CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2024: Somebody Dies! (2022)
When his daughter is threatened by kidnappers, a deadbeat detective (Joseph Graham) sets out to investigate a cryptic note left behind, one that finds him investigating a case that involves time, space and a kitchen sink. Directed by Justin Perry (Nothing Really Happens), who co-wrote it with Amy Anderson — who also plays Jane — […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2024: Quantum Suicide (2023)
Let’s do some science. The quantum suicide thought experiment is a lot like Schrödinger’s cat. In that, a cat, A cat, a Geiger counter, and a bit of radioactive poison are placed in a sealed box. Quantum mechanics believes that after some time, we can consider the cat to be both alive and dead. If […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2024: A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree (2023)
Directed by Adam and Skye Mann, A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree starts when Padraig (James Healy-Meaney) seeks out how to build a coffin for his recently deceased — but already buried — wife and works with a mysterious carpenter. The carpenter demands that this not be a simple project and requires not just the skills […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa (1968)
Joe Sarno week (June 16 – 22) Joe Sarno was called the Bergman of 42nd St, but don’t let that stop you from watching his movies! He was able to shape dramatic stories that were entertaining and of-the-moment while working with tight budgets and inexperienced performers but he never lost sight of why people were […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2024: WTF (Watch These Films)
Are you looking to achieve higher states of consciousness using nothing but the raw ass power of cinema? Would your friends or family describe you as “the weird one?” We want you to know that we’re here for you. We’ve carefully constructed our WTF (Watch These Films?) and BRIDE OF WTF short film blocks with […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2024: So Long and Thanks for All the Dangerous Visions
Named in honor of the wild collections of short genre fiction curated by the luminary author Harlan Ellison, CFF’s Dangerous Visions block has long been the dark heart of their short film program each year, and this year, there were too many fantastic horror and sci-fi shorts for a single block to contain them so […]
Junesploitation: Equilibrium (2002)
June 21: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is 200s Action! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. “Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is […]
Junesploitation: Ultraviolet (2006)
June 22: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is 2000s Action! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. Kurt Wimmer directed the Brian Bosworth movie One Tough Bastard and wrote the remake of The Thomas Crowne Affair and Sphere before he directed Equilibrium, the […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Red Eye #1: Wild Zero (1999)
Wild Zero is not a movie. It is an experience, an in your face, melt your brain piece of pure crazy. The kind that makes my wife say, “Do we really own this?” Yes. We do. I’m going to buy it again just to have it twice. Ace is our hero, Guitar Wolf’s biggest fan. […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Rock the Boat 2 (2024)
I say it with every movie he releases, but Chris Stokes is the best creator of all of the Tubi Originals. When I saw Rock the Boat last year, I wrote that it had “an ending that teases a sequel that knowing Stokes, Houston and Tubi that I feel sure that we will receive.” He did […]
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