Hyperreal Film Club began in 2016 as pop-up screenings of cult, genre, arthouse and independent films around Austin, each paired with local short films.
Austin · 2019– · active
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The Hyperreal Film Journal is the writing arm of Hyperreal Film Club, a volunteer-run Austin nonprofit founded in 2016 by Tanner Hadfield, Jenni Kaye and David McMichael. The club started with pop-up screenings of cult, genre, arthouse and independent films in venues around town, each paired with local short films. In October 2019 it launched a film writing site for new and established writers. By 2023 the site had dozens of columnists, interviewers and correspondents and hundreds of published pieces, under editor in chief Ziah Grace, along with podcasts and series such as How to Texas, Texas Film in Focus and Black Is Not a Genre.
In August 2024 the club opened its own clubhouse at 301 Chicon St., with screenings Monday through Friday. The journal is now edited by Alix Mammina, with remus jackson as managing editor and a team of section editors; Grace has moved to the programming team. In October 2026 it was posting reviews, Fantastic Fest coverage and a weekly roundup of Austin screenings. Its editors belong to the Austin Film Critics Association, which lists Hyperreal Film Club among its members' outlets.
| The club launched its film writing site in October 2019; by 2023 it had dozens of columnists, interviewers and correspondents and hundreds of published pieces. | ↗︎ |
| In 2023 its podcasts and series included How to Texas, Texas Film in Focus, Straight to Video, Black Is Not a Genre and The Feminine Mashriq. | ↗︎ |
| Its editors Ziah Grace and Alix Mammina are members of the Austin Film Critics Association, which lists Hyperreal Film Club among its members' outlets. | ↗︎ |
| Since August 2024 the club has run its own clubhouse at 301 Chicon St., screening films Monday through Friday, while the journal posts reviews, festival coverage and a weekly Austin screenings roundup. | ↗︎ |
| The club describes itself as a primarily volunteer-run nonprofit, with memberships from $5 a month. | ↗︎ |
| Name | Role | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Hadfield | co-founder of Hyperreal Film Club | 2016- | ↗︎ |
| Jenni Kaye | co-founder of Hyperreal Film Club | 2016- | ↗︎ |
| David McMichael | co-founder of Hyperreal Film Club | 2016- | ↗︎ |
| Ziah Grace | editor in chief of the film writing site; later on the club's programming team | by 2023 | ↗︎ |
| remus jackson | editor; now managing editor | by 2023- | ↗︎ |
| Alix Mammina | editor in chief of the Hyperreal Film Journal | current | ↗︎ |