Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Hyperreal Film Club is screening Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist on Friday, September 4, at their spot on Chicon Street. It's a teen rom-com adapted from the YA novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, and it follows two strangers, Nick (Michael Cera) and Norah (Kat Dennings), both smart and a little damaged, whose paths cross as they chase their favorite band across New York. The film has a reputation as an underrated charmer and a millennial classic, praised for its leads, its supporting cast, and a handful of 2008-cool cameos—Ari Graynor's turn as Norah's drunk best friend is often singled out as the best part of the show.

Hyperreal Film Club is an Austin microcinema and film series that the Austin Chronicle named the 2025 'Most Marvelous Microcinema' in its Best of Austin Awards (Critics Picks). They program short-film series alongside feature screenings and run the Paramount Theatre's Summer Classic Film Series from May through August, so this fits right into the kind of thing they do. If you've seen their other screenings, you know the vibe: a small room, a focused program, and a community of people who just want to watch a movie on a big screen.

The screening is at Hyperreal Film Club, 301 Chicon St, in the Lower East part of town. Doors open at 7 PM and the movie starts at 7:30 PM, so you've got plenty of time to grab a drink or a bite nearby before heading in. Tickets are on a $8-15 sliding scale, which means you can pay what you can afford within that range. It's a low-stakes Friday night in East Austin—come for the movie, stay for the company.