This weekend, more #BelcourtMidnights! On Friday, it's SCREAM — responsible for single-handedly resuscitating the slasher genre. And on Saturday, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER — featuring a cavalcade of '90s teen icons > http://bit.ly/BelcourtMidnights
Just 3 more screenings of PEARL — this Fri at 11:30pm + this Sat at 4:05pm, 11:30pm > http://bit.ly/Belcourt-PEARL
“Witty, sharp, and right on the mark, this is social commentary for the art world like we’ve never seen it before" re @Vogue.
Martine Syms' debut feature THE AFRICAN DESPERATE at the Belcourt this Fri, Oct 7 thru next Thu, Oct 13 > http://bit.ly/AFRICAN-DESPERATE
Just announced! A new film seminar – on Sat, Oct 29, 10-11am – explores animated depictions of the underworld and of the myths associated with this forbidding realm, in all their weird and wonderful variety. Presented by @VanderbiltU's @ChiaraSulprizio > http://bit.ly/Seminar-Final-Descent
This October, we unearth some of our favorite vampiric tales to celebrate horror cinema’s gothic roots. Featuring a 100th anniversary screening of one of the earliest depictions of Bram Stoker’s exsanguinating Count with live accompaniment, alongside nostalgic classics and modern masterpieces of the genre, this blood-drenched series is well worth sinking your teeth into. (Link in bio, or bit.ly/Vampire-Series)
Recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive, RIOTSVILLE, USA is a poetic and furious reflection on the rebellions of the 1960s — and the machine that worked to destroy them. At the Belcourt this Fri, Oct 7 through Thu, Oct 13 (link in bio, or bit.ly/RIOTSVILLE-USA).
At Fri, Oct 7’s 7:30pm showtime, a post-screening discussion (pre-recorded) with RIOTSVILLE, USA director Sierra Pettengill; journalist Radley Balko, author of "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces"; and Nashville artist and activist Sheronica Hayes.
Applications now open for Strong Leads Fall 2022! Happening Tuesdays, November 1-22 from 4:00-7:30pm at the Belcourt Theatre.
The Belcourt’s Strong Leads: A Film Seminar for High School Girls is a free program spotlighting films by and about women and gender-nonconforming artists. It is designed for rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade girls of all identities. A presentation of the Belcourt’s education and engagement program, Strong Leads explores gender representation in cinema, in the Hollywood establishment, and in film discourse.
Students meet at the Belcourt to watch films and discuss with their peers. Strong Leads is facilitated by Allison Inman, the Belcourt’s education and engagement director, and Jessie Griffith, the Belcourt’s theatre operations director and education associate.
NOTE: Participation in Strong Leads is by application only. It’s offered at no cost to participants, but you must apply and be selected to attend. It is designed for students only and is meant to be taken in its entirety (no single sessions). The application deadline is Mon, Oct 24; participants will be notified on Tue, Oct 25. (Applications at link in bio, or bit.ly/Strong-Leads-Fall-2022)
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I’m so excited to announce that @dreamchambers @bellyfullofstars and I will be live scoring Nosferatu at the @belcourttheatre on Monday, October 24th at 8:00pm in celebration of the film’s 100th anniversary! Tickets are on sale now ~ Visit the link in my bio to get yours! 🌟
Thank you so much to the kind folx at the Belcourt for inviting us to make music along to this iconic film! 🙏🏻💚
“BROS is so belly-achingly funny, sharply observant and self-aware, it can withstand the expectations…” —@alimkheraj @timeoutlondon
Opening this Fri, Sep 30 at the Belcourt, BROS (ticket link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-BROS).
#BrosMovie @brosmovie @nicolasstoller @billyeichner #billyeichner #lukemacfarlane
Now playing, #BrettMorgen’s MOONAGE DAYDREAM (link in bio, or bit.ly/MOONAGE-DAYDREAM). And starting Fri, Sep 30, additional selections featuring #BowieOnFilm (link in bio, or bit.ly/Bowie-On-Film).
"Whatever your favorite side to the limitlessly faceted David Bowie, this magnificently mind-bending film serves it up in a 140-minute career-spanning opus that races by in a snap of the fingers. It’s almost as extraordinary as the man himself.” —@PhildeSemlyen #TimeOut
“You really must see [Lena] Dunham’s film, which is her best yet… CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY is so good, so raucous and wild and wise and witty, that it not only makes me eager to write in alliterative adjectives, but to reconsider my views on everything else she’s made in recent years. It’s wonderful.” —katerbland @indiewire
CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY — #LenaDunham’s playful adaptation of Karen Cushman’s bestselling novel — opens this Fri, Sep 23 at the Belcourt (showtimes + tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/CATHERINE-CALLED-BIRDY).
Feel that crispness in the air? The subtle prickling of pins and needles up your spine? It can mean only one thing… The most horrific event of the season is upon us! That’s right, folks — 12 Hours of Terror is back for its 11th installment. Commencing Sat, Oct 22 at 10pm…
Tickets on sale first to Belcourt members Mon, Sep 26 at 10am. General tickets on sale Tue, Sep 27 at 10am. ($35 / $30 Belcourt members)
Limited edition screenprinted 11th annual 12 Hours of Terror T-shirt with original art by our own Cody Lee Hardin available for preorder when you purchase your ticket ($30 / $24 Belcourt members).
It’s Pizza and a Movie — this Wed, Sep 21 at 8pm! A co-presentation with @slimandhuskys, Pizza and a Movie is a series of the best Black movies of the ‘90s.
This Wed, it’s BOYZ N THE HOOD — John Singleton’s celebrated 1991 chronicle of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood follows Doughboy (Ice Cube), an unambitious drug dealer; his brother Ricky (Morris Chestnut), a college-bound teenage father; and Ricky’s best friend Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who aspires to a brighter future beyond South Central. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/BOYZ-N-THE-HOOD)
"PEARL isn’t just great; it retroactively makes its predecessor great, too. It’s a handsome and sad horror drama, with scenes and shots and performances that will make you wonder if you’re supposed to laugh, cry or shriek. Until you realize that the best part of this film is that you are absolutely supposed to do all three. And you probably will.” —@williambibbiani @thwrap
PEARL opens this Fri, Sep 16 at the Belcourt — and if you haven't seen X, we've added it on as a bonus feature immediately after Fri-Sat's 9pm PEARL screenings (no extra ticket needed). Showtimes and tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-PEARL.
“The cinema is truth 24 frames per second.” — Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022
"SALOUM is one of the most satisfying films, genre or otherwise, of the year.” — @glenntkenny @rogerebertofficial
SALOUM screens at the Belcourt this Wed-Sun, Sep 14-18 (showtimes + 🎟 at link in bio, or bit.ly/SHALOUM).
“Packed to the gills with formal and thematic playfulness. A dark film, but a fun one too.” —David Jenkins @lwlies
In limited engagement this Sun-Tue, Sep 11-13, #KiroRosso’s EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO —stunningly shot in the Bolivian mountains and jungles, and in contemporary La Paz, the film follows Elder who arrives in the capital after a seven-day journey seeking to get back his work at a mine (tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/GRAN-MOVIMIENTO).
In a limited engagement, this coming Fri-Sun, Sep 9-11…
A decade after THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY, filmmaker Mark Cousins returns with an epic and hopeful tale of cinematic innovation from around the globe. In THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION, Cousins turns his sharp, meticulously honed gaze on world cinema from 2010 to 2021, using a surprising range of works as launchpads to explore recurring themes and emerging motifs, from the evolution of film language, to technology’s role in moviemaking today, to shifting identities in 21st-century world cinema. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/STORY-OF-FILM-NEW-GEN)
“…It’s all here in this terrific, tonally flawless feature debut. No one is spared in this portrait of a young artist as a pain in the butt. It’s startling how good the film is….” —Manohla Dargis, Critic’s Pick @nytimes
Owen Kline’s feature debut, FUNNY PAGES, at the Belcourt Thu-Sun, Sep 8-11 (tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/FUNNY-PAGES).
Encores of #SergioLeone’s The Man With No Name Trilogy with #ClintEastwood — starting Fri, Sep 2 through Thu, Sep 8 (tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/Man-With-No-Name).
• A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS – Fri, Sep 2, 2:30pm + Tue, Sep 6, 8:10pm
• FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE – Sat, Sep 3, 2pm + Wed, Sep 7, 8:10pm
• THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY – Sun, Sep 4, 1:10pm and 8:45pm + Thu, Sep 8, 8:10pm
September newsletters! For the taking… #BowieOnFilm
“Navigating the influx of adrenaline and oxytocin surging through these young women, all three actors are exquisite…. Corraling coming-of-age cliches into a pen and locking the gate, Haapasalo’s addition to the young adult canon is remarkably fresh, queer and a lovable account of adolescence.” —@em_maskell @lwlies
#AlliHaapasalo’s GIRL PICTURE comes to the Belcourt in a limited engagement — this Wed-Sun, Aug 31-Sep 4 (link in bio, or bit.ly/GIRL-PICTURE).
Tonight! At 5:50pm + 8:00pm and in #35mm, Adam Sandler in THE WEDDING SINGER for #MusicCityMondays.
We did a little paint refresher this week!
This October, we unearth some of our favorite vampiric tales to celebrate horror cinema’s gothic roots. Featuring a 100th anniversary screening of one of the earliest depictions of Bram Stoker’s exsanguinating Count with live accompaniment, alongside nostalgic classics and modern masterpieces of the genre, this blood-drenched series is well worth sinking your teeth into > bit.ly/Vampire-Series
Recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive, RIOTSVILLE, USA is a poetic and furious reflection on the rebellions of the 1960s — and the machine that worked to destroy them. At the Belcourt this Fri, Oct 7 through Thu, Oct 13 (link in bio, or bit.ly/RIOTSVILLE-USA).
At Fri, Oct 7’s 7:30pm showtime, a post-screening discussion (pre-recorded) with RIOTSVILLE, USA director Sierra Pettengill; journalist Radley Balko, author of "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces"; and Nashville artist and activist Sheronica Hayes.
Applications now open for Strong Leads Fall 2022! Happening Tuesdays, November 1-22 from 4:00-7:30pm at the Belcourt Theatre.
The Belcourt’s Strong Leads: A Film Seminar for High School Girls is a free program spotlighting films by and about women and gender-nonconforming artists. It is designed for rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade girls of all identities. A presentation of the Belcourt’s education and engagement program, Strong Leads explores gender representation in cinema, in the Hollywood establishment, and in film discourse.
Students meet at the Belcourt to watch films and discuss with their peers. Strong Leads is facilitated by Allison Inman, the Belcourt’s education and engagement director, and Jessie Griffith, the Belcourt’s theatre operations director and education associate.
NOTE: Participation in Strong Leads is by application only. It’s offered at no cost to participants, but you must apply and be selected to attend. It is designed for students only and is meant to be taken in its entirety (no single sessions). The application deadline is Mon, Oct 24; participants will be notified on Tue, Oct 25. (Applications here > bit.ly/Strong-Leads-Fall-2022)
This Sat-Sun at the Belcourt... 🍿 🎟 🍿 🎟 🍿
Sat, Oct 1:
• CINDERELLA 12:00pm 3:40pm
• BROS 12:50pm 3:30pm 6:15pm 8:50pm
• PEARL 1:20pm 4:35pm
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM #BowieOnFilm 1:45pm 5:55pm 8:40pm
• MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE #BowieOnFilm 6:50pm
• THE PRESTIGE #BowieOnFilm 9:20pm
Sun, Oct 2:
• CINDERELLA 12:00pm
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM #BowieOnFilm 12:35pm 3:20pm 8:40pm
• BROS 12:50pm 3:30pm 6:15pm 8:50pm
• THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST #BowieOnFilm 1:40pm
• THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH 5:00pm* #BowieOnFilm (*With an introduction from William Levine, MTSU)
• PEARL 5:55pm
• TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME #BowieOnFilm 7:50pm
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