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Demonetize Review: Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 | An Influencer Satire That Never Quite Lands

★★½☆☆ Alexander Boyd Watson’s Demonetize tries to capture influencer culture with an insightful lens on the influence it has over […]

★★☆☆☆ Louise Bagnall, Guillaume Lorin and Mark Mullery come together to co-direct Julián, a hand-drawn animated film that sets out

★★★★½ Roman Liubyi and Volodymyr Tykhyy’s documentary, Time Machine Maidan, takes an unusual approach to documentary filmmaking by blending elements

★★★★☆ Lilian T. Mehrel’s Honeyjoon is a family dramedy that takes a deeper look into grief, life, and family tensions.

★★★½☆ At the Place of Ghosts is an unlikely blend of horror, drama, science fiction, and fantasy, never fully committing

★★★★☆ Burt is an obscure look into the life of a street musician living with Parkinson’s disease after discovering he

★★½☆☆ The Kidnapping of Arabella is witty, sly, and has its moments. Yet the film never fully captures the essence

★★★★☆ A beachcomber, as Beachcomber explains, is someone who loves the sea but never quite finds their sea legs. They

★★★★½☆ Stand Up demonstrates how a moment can change your life forever, how one split second can rattle your entire

Charles Laughton only directed one film, and for decades that fact has hung over The Night of the Hunterlike one of