HOT OFF THE PRESSES
[CFF ’21] ‘He’s Dead and So Am I’ review: The facts of death
He’s Dead and So Am I is a stylized take on a familiar premise.
[CFF ’21] ‘Black Medusa’ review: Numbing thriller has great style but no substance
Black Medusa goes all in within the first few minutes.
‘TEDDY’ IS A FRENCH CHARACTER STUDY IN WOLF’S CLOTHING [CFF 2021]
Teddy is the sort of horror film that has come about at the right time.
CFF 2021: WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair stands out as not just a cautionary tale about the conflicting realities of the cyber world but as an insightful character study of depression and its exasperation through social media.
[CFF Review] Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s ‘Kandisha’ Delivers Ultra-Violent But Familiar Supernatural Slasher
A woman invoking the name of a vengeful spirit five times finds herself in a predicament when that entity embarks on a killing spree and refuses to leave.
Joseph’s Review: He’s Dead and So Am I (Chattanooga Film Festival)
Quirky horror comedy He’s Dead and So Am I is an occasionally uncomfortable, but consistently entertaining film.
[CFF Review] Werewolf Movie ‘Teddy’ Highlights Growing Pains with Humor and Minimalism
While it retreads familiar ground and is a bit too on the nose, Teddy’s emphasis on humanity and awkward humor proves winsome.
This ‘Bloodshot Heart’ Beats For Retro Giallo [Chattanooga Film Festival 2021 Review]
When reverie is undercut by the intrusion of reality, the audience is immediately clued in to how deep that divide is.
[CFF ’21] ‘Deep Learning’ review: Short introduces interesting premise
Deep Learning is a type of machine learning and artificial intelligence that imitates the ways humans gain certain types of knowledge.
‘The Lodger’ Review — The Ghost and Ms. Bisset [CFF `21]
It’s part psycho-biddy in the Greta vein, but also part odd-couple supernatural romance along the lines of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I loved every strange minute of it.
‘NIGHT DRIVE’ IS A FUN AND BRUTAL RIDE INTO THE UNEXPECTED [CFF 2021]
Meghan Leon has really given us a fast-paced and unique story that manages to be both savage and fun in equal parts.
[CFF ’21] ‘Denervation’, ‘Bed’, and ‘The Grave of Saint Oran’
The Chattanooga Film Fest has an interesting slate of short films screening at this year’s virtual event.
[CFF ’21] ‘Sins of a Werewolf’ review: Werewolf tale is bloody fun
Despite all the killings, it is not all bad news. For example, attendance at church has gone up.
‘The Lodger’ Review — The Ghost and Ms. Bisset [CFF `21]
It has some delicious elements of Grand Dame Guignol. But it’s more than that; it’s something weirder, something a little sweeter than most films of the subgenre.
‘Coming Home in the Dark’ Review: A brutal, punishing debut thriller [CFF `21]
What goes on in those moments before unimaginable tragedy, between first seeing someone unfamiliar and realizing that they mean to take your life?
[CFF ’21] ‘Bloodshot Heart’ review: Perplexing genre mash up
The film plays like a 1970s giallo complete with odd and twisty camera work, obsessive relationships, and unbridled violence.
CFF 2021: Summoning the Magic of THE OLD WAYS
When an adventure journalist dares to revisit her home in a remote village in Mexico she discovers that it’s more than her desire that challenges her to face her demons but her fate as well.
[CFF ’21] ‘Five Desperate Women’ review: Made for TV genre fun
The key to a fun made for television genre film is to meet audience expectations almost completely. Five Desperate Women does that, for the most part.
[CFF ’21] ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ review: Nerve wracking, unpleasant, and violent
This kind of beauty can only be juxtaposed by the worst violence.
[CFF ’21] ‘My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To’ review
Despite the fanciful name, the film is a much more somber affair.