Now playing, FAIR PLAY — the explosive feature debut from writer-director Chloe Domont — a taut psychological thriller that unflinchingly stares down the destructive gender dynamics that pit partners against each other in a world that is transforming faster than the rules can keep up. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-FAIR-PLAY)

With commanding performances by @phoebedynevor and @aldenehrenreich as a couple whose romance hardens into ruthlessness when stakes climb higher than even the volatile fortunes of their clients. With razor-sharp precision in its writing and tense cinematography, FAIR PLAY unravels the uncomfortable collision of empowerment and ego. ...

If the suit still fits… The 40th anniversary and a new #4K restoration, opening tomorrow (Thu, Sep 28). ...

Dare to say his name. Say it…🐝

Tomorrow (Wed, Sep 27) at 8pm, CANDYMAN for Pizza and a Movie, co-presented with @slimandhuskys. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-CANDYMAN. And you’ll have the option to add a Slim & Husky’s pizza to your order when you purchase tickets.) ...

This coming Sat-Tue, Sep 30- Oct 3, INVISIBLE BEAUTY — fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity. From walking runway shows alongside Iman to discovering supermodels like Tyson Beckford and mentoring icons like Naomi Campbell, Hardison has been at the epicenter of major representational shifts in fashion. INVISIBLE BEAUTY stands as an absorbing record of Hardison’s accomplishments and a rare contemplation on the life of a radical thinker. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/INVISIBLE-BEAUTY) #DocSpotlight

And…at the Sat, Sep 30 1:00pm showtime — a post-screening discussion in collaboration with Nashville Fashion Week featuring stylist Bentley Caldwell, model and photographer Charika White, hair and makeup artist Sherita Leslie and fashion entrepreneur/retailer Keith Fulton of the Trenches Gallery. Moderated by Nashville Fashion Week co-founder and managing director Marcia Masulla.

#INVISIBLEBEAUTY #bethannhardison @invisiblebeautyfilm @bethannhardison @magnoliapics @nashfashweek @masulla @bentleycaldwell @sheritaleslie @thetrenchgallery @charika_white ...

This Mon, Sep 26 at 4pm + 8pm, MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES — the story of a musician whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/MAX-ROACH) #MusicCityMondays #DocSpotlight

Roach’s stunningly diverse seven-decade career marked him as one of the great musical artists of the 20th century — and a pioneering cultural activist — at times when the nation was steeped in racism. The film follows Roach across a rich and complicated life, days of now-legendary achievement and also deep personal struggle, and the price he paid for his outspoken views. His was an epic musical journey — from the revolutionary jazz of the 1940s to the Civil Rights years, through experiments in hip hop, multi-media works and beyond. ...

This Wed, Sep 27 at 8pm, Pizza and a Movie returns, co-presented with @slimandhuskys — and it’s CANDYMAN. (Tickets at link in bio, or http://bit.ly/Belcourt-CANDYMAN — and you’ll have the option to add a Slim & Husky’s pizza to your order when you purchase tickets.)

Tony Todd’s astounding turn as the hook-handed boogeyman paired with Bernard Rose’s sweeping, impassioned directing, and further bolstered by Philip Glass’s epic score ensured that this incredible horror/romance hybrid from the twisted mind of Clive Barker would forever be ingrained in the cultural consciousness. ...

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s UAPs! 🛸

We’re serving up a saucerful of sinister visitors for the spooky season (Sep 29 - Oct 18) — starting next Fri with that grandfather of sci-fi horror, ALIEN (link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-Invasion) ...

“This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories... The film’s coherence is a reflection of both the skill of the filmmaker, and the heroic efforts of Aurora herself to ensure that her view of history would not be forgotten.” —Teo Bugbee, Critic’s Pick @nytimes

At the Belcourt this Fri-Wed, Sep 22-27, Inna Sahakyan’s AURORA’S SUNRISE. A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian’s odyssey is nearly unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian genocide. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/AURORAS-SUNRISE)

And at this Fri’s 7pm screening, an introduction from Helen Makhdoumian, postdoctoral fellow in the collaborative humanities at @vanderbiltu who specializes in the history and representations of the Armenian genocide.

#aurorassunrise @auroras.sunrise #innasahakyan #armenianstories #docspotlight ...

“Delightfully warm and comically upbeat.” —@theplaylistnation

#BabakJalali’s FREMONT starring Anaita Wali Zada opens this Fri, Sep 22 (link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-FREMONT).

@fremontthemovie @anaitawalzada opens @musicboxfilms #fremontmovie ...

“What I liked was a horror movie that was scaring me with ideas and gore, instead of simply with gore.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times (Oct 16, 1992)

Next up for Pizza and a Movie on Wed, Sep 27 at 8pm, 1992’s CANDYMAN — co-presented with @slimandhuskys. Tony Todd’s astounding turn as the hook-handed boogeyman paired with Bernard Rose’s sweeping, impassioned directing, and further bolstered by Philip Glass’s epic score, helped ensure this incredible horror/romance hybrid from the twisted mind of Clive Barker would forever be ingrained in the cultural consciousness. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/Belcourt-CANDYMAN — and you’ll have the option to add a Slim & Husky’s pizza to your order when you purchase tickets.) ...

“I WENT TO THE DANCE… is such an infectious music film on Louisiana French and Zydeco music that it’s hard to stay seated… It is a feast of folkloric scholarship, human history, regional color and irresistible music.” —Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

This Mon, Sep 18 at 4pm, 6pm + 8pm — Les Blank and Chris Strachwitz’s newly restored 1989 I WENT TO THE DANCE (J’AI ÉTÉ AU BAL) — their seminal film on the history of the foot-stomping, toe-tapping music of French Southwest Louisiana, featuring many Cajun and Zydeco greats. And an intro at the 8pm screening from Randy Pitts, longtime friend of directors Les Blank, Maureen Gosling and Chris Strachwitz (link in bio, or bit.ly/WENT-TO-DANCE) ...

“Simon’s nonjudgmental, empathetic curiosity is the film’s great strength. But it’s also shocking that still now, in 2023, it can be such a revelation, as women, to see OUR BODY portrayed without sexualization and without stigmatization — without, in a word, shame.” —@kiangjessica @variety

Screening this Sun, Sep 17 Wed + Tue-Wed, Sep 19-20 — in OUR BODY, French documentary titan @claire_simon_cinema observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. (Tickets at link in bio, or bit.ly/OUR-BODY) ...