Critic's Pick — Weekend Classics: 'The Third Man'

For folks in Nashville, the phrase “third man” conjures images of Jack White, album pressings and indie outfits. But for cinephiles, the phrase brings about a different set of images: the shadowy streets of Vienna, a Ferris wheel, cuckoo clocks and Orson Welles’ movie-star visage. Carol Reed’s indelible noir The Third Man (yes, White’s record label is, at least partially, named after the film) features pulp novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) and his childhood friend Harry Lime (Welles) at the center of a labyrinthine conspiracy. Reed’s filmmaking ratchets the tension up throughout, with Welles’ oft-imitated arrival a highlight. Catch a new 35 mm print this weekend at the Belcourt. And who knows, maybe Jack will be there, lurking in the shadows like Harry Lime. For showtimes visit belcourt.org.

Sept. 11-13 at the Belcourt

2102 Belcourt Ave.