Alix Mammina
@alixfm.bsky.social
editor-in-chief @ https://hyperrealfilm.club/reviews
member @atxfilmcritics.bsky.social
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member @atxfilmcritics.bsky.social
& more linktr.ee/alixfm
i am grateful this year to auteur directors giving me the challenge of reviewing baffling, philosophically incoherent films hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/ella...
Ella McCay: A Swing and a Miss — Hyperreal Film Club
Brooks politically neuters the movie to the point of inanity in his attempt to show that a pure heart can win
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December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i am grateful this year to auteur directors giving me the challenge of reviewing baffling, philosophically incoherent films hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/ella...
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THE AFCA is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2025 Film Awards.
Congratulations to all the nominees and our winners, who reflect a great year of cinema. 🍾🎬
austinfilmcritics.org/2025/12/18/2...
Congratulations to all the nominees and our winners, who reflect a great year of cinema. 🍾🎬
austinfilmcritics.org/2025/12/18/2...
2025 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners
Thurs, Dec. 18th – The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announces its 2025 award winners. One Battle After Another leads the way, winning 5 awards from its 12 nominations in 11 categories – …
austinfilmcritics.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
THE AFCA is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2025 Film Awards.
Congratulations to all the nominees and our winners, who reflect a great year of cinema. 🍾🎬
austinfilmcritics.org/2025/12/18/2...
Congratulations to all the nominees and our winners, who reflect a great year of cinema. 🍾🎬
austinfilmcritics.org/2025/12/18/2...
At #AFF this year I got to chat with DEAD MAN'S WIRE screenwriter Austin Kolodney about class rage, Bill Skarsgård fancams, and working with theee Gus Van Sant hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/inte...
AFF '25: Interview with Austin Kolodney on Dead Man’s Wire — Hyperreal Film Club
This year’s Austin Film Festival witnessed a true full-circle moment for filmmaker Austin Kolodney. In 2022, he premiered his short film Two Chairs, Not One at AFF; in 2025, he came back to screen his...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
At #AFF this year I got to chat with DEAD MAN'S WIRE screenwriter Austin Kolodney about class rage, Bill Skarsgård fancams, and working with theee Gus Van Sant hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/inte...
always happy to publish @mtzxale.bsky.social !!!
i wrote about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, one of my favorite movies of the year and an ecstatic triumph. a truly unique epic about religious fervor and the propulsive arc of time hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/test...
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
always happy to publish @mtzxale.bsky.social !!!
baby's first awards season 💫
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
baby's first awards season 💫
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run don’t walk to your local cinema for an absolutely incredible 3-for-2 deal on elle fannings right now
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
run don’t walk to your local cinema for an absolutely incredible 3-for-2 deal on elle fannings right now
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#TIFF50 roundup 🧵
Started off by waxing poetic on Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a frontrunner for movie of the year hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/tiff...
Started off by waxing poetic on Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a frontrunner for movie of the year hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/tiff...
TIFF '25: Sentimental Value — Hyperreal Film Club
The crux of the movie is the relationship between Nora, Gustav, and Agnes, and it’s brought to life with both Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt’s deeply thought out family dynamics and the real chemistry b...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#TIFF50 roundup 🧵
Started off by waxing poetic on Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a frontrunner for movie of the year hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/tiff...
Started off by waxing poetic on Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a frontrunner for movie of the year hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/tiff...
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rejoice, genre nerds! #fantasticfest is finally upon us 🙏🏼😈 wrote up a preview of the latine projects at the fest for #latinamediaco latinamedia.co/fantastic-fe...
3 Latine Projects to Watch at Fantastic Fest 2025
Among the burnt ends and weirdly wonderful picks at Fantastic Fest 2025 are three Latine projects worth checking out.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
rejoice, genre nerds! #fantasticfest is finally upon us 🙏🏼😈 wrote up a preview of the latine projects at the fest for #latinamediaco latinamedia.co/fantastic-fe...
can’t wait for #tiff50! hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/2025...
2025 TIFF Preview: Hedda, Blue Moon, Roofman and more — Hyperreal Film Club
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival will premiere over 300 movies from debut directors and established auteurs like Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao, Park Chan-wook and Claire Denis.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
can’t wait for #tiff50! hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/2025...
i loved CAUGHT STEALING and its star, noted lesbian icon austin butler hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/caug...
Caught Stealing Review — Hyperreal Film Club
Aronofsky has met and exceeded the hype, crafting a crime thriller with real emotional heft.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
i loved CAUGHT STEALING and its star, noted lesbian icon austin butler hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/caug...
Thrilled to rep Hyperreal Film Journal as a new member of the Austin Film Critics Association 💫
The AFCA is pleased to announce six new members joining our roster this year. A warm welcome to them all!
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August 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thrilled to rep Hyperreal Film Journal as a new member of the Austin Film Critics Association 💫
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It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
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Every word of this, from @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Every word of this, from @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
caught UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME at local treasure AFS on a stormy sunday, all vibes no substance but sometimes that's what the occasion calls for
July 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
caught UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME at local treasure AFS on a stormy sunday, all vibes no substance but sometimes that's what the occasion calls for
VOLVER and also D.E.B.S. ❤️🔥
July 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
VOLVER and also D.E.B.S. ❤️🔥
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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
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Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
all-time fav comfort movie
Mitchell Leisen’s MIDNIGHT, one of the most shrewdly constructed of Old Hollywood’s screwball comedies, gets a sparkling new transfer courtesy of Criterion. Available tomorrow on Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/3bshkp9p
June 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
all-time fav comfort movie
MATERIALISTS disappointing :( hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/mate...
Celine Song’s Materialists Searches for Meaning — Hyperreal Film Club
In her follow-up to Past Lives, Celine Song crafts a visually polished rom-com that questions modern dating, ambition, and emotional connection—but struggles to ground its characters in real change.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
MATERIALISTS disappointing :( hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/mate...
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Another world is possible if we fight for it.
FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Another world is possible if we fight for it.
Love this essay from Lynn Chen, one of the stars of SAVING FACE, on its 20th(!!) anniversary. Y2K lesbian romcom of my dreams 💫❤️🔥 genxtaste.substack.com/p/saving-fac...
A look back at SAVING FACE
Watch now | 20 Years Later
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June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Love this essay from Lynn Chen, one of the stars of SAVING FACE, on its 20th(!!) anniversary. Y2K lesbian romcom of my dreams 💫❤️🔥 genxtaste.substack.com/p/saving-fac...
all the ladies of nashville
June 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
all the ladies of nashville
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The Philippou brothers may have been one of the most fun interviews I've done. We chatted chewing knives, grief in horror, and the awe-inspiring greatness of Sally Hawkins: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
How Horror's Most Exciting Rising Directors Made The Most Disturbing Movie Of The Year
The directors of 'Bring Her Back' reveal how they wrote the part for Sally Hawkins, and why they chewed on knives for their new A24 horror movie.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Philippou brothers may have been one of the most fun interviews I've done. We chatted chewing knives, grief in horror, and the awe-inspiring greatness of Sally Hawkins: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
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Upon Saving Face’s twentieth anniversary, writer-director Alice Wu chats with Adesola about her history-making rom-com’s lesbian legacy, finding inspiration in Tootsie and why her film is ultimately a love letter to her mother. boxd.it/2ys
May 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Upon Saving Face’s twentieth anniversary, writer-director Alice Wu chats with Adesola about her history-making rom-com’s lesbian legacy, finding inspiration in Tootsie and why her film is ultimately a love letter to her mother. boxd.it/2ys