A Girl Walks into a Nunnery: The Immaculate Review

Immaculate is simply a film that doesn't need to exist.

Film Fests, ReviewsZiah GraceMarch 18, 2024Sydney Sweeney, Immaculate, Benedetta Porcaroli, SXSWComment

This Week in Screenings 3/15-3/21

This week in Austin screenings 3/15-3/21.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldMarch 15, 2024Comment

Getting Hyperreal with Jeanne Stern, Creator of Catula Theme Song

Hyperreal Film Club sat down with Jeanne Stern, the creator of Catula Theme Song, to talk the origins of Catula and its main character, her art inspirations, and the theme songs that she can’t get out of her head.

Getting Hyperreal With...Justin NorrisMarch 14, 2024Jeanne Stern, Catula, Interview, Vampires, DraculaComment

HFC @ SXSW '24: Road House

Doug Liman needed a win.

Enter Road House (2024).

Film FestsBlake WilliamsMarch 14, 2024Road House, Doug Liman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Williams, Post Malone, Conor McGregorComment

HFC at SXSW ‘24: The Gasoline Rainbow Review

The latest film from brothers Bill Ross lV and Turner Ross, Gasoline Rainbow keeps one foot in reality and one in manufactured filmmaking.

Justin NorrisMarch 13, 2024Comment

Julio Torres' Visionary Problemista

Problemista is the exact kind of movie you’d expect from a once-in-a-generation creator like Torres, in that it is entirely unexpected, undefined by genre, and significantly singular.

Lili LabensMarch 13, 2024Comment

HFC at SXSW ‘24: Texas Shorts

The South By Southwest Shorts Program opened on Friday with Texas Shorts, and our state is bursting with talent.

HFC at SXSW ‘24: The Oddity Review

Debuting at SXSW ‘24, Damien McCarthy’s Oddity is a horror film with the sole goal of scaring the living daylights out of you.

Film FestsJustin NorrisMarch 11, 2024Oddity, SXSW, Damian McCarthy, Carolyn BrackenComment

HFC at SXSW ‘24: Timestalker

In Alice Lowe's Timestalker, which had its world premiere at SXSW, love lasts for eternity.

Film FestsZiah GraceMarch 11, 2024SXSW, Alice Lowe, Timestalker, Tanya ReynoldsComment

SXSW Screenings to Watch

For the next week, our team of writers will be sprinting around Austin to catch as many movies premiering at SXSW as humanly possible.

Film FestsHyperreal Film ClubMarch 8, 2024SXSWComment

This Week in Screenings 3/8-3/14

This week in Austin screenings 3/8 - 3/14

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldMarch 8, 2024Comment

Bruno-Vision: Striking Distance

In Striking Distance (1993) Bruce makes his return to action films - but is he starting to get in his own way?

Bruno-VisionJordan HuntMarch 7, 2024Bruno-Vision, Bruce Willis, Striking Distance, Rowdy Herrington, Tom HardyComment

Hundreds of Beavers Interview

We sat down with Hundreds of Beavers director and co-writer Mike Cheslik and star and co-writer Ryland Tews to discuss their new film.

Eli FischerMarch 6, 2024Comment

Love Month: An Alternate February Calendar

We’ve got that loving feeling continuing through March with double feature recommendations from the Hyperreal Film Club community.

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.

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.

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 Austin screenings 3/1-3/7

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldMarch 1, 2024Comment

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.