by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer Selecting my most anticipated films this year proved to be a unique challenge, as the program is packed with intriguing, exciting, and challenging new films.

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by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer The Bearded Girl puts its own uniquely coiffed style on the hairy situation that is becoming who you are meant to be, on your own terms.

by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer The Woman forces you to pay attention, delivering on its answers.

by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer The Chattanooga Film Festival returns for its 12th year with a program that’s shaping up to be its most intriguing and varied yet.

by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer “Men will literally destroy the universe and all of humanity instead of going to therapy” could easily have been the alternate title.

Director Emilie Blichfeldt explains the clever reason she included a lesbian couple in her feminist body horror shocker.

The self-styled sommelier of horror wants to create new franchises and new characters, push boundaries, and give fans a slice of the bloody pie: "What matters in horror is the intellectual property."

by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer The film creates a ghostly, bittersweet atmosphere, but the message is ultimately messy.

When art imitates our lives, we have no choice but to stan.

by Rachel Shatto, staff writer  In Birdeater , masculinity is both a weapon and a prison—and potentially a lethal vulnerability. 

by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer Persona ultimately lacks the emotional heft or the kind of mind-bending resolution that would give the film the kind of payoff the set up teases—and requires—to reall...

With X becoming an increasingly toxic wasteland, queer folks are making the move to a different platform, at last