MILL CREEK BOX SET RELEASE: Documentary Now! (2015-2022)
Whether you believe that this is a series in its fiftieth season or a mockumentary show created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas, you just have to watch it. Through four seasons, all hosted by Helen Mirren, you will meet the sisters who live in “Sandy Passage,” which is totally Grey Gardens; […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2025: The Craft (1996)
You know, I love the movies Ideal Home and Bad Dreams. I’d never guess that they were both written and directed by the same person, Andrew Fleming. You may not know the man, but chances are you know his 1996 film, The Craft. Producer Douglas Wick (he produced Stuart Little and also co-wrote the sequels) wanted to create a […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Red Eye #6: Southlander (2001)
Originally titled Recycler, after the Los Angeles magazine of the same name, this has a keyboard player named Chance (Rory Cochrane) getting to tour with dub-pop band Future Pigeon and their lead singer Rocket (Beth Orton), as long as he finds his signature sound. It exists in a Molotron keyboard which gets stolen the night […]
SYNAPSE FILMS 4K UHD AND BLU RAY RELEASE: The Block Island Sound (2020)
Something horrible is happening off the coast of Block Island. Birds drop out of the sky, fish wash up on shore and people are losing what’s left of their minds, like Tom, the father of Harry Lynch (Chris Sheffield). He’s becoming angrier and more forgetful by the day. His sister Audrey (Michaela McManus) has come […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2025: NOCLIP 2: Return to Lunchland (2025)
“In this sequel to the award-winning found-footage film NOCLIP, the two explorers return from the void in search of even more liminal spaces. They find new backrooms which lead to multiple surreal locations, plus some familiar ones.” Directed, written by and starring Gavin Charles and Alex Conn, this Kansas City-filmed microbudget film takes viewers into […]
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2025: Itch! (2024)
“Amid a mysterious deadly outbreak called the ITCH. A widower and his estranged young daughter take sanctuary in a department store, only to realize the real terror is inside with them.” Directed, written by and starring Bari Kang, this has a disease call the Itch, which makes you scratch yourself, mutilating your body until there’s […]
88 FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Yakuza Wives (1986)
Director Hideo Gosha took journalist Shōko Ieda’s 1986 book Gokudō no Tsuma-tachi, packed with interviews with the wives and girlfriends of real yakuza, and turned it into this film. It stars Shima Iwashita as Tamaki, a woman who takes over the Awazu Family, which is part of the Domoto syndicate, while her husband is imprisoned. […]
88 FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1983)
Man Si Sun (Cherie Chung) is an illegal immigrant who has escaped from mainland China. Kong Yuen Sang (Alex Man) is a drifter looking for fame as a kick-boxer. Directed by Clifford Choi, this drama about being an outsider in a new country is very appropriate to the time that we’re living through. It also […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Sharky’s Machine (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sharky’s Machine was on the CBS Late Movie on March 10, 1989. Man, when I was a kid, the only movie that I think HBO had — besides The Car — seemed to be Sharky’s Machine. I never watched it back then and I totally should have, because it would have changed my life. Based on the […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Multiple Maniacs (1970)
June 30- July 6 Puke Week!: Throwing up isn’t very funny, but making your internet friends watch a puke movie is! The Cavalcade of Perversion is run by Lady Divine (Divine) and Mr. David (David Lochary) and it has everything you’d want to see when it comes to getting grossed out, like a Puke Eater. […]
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