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A few days after making its Texas Premiere at the Austin Film Festival, Callie sat down with Hyperreal Film Club’s Justin Norris to talk about the characters of her short, working with a primarily female film crew, and the other areas of the female experience that film can still explore.
Read MoreComing off its premiere at the Austin Film Festival on October 27th, Victoria sat down with Hyperreal Interviewer, Justin Norris, to talk about her short, collaborating with Alexi on the script, and her favorite on-screen friendships.
Read MoreToday we’re joined by longtime actor and writer Angela Gulner to talk about her directorial debut feature, The Beldham, which is a multigenerational monster movie.
Read MoreToday we’re joined by Dani Hurtado, writer, star, and director of the short film Affogato, which screened at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreReleased nearly a decade prior to the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade, Love with the Proper Stranger is a time capsule to an era where abortions were illegal and performed covertly.
Read MoreThe Seed of the Sacred Fig entwines the real threats of a brutal theocracy with the fictional story of one family’s struggle under its absolutist rule.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings, 11/8-11/14.
Read MoreCool monsters are expensive. Zeiram skimps on the story to feast on a live-action critter (or three).
Read MoreIn this third installment of our four-part series on restorations of Wiseman’s older works, we find how Wiseman creates meaningful, memorable, and consistently engaging films that incisively reflect on American government bureaucracies.
Read MoreThis week in Austin, TX film screenings 11/1–11/7.
Read MoreWerner Herzog rarely tells a story about nature where some natural phenomenon is its object. He tells stories, among other things, about people who must respond to nature’s power.
Read MoreThe dilemma of adaptation is whether it is necessary to adapt fully or loosely and whether the intent is to honor or update the material.
Read MoreWe sat down with Norita producers Sarah Schoellkopf and Melissa Daniels to discuss their connection to Nora Cortiñas and the feminist message at the heart of the film.
Read MoreWe sat down with Travis Lee Ratcliff to chat about his music video created for Lena Luca’s song “Rosebuds.”
Read MoreThis week in Austin, TX film screenings 10/25–10/31.
Read MoreAs Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus wrestles with so much lust and colonization, the film’s contemplation of faith gets a little lost in the scrum.
Read MoreWhen Kinds of Kindness is placed in a row with other White Album films, a theme seems to emerge: these are works where the director throws everything at the wall—not to see what sticks and trim the rest, but to make as big a mess as possible.
Read MoreAlthough Saturday Night is marketed as a comedy, it is hardly a laugh-out-loud spectacle: it’s similar to the anxiety-inducing cinema affiliated with the Safdie brothers but with a comedic touch.
Read MoreWe Live in Time’s strength lies in the acting. Garfield and Pugh elevate the film from a standard tearjerker to a cathartic exploration of the way that love, grief, and memory intersect.
Read MoreThis week in Austin Screenings 10/18 - 10/24
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