When The Belcourt closed for renovation, Nashville’s film community went into mourning. A longtime champion for the city’s nonprofit film mecca, the Scene’s Jim Ridley spearheaded a Facebook group to help take the edge off with the same kinds of film recommendations and conversations that were frequent in the theater’s lobby. But when Ridley died a few months later, the void in Nashville’s film community was almost too vast to bear. That’s when Belcourt Withdrawal Society 2.0 came into its own, with scores of “Jim would have approveds” and “Jim introduced this film to mes,” persisting even after the theater reopened. LAURA HUTSON
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Belcourt Withdrawal Society; Belcourt Withdrawal Society 2.0
