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Belcourt, Meet Amity Island: Jaws Screens Over the Weekend

Cory Woodroof — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:32:00 -0500

Jaws
Where: The Belcourt
When: Saturday at 12:20 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.

Continuing in…

Sex, Drugs, Rock and Health Food: Must-See The Source Family Opens at Belcourt

Jim Ridley — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:58:32 -0500

The Source Family, opening tonight at The Belcourt, has the makings of a cult sensation — in more…

Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare: Let Thor Smite You With His Heavy-Metal Hammer at Logue's

Randy Fox — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Shot in just seven days for a measly $100,000, the 1987 Canadian heavy-metal horror classic Rock ’n’ Roll Nightmare…

Homeland Insecurity: Thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist Opens Tonight at Belcourt

Emily Bartlett Hines — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:13:00 -0500

“You picked a side after 9/11. I didn’t have to. It was picked for me.” So explains the protagonist…

Go! Tonight! Gimme the Loot Last Day at Belcourt

Jim Ridley — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:54:58 -0500

Some of the film fanatics we respect most have been telling us to keep an eye out for Gimme…

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MLK Magnet School Students Vote Yes on NO

Jim Ridley — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:16:00 -0500

This week Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced the imminent release of one of the season's arthouse favorites, Pablo Larrain's…
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Funny But Featherweight: Iron Man 3 Now in Theaters

Bilge Ebiri — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:01:00 -0500

This will sound like a back-handed compliment, but it's something of a wonder that we haven't gotten sick…
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Hear Nashville Public Library Podcast with Lord of the Rings Director Ralph Bakshi

Jim Ridley — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:58:49 -0500

In the 1970s, Ralph Bakshi was pretty much a genre unto himself: ambitious animated features for adults, mixing…
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My Balls and My Word: Al Pacino as Scarface This Weekend at Belcourt

Craig D. Lindsey — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:41:00 -0500

Brian De Palma’s Scarface, playing Saturday and Sunday at The Belcourt as part of the Universal 100th Anniversary…
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Poster of the Week: The Light and Sound Machine Presents Nam June Paik — I Make Technology Ridiculous

Laura Hutson — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:15:00 -0500

What would Nam June Paik think of Third Man's fascination with analog? The pioneering video artist famously said that "skin has become inadequate in…
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Remembering Ray Harryhausen, The Man Who Made Monsters Breathe

Randy Fox — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:45:00 -0500

In the spring of 1933, 12-year-old Ray Harryhausen saw the movie King Kong, and cinema would never be the…
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Some Days in the Country: Gorgeous Renoir Opens at Belcourt

Bilge Ebiri — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:41:00 -0500

Eschewing the expansive strategies of a typical biopic, Gilles Bourdos’s Renoir seeks to tell the story of the great…
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It's a BIG Bug Hunt! Gamera 2: Attack of Legion Explodes at Logue’s This Weekend

Randy Fox — Fri, 03 May 2013 09:07:00 -0500

In 1995, Japanese director Shusuke Kaneko delivered one of the greatest reinventions of a character in the history…
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Shawhan: Catch 'Infernal Masterpiece' Lords of Salem While Still in Theaters

Jim Ridley — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:19:00 -0500

With Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem in local theaters just two more days, the Scene's Jason Shawhan urges…
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Cahiers du Coco: Brief Encounter

Coco Hames — Wed, 01 May 2013 05:19:00 -0500

[Join Ettes leader Coco Hames as she moves through the Janus Films Essential Art House DVD…
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Fight the Power: Do the Right Thing with Frank Dobson Saturday at Belcourt

Laura Hutson — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:37:00 -0500

Roger Ebert called Do the Right Thing “the finest, the most controversial, most discussed and most important film of…
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Studio Ghibli's New From Up on Poppy Hill, Nausicaa at Belcourt This Weekend

Jim Ridley — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:19:05 -0500

Nashville can't get enough Studio Ghibli. Last year's Belcourt salute to the Japanese animation studio was a blockbuster,…
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Street Trash at Logue's — Come for Kurosawa, Stay for Severed-Penis Keep-Away

Jim Ridley — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:02:00 -0500

James Muro’s legendary 1987 splatter fondue Street Trash bears about as much relation to its acknowledged inspiration — Akira…
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Local Filmmakers' A Measure of the Sin Tonight at Belcourt

Jim Ridley — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:18:00 -0500

A MEASURE OF THE SIN Trailer from Jeff Wedding on Vimeo.

You've probably…
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Forward and Backward: The Shining at Belcourt / truocleB ta gninihS ehT

Jim Ridley — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:50:00 -0500

In this week's Scene, Craig D. Lindsey writes about one of the year's biggest cinematic conversation items: Rodney…
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Nashville Film Festival 2013: It's a Wrap! Award Winners, Final Screenings

Jim Ridley — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:44:00 -0500

If, like me, you missed a number of the films announced in the 2013 Nashville Film Festival's awards ceremony…
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Free Screening of The Central Park Five Tonight at Casa Azafran

Jim Ridley — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:05:00 -0500

This week has offered nothing but tough choices for Nashville movie lovers, and tonight is no different. Opposite the…
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Nashville Film Festival 2013: Wednesday's Picks

Jim Ridley — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:49:00 -0500

We're in the last two days of the 44th annual Nashville Film Festival, and it looks like a…
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Cahiers du Coco: Black Orpheus

Coco Hames — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:18:00 -0500

[Join Ettes leader Coco Hames as she moves through the Janus Films Essential Art House DVD box set…
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The Armchair Cinephile: Holy Motors, ParaNorman and Blue Like Jazz Now on Netflix

Laura Hutson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:45:42 -0500

If you're in the mood for ordering takeout and drinking beers on your couch instead of going out, or if you just want to…
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