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Tag: Chattanooga Film Festival

  • CFF25: Isolation and Identity Crisis Pervade Culty ‘Abigail Before Beatrice’

    Even though I was boots on the ground at the Chattanooga Film Festival this year, having a spectacular time watching one awesome film after another, the online edition of this year’s festival was just as good. There was some overlap with titles like The Misadventures of Vince and Hick, Hacked, and I Really Love My…

  • CFF25: Bonkers ‘Hot Spring Shark Attack’ is a Blast of Irreverent Creativity

    The shark-horror monster movie scene is one of those subgenres that allures us this time of year. Hell, my television will likely have every actor that’s ever faced a shark in a movie represented during the Fourth of July week. From the king of shark movies, Jaws, to the tsunami of titles that have recently…

  • CFF24: Cannibal Mukbang is a ‘Meat’-Cute Rom-Com With Bite

    What the hell is mukbanging? Admit it, you’re curious enough to ask the question but have no idea what images Google might send you in response, so you’ve been waiting for this exact review, you sly dog. You’ve probably witnessed a mukbang and had no idea. And if you’ve ever eaten on camera and posted…

  • CFF24: Racheal Cain and Chloë Levine Discuss Lynch, Creepy Locations, and Somnium

    This past Saturday, I had the spectacular opportunity to speak with Somnium’s Racheal Cain and Chloë Levine ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Chattanooga Film Festival. Somnium is an ambitious film about a starry-eyed young starlet, Gemma (Levine), pursuing her dreams of making it in Hollywood while juggling a job at a shady medical…

  • CFF24: Director Nathan Tape Deconstructs Off Ramp

    When I arrived at the Brattle Theatre for my first Boston Underground Film Festival screening this year, I didn’t even look at what I was seeing. I was so punchdrunk by the atmosphere, excited to be watching indie films again in the cozy, amazing theater, that when I saw it was Off Ramp, a movie…

  • CFF24: The Fix Trips Too Fast Into Body Horror Hell

    We may be calling it The 2024 Chattanooga Film Festival, but realistically, this year belongs to Grace Van Dien. The actress appeared in two of the festival’s world premieres this weekend, Somnium on Saturday and tonight’s closing film, The Fix. As a kid, Van Dien started with bit parts, playing alongside her father in one…

  • CFF24: Director Jake Barcus discusses Type A, Crafting a Horror-Comedy, and The Slashstreet Boys

    I first met Jake Barcus while covering the Boston Underground Film Festival back in March. I had made my way to an after-party in the Cambridge basement of Tasty Burger after viewing Sébastien Vaniček’s Infested. It was one o’clock in the morning, and all I really wanted was a Rise N’ Shine burger before heading…

  • CFF24: Chloë Levine Dazzles in Dream Chasing Somnium

    Making its world premiere at the Chattanooga Film Festival this weekend, Racheal Cain’s Somnium affirms that dreams are within your reach, even if reality makes achieving them a nightmare. The film follows Gemma (The Ranger’s Chloë Levine) as she arrives in Hollywood from a simple Midwestern farm town to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.…