Events

As the Belcourt celebrates its 100th birthday (and our 25th year as a nonprofit) we launch an ongoing project exploring the history of films shot in and around Nashville — and others that tie more broadly to both the Belcourt’s and Nashville’s cinema and cultural history. From studio-backed features to scrappy indie productions, these films capture a city in flux and reflect a legacy that continues to evolve — much of it intersecting with the Belcourt’s own past. This initial series highlights just eight such titles — but it’s only the beginning. In other words, watch this space!

Long-considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa directed 30 feature films across a span of six decades. In celebration of his 115th anniversary — he's only 15 years older than the Belcourt itself — we've been gifted nine new restorations from his era at Toho Films. We supplement these with a few favorites of our own.

MY 7 GRANDMAS — a special screening with post-screening Q & A

Trudge through the tumultuous trenches of that small, suffocating place between being a kid and an adult. Where like wildflowers – wonder both wakes and wanes in natural wistfulness. Let us take you to that vexing place of forgotten familiarity in which angst broods, lust looms, and rebellion blooms. Welcome to TEENAGE WASTELAND. Please enjoy your stay.

We'll watch the classic labor history film, HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A., in honor of Labor Day. We'll have a discussion after with local labor activists and a historian.

Are you a film fanatic? An actor aficionado? A master of musicals? Connoisseur of comedies? Nuts about needle drops!? Come put your movie knowledge to the test at the Belcourt’s Film Trivia Night Fundraiser! Join us on Thursday, September 12 for an evening of drinks, light bites, a silent auction and film trivia to benefit the nonprofit Belcourt Theatre. Teams of 6-8 individuals will compete in three rounds of film trivia for a chance to win some fun prizes and, of course, major bragging rights…

Shout! Studios and GKIDS present Hong Kong Cinema Classics (HKCC), a retrospective of essential titles produced in the creative epicenter of Hong Kong, newly scanned in 4K and restored from original camera elements. Featuring works from directors John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Ching Siu-tung, these stories of cops and criminals, Chinese opera, and supernatural forces showcase one of the most explosively inventive eras in modern filmmaking.