week in Screenings 3/1-3/7

This week in Austin screenings 3/1-3/7

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldMarch 1, 2024Comment
The Perks of Being a Messiah or, The Dune Part Two Review
The Perks of Being a Messiah or, The Dune Part Two Review

Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two offers a fresh take on the “white savior” story and an absolutely awe-inspiring visual feast, but falters in being too obvious.

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ReviewsJustin NorrisFebruary 29, 2024Dune, Dune Part Two, Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve, Zendaya, Rebecca FergusonComment
Dune: Part Two—The System Makes Monsters
Dune: Part Two—The System Makes Monsters

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is an awe-inspiring, idiosyncratic spectacle that demands to be seen.

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ReviewsJustin HarrisonFebruary 29, 2024Dune, Dune Part Two, Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Austin ButlerComment
AFS LATES: Family Matters or, the Sitcom Review
AFS LATES: Family Matters or, the Sitcom Review

In his 1998 film, Sitcom, French writer and director François Ozon has a couple of thoughts on the concept of family.

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Justin NorrisFebruary 28, 2024Comment
Exploring Loneliness in Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho
Exploring Loneliness in Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho

A crossroad is a storytelling trope we’re all familiar with: Opportunity, deviation, free will; all conveyed with a single visual. Something similar can be said of a long stretch of road that spans horizons like the one River Phoenix finds himself on at the beginning and end of My Own Private Idaho

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Andrew CheathamFebruary 27, 2024 Comment
The Best and Worst of NBA on Film
The Best and Worst of NBA on Film

NBA players appearing in movies has led to everything from classic films that have etched their way into the collective cultural history, to some of the truly worst movies ever made.

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ListsColin PageFebruary 26, 2024nba, basketball, uncut gems, kevin garnett, airplane!, kareem abdul jabbar, space jam, michael jordan, lebron james, kazaam, shaquille o'neal, juwanna mann, rasheed wallace, dikembe mutombo, vlade divac, muggsy boguesComment
This Week in Screenings 2/23 - 2/29
This Week in Screenings 2/23 - 2/29

This week in Austin screenings 2/23 - 2/29.

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldFebruary 23, 2024Comment
Same as it Ever Was: A Reflection on the Talking Heads Phenom Stop Making Sense
Same as it Ever Was: A Reflection on the Talking Heads Phenom Stop Making Sense

It’s very rare for there to be an overwhelming consensus regarding the legacy of films, but such is not the case for Stop Making Sense, which remains regarded as one of the greatest concert films of all time.

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Eli FischerFebruary 21, 2024Comment
In Deep Focus: Ruben Östlund’s The Square
In Deep Focus: Ruben Östlund’s The Square

In the past decade, Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund has found art-house success by perfecting a heightened social realist style described as “a combination of Michael Haneke and Larry David.”

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Matthew SeidelFebruary 20, 2024Comment
5 Underrated Rom-Coms to Watch This Month
5 Underrated Rom-Coms to Watch This Month

While you wait for the rest of this month’s lovesuite screenings at Hyperreal Film Club, check out these five underlooked rom com gems.

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ListsAlix MamminaFebruary 19, 2024romantic comedy, rom com, imagine me & you, brown sugar, crossing delancey, splendor, libeled ladyComment
This Week in Screenings 2/16 - 2/22
This Week in Screenings 2/16 - 2/22

This week in Austin screenings 2/16 - 2/22

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldFebruary 16, 2024Comment
The Madame and the Tangled Web She Weaves: Madame Web Review 
The Madame and the Tangled Web She Weaves: Madame Web Review 

Madame Web is at its best when it begs the question: what would happen if our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man was instead a blood-thirsty serial killer?

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ReviewsBlake WilliamsFebruary 15, 2024Madame Web, Dakota Johnson, Tahir Rahim, Sydney Sweeney, S.J. ClarksonComment
Six Cat Videos by Icons of Experimental Film
Six Cat Videos by Icons of Experimental Film

Here are six short cat films you can watch right now, each an intimate study of our feline friends through the eye of a different great artist. 

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Louise HoFebruary 14, 2024Comment
Something Wild: Jonathan Demme’s subversive, endearing take on the screwball comedy
Something Wild: Jonathan Demme’s subversive, endearing take on the screwball comedy

Something Wild levels up a typical story with atypical moments of tenderness and a deeper exploration of who these two strangers become to one another, turning their chance meeting into a fated transformation. 

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Gabrielle SanchezFebruary 13, 2024Comment
Knockin' on Heaven's Door: A Beautiful Companion to a Beloved Series
Knockin' on Heaven's Door: A Beautiful Companion to a Beloved Series

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door takes the time to put the crew out in the world and gives them the space to bounce off each other. Lonely as they may be, they live. They use their time. 

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ReviewsJustin HarrisonFebruary 12, 2024cowboy bebop, knockin on heaven's door, shinichiro watanabe, keiko nobumoto, toshihiro kawamoto, kimitoshi yamane, yoko kannoComment
This Week in Screenings 2/9-2/15
This Week in Screenings 2/9-2/15

This week in Austin screenings 2/9-2/15.

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Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldFebruary 9, 2024Comment
Bruno-Vision: Death Becomes Her
Bruno-Vision: Death Becomes Her

Before dipping back into action, Bruce Willis chose to co-star with Goldie Hawn (!) and Meryl Streep (!!) in Death Becomes Her, a big budget, special effects-driven 1992 comedy.

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Jordan HuntFebruary 8, 2024Comment
Lisa Frankenstein: Awkward, Stitched Together, and Very Charming
Lisa Frankenstein: Awkward, Stitched Together, and Very Charming

Kathryn Newton shocks, slays, and amazes in the starring role of this charming monster rom-com.

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ReviewsZiah GraceFebruary 7, 2024Lisa Frankenstein, Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Zelda Williams Comment
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