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Regal Cinemas and Central Cinema<\/a> help to make Knoxville a great town for movie-lovers<\/a>, but Chroma Knox has stepped in to fill a void for those craving something a little more experimental.<\/p>\n Chroma Knox is a free screening series that meets every month, often inside St. James Episcopal Church, giving viewers a unique movie-watching experience with stained-glass ambiance inside the hallowed nave.<\/p>\n Local filmmaker and graphic designer Nathan Swann<\/a> started the series and tapped film critic and podcast host Bryan Loomis to program films. Through Chroma Knox, the two present arthouse, experimental, international and slow cinema features to a small but growing group of cinephiles.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s about being adventurous and discovering what your taste is and if it might be different than what we’re accustomed to or what’s a quote-unquote ‘normal’ film,” Loomis said.<\/p>\n The series has the flexibility to show movies anywhere and held its last screening at local art studio Spacecraft Knox through a partnership with Olivia Licht of Minute Films Knox<\/a>.<\/p>\n Swann is looking to nail down some additional alternative venues and would like to show something outdoors. He and Loomis are open to collaborating with venues or organizations to find a film that fits their atmosphere or aligns with their goals.<\/p>\n \u201cFolks are volunteering their spaces for us to use for free, which has been a really neat community partnership thing for us,\u201d Loomis said.<\/p>\n The next screening at St. James is at 8 p.m. Oct. 9, starting with a short film by Yorgos Lanthimos called “Nimic” before a screening of Robert Wiene’s German expressionist silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” The series will return Oct. 23 with David Lynch’s short film “Fire (Pozar),” followed by Crist\u00f3bal Le\u00f3n & Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a\u2019s \u201cThe Wolf House.\u201d<\/p>\n