Festivals: Chattanooga Film Fest
Chattanooga 2026 Review: ON GALLOWS HILL, Joyously Creative Vampire Tale
Writer/director Ed Shimborske's horror thriller stars Caleb White, Douglas Esper, and Isabella Vasari.
Chattanooga 2026 Review: AMERICAN THEATER, Hilarious and Disturbing Look at America's Far Right Culture
There's a moment in American Theater where the gathered group of (mostly) self-described "cancelled" performers and crew discuss Mike Pence and how he isn't actually hateful towards gay people. Brian Clowdus, the gay leader of the troupe and creator of...
Chattanooga 2026 Review: BLOOD & GUTS, A Wonderful Portrait of a Filmmaking Family
Directed by Tina Grapenthin, Katie Green, and Carlye Rubin, the documentary follows a unique filmmaking family.
Chattanooga 2026 Review: NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, Atmospheric Sci-Fi Horror Suffers from Narrative Ambiguity
Josh Lobo directs this paranoid, slow burn sci-fi horror movie.
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT Poster Debut: Josh Lobo's Sci-fi Thriller Premieres Tonight at Chattanooga
After his coworker vanishes, a reclusive night guard at a secluded university begins unraveling the secrets of a hidden room where an ever-changing entity reappears night after night.
Chattanooga Film Fest 2026: Final Wave
Our friends at the Chattanooga Film Fest have (CFF) have outdone themselves this year, with the final wave of programming promising many rad films, people, and events coming up next month. If you're busy during the third week of June,...
Chattanooga Film Festival Second Wave Heralds the Return of Gregg Araki, Plus Joe Lynch and More
Festival season's in full swing and our friends at the Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 have some treats to share with the announcement of their first fun wave. If you've ever been, you know that the fest attracts an island of...
Chattanooga 2026: Film Festival Announces Fun Sized First Wave
Almost a full half year before the start of the festival on June 18, the Chattanooga Film Festival has announced a "fun-sized first wave of films and events." Now in its 13th year, the festival will celebrate that anniversary with...
Chattanooga 2025 Review: Four "Funsize Epics" Bring the Atmosphere and Ambiguity
The "Funsize Epics Vol. 1" shorts program at the Chattanooga Film Festival this year brings ten shorts over ten minutes to attendees. They're all interesting and worth checking out, but four in particular grabbed my attention. The Angel (pictured at...
Chattanooga 2025 Review: UNDER THE BURNING SUN Brings an Abortion Road Trip Movie to the Apocalyptic Wasteland
Directed by Yun Xie, the film stars Stephanie Pardi, Stevie Kincheloe, and Martyna Frankow.
Chattanooga 2025: David Dastmalchian Guest Programming, Sneak Peek, World Premieres
[still from Pater Noster and the Misson of Light] Holy. Smokes. The Chattanooga Film Festival in the year of our cinematic gods, 2025, is unhinged. You can check out all of the films, events, and guests previously announced via the...
Chattanooga's Second Rad Wave: Tina Romero's QUEENS OF THE DEAD, Metal AF FAUST, World Premieres
The Chattanooga Film Festival remains to be one of my favorite film festivals in the U.S. It's certainly the most punk rock, and they continue to champion truly independent cinema. It's a festival that wears its bloody heart on its...
Chattanooga 2025: First Wave of Titles Announced
Doing a bit of catch up as our friends at Chattanooga Film Festival announced the first wave of titles for this year's festival last week. Whoopsie. I'll recover from the shock of the claim in the second paragraph in...
Chattanooga 2024 Review: SOMNIUM, Where Ambition, Exploitation, and Desperation Meet
Chloë Levine stars in writer-director Racheal Cain's intriguing feature debut.
Chattanooga 2024 Review: VIDEO VISION Looks Backward to Look Forward in a Wonderful Queer Romance Body Horror Story
Video Vision wears its Videodrome influence on its sleeve. Of course there's the name, but it goes further than that; both are about their central characters becoming one with analog technology and both make fantastic use of practical effects, especially...
Chattanooga 2024 Review: NOCLIP Goes Nowhere On Purpose
NOCLIP opens with a silly animated commercial for the Kansas City Missouri mall Crown Center. It's a real mall that's existed for more than half a century now, though I haven't been able to determine whether or not the commercial...
Chattanooga 2024 Review: SWEET RELIEF, Or, BLUE VELVET for the 21st Century
While many films, including some of its festival mates at the Chattanooga Film Festival this year, regurgitate some of David Lynch's images and ideas, Sweet Relief offers something comparable to, rather than derivative of the master of modern dark surrealism....
Chattanooga Film Festival 2024: Massive, Mind-Melting Last Wave
Wow. Wow wow wow. The Chattanooga Film Festival just unleashed a cavalcade of cinematic insanity for their upcoming extravaganza (June 21-23 in person, June 21-28 virtual). We’re big fans of CFF’s annual explosion of genre fun, featuring narrative features, docs,...
Chattanooga Film Festival 2024: First Wave, Plus Serling, Poe, Spooky Book Fair
Calling all fans who love rad, indie festivals and films! The Chattanooga Film Festival has just released their first wave of features and additional events, lovingly put together by the most fun weirdos in Tennessee. CFF is one of...
TEARSUCKER Review: Uncomfortable in All the Right Ways
Sam Brittan and Allison Walter star in a film directed by Stephen Vanderpool, now on VOD.
