May 1

May 1 [Review] Marilyn

Marilyn is based on a depressing true story that mixes an LGBTQ coming of age story with rural bigotry and desperation. It’s heavy as hell.

Apr 30

Apr 30 [CFF 2019 Review] Sadistic Intentions

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Chattanooga Film Festival

Sadistic Intentions surprised me with fantastic performances and a focus on character development.

Apr 29

Apr 29 [CFF 2019 Review] Fingers

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Chattanooga Film Festival

Fingers defies explanations to be the weirdest film I’ve seen this year. I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not.

Apr 28

Apr 28 [Review] Sauvage/Wild

Terry Mesnard

LGBTQ, Movies, Undreadful

Sauvage/Wild is a painful journey of a sex worker looking for love in a hopeless place.

Apr 26

Apr 26 [Tribeca 2019 Review] After Midnight is Romantic Horror Done Right

Terry Mesnard

Movies, dreadful, Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Review

Something Else just had its world premiere at Tribeca. It is Jeremy Gardner’s latest mashup of horror and drama and it is probably his best.

Apr 26

Apr 26 [Tribeca 2019 Review] Aamis/Ravening

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Festival, dreadful, Tribeca Film Festival, Review

Another world premiere debuting at Tribeca Film Festival, Aamis/Ravening is a genre-adjacent dark romance that goes in some unsettling and taboo directions.

Apr 26

Apr 26 [CFF 2019 Review] Body at Brighton Rock

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Chattanooga Film Festival

From the Chatanooga FIlm Festival, Body at Brighton Rock is a mixed bag of naturalistic horror with the most fun protagonist I’ve seen I’ll year.

Apr 25

Apr 25 [Tribeca 2019 Review] The Gasoline Thieves/Huachicolero

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Festival, dreadful, Tribeca Film Festival, Review

The Gasoline Thieves is world premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s an intense combination of crime fiction disguised as a coming-of-age story and it is as brutal as it is good.

Apr 20

Apr 20 [CFF 2019 Review] Hail Satan?

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Chattanooga Film Festival

Penny Lane’s funny and absurdly real documentary about The Satanic Temple is worth a watch.

Apr 20

Apr 20 [Review] Giant Little Ones

Terry Mesnard

LGBTQ, Movies, Undreadful

Emotionally driven and offering a more complex look at sexuality than I expected, Giant Little Ones should not be missed.

Apr 19

Apr 19 Full Moon Features Takes On Interactive Filmmaking with Deadly Ten

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Off Topic

Full Moon Features dives into interactive filmmaking with Deadly Ten.

Apr 18

Apr 18 Tigers Are Not Afraid is coming and Shudder is my hero!

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Off Topic

The news I have been waiting for!

Apr 18

Apr 18 [Review] Hagazussa

Terry Mesnard

Movies

Madness, cannibalism, bigotry and sexism collide in a deliberately paced debut.

Apr 16

Apr 16 Child's Play: Here's the new Chucky

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Off Topic

Here’s the first look at the new Chucky…

Apr 14

Apr 14 [CFF 2019 Review] I Trapped the Devil

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Chattanooga Film Festival

It’s Christmas time and instead of celebrating the yuletide, a man has locked someone in his basement and thinks he’s trapped Satan. But has he really…?

Apr 14

Apr 14 [CFF 2019 Review] Harpoon

Terry Mesnard

Editor's Picks, Movies, Chattanooga Film Festival

Rivalries, dark secrets, and all sorts of sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances. Check out this gloriously gleeful dark comedy…