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This reviewer agrees with the quote from the character Robert McKee from the film Adaptation (2002) that voice-over narration is “flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write [them] to explain the thoughts of a character.” And yet, the voice-over narration found in Moonlighting (1982) is justified, for it effectively conveys the crisis of conscience of its main character.
Read MoreThis week in Austin, TX, movie screenings, 12/13–12/19.
Read MoreTyler Taormina’s Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point is refreshing in its deep study of the “home for the holidays” concept.
Read MoreThough critically acclaimed throughout his career, Ingmar Bergman was never a filmmaker that drew large crowds to his movies. His cerebral horror film The Magician (1958) serves as his revenge on those critical audiences.
Read MoreIn Venom: The Last Dance, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and his symbiote Venom are on the run.
Read MoreWhat Dark Angel: The Ascent lacks in Ursula is made up for in spine removals as Angela Featherstone lets loose her sense of justice upon the world.
Read MoreDutch filmmaker Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies) brings sex back on screen in a big way with her erotic thriller Babygirl.
Read MoreBORDERS|NO BORDERS is the short film competition hosted by Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2024.
Read MoreAs part of our coverage of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2024, Hyperreal Film Journal viewed a work-in-progress screening of Connor Sen Warnick’s feature debut, Characters Disappearing.
Read MoreThis week in Austin community screenings, 12/6-12/12.
Read MoreAudition has aged extremely well, so nuanced in its exploration of human nature that it’s been analyzed as both feminist and misogynistic.
Read MoreFlesh for Frankenstein stars Udo Kier as the titular Dr. Frankenstein, on an obsessive quest to create two perfect specimens of humanity.
Read MoreExclusive red carpet interviews with The Order cast and crew including screenwriter Zack Baylin and actor Tye Sheridan.
Read MoreExclusive red carpet interviews with Operation Taco Gary’s cast and crew including writer-director Michael Kvamme and actor Simon Rex at Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreEstibaliz Urresola Solaguren's 20,000 Species of Bees delivers a raw peek into a summer of shame within a matriarchal family in Spain.
Read MoreCool As Ice (1991) is an American comedy/drama film, directed by David Kellogg, written by David Stenn, and starring rapper Vanilla Ice.
Read MoreA genuine admirer of Shimizu and the Ju-On installments, Sam Raimi wisely tapped Shimizu for the American remake, now simply titled The Grudge.
Read MoreExclusive interview with The Fetch cast and crew at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreExclusive red carpet interview with American Spirit cast and crew at the 2024 Austin Film Festival.
Read MoreOne of Houston’s biggest weeks for film is the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Hear from programmers Jazmye Moreno, Michael Robinson, and Michael Sicinski.
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