This week in Austin screenings 3/22 - 3/28.

Community ScreeningsJames McDonaldMarch 22, 2024Comment

HFC at SXSW ‘24: Avian Garde, or The Cuckoo Review

Like a great magician you’d run into in a dark alley at 2 am, Cuckoo awes you with its feats of well-executed craziness.

Film Fests, ReviewsJustin NorrisMarch 21, 2024Hunter Schafer, Tilman Singer, Cuckoo, SXSW, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Mila LieuComment

HFC at SXSW ‘24: It's What's Inside

Like its characters, It’s What’s Inside is a little vapid and bland underneath the surface, but for the duration of its runtime, it maintains an enviable momentum that kept me on the edge of my seat.

Summer WrightMarch 21, 2024Comment

HFC at SXSW ‘24: The Didi Review

Didi (which means “Little brother” in Mandarin), adds a bit of unique zest to the coming-of-age genre it lovingly sets itself in.

Justin NorrisMarch 20, 2024Comment

Making Art in a Hostile World: Grand Theft Hamlet

Grand Theft Hamlet is about making art in a hostile world, about carving out time and energy and justifications for why you're doing such a meaningless thing in the first place.

Ziah GraceMarch 20, 2024Comment

Family Dynamics at the End of the World: The Arcadian Review

Arcadian, which recently had its world premiere at SXSW, seems to follow the elevated horror mold at first glance.

Ziah GraceMarch 19, 2024 Comment

Finally, a Good Bowling Comedy: The Gutter Review

The Gutter, directed by brothers Isaiah and Yassir Lester, is the comedy we've been waiting for.

Ziah GraceMarch 19, 2024Comment

Shakespeare by Southwest or, The Ghostlight & Grand Theft Hamlet Reviews

2024 SXSW premieres Ghostlight and Grand Theft Hamlet each take on the power of performing Shakespeare.

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

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