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.

As temps fluctuate and the ball revolves, another holiday season is upon us. A sanitized vision of the season has long been reinforced by an entertainment industry that is eager to sell a vision of health, wealth and prosperity to a market-ready populace. You can blame the state of things, or you can blame the holidays themselves. After all, it wasn’t domestic bliss that nearly sent George Bailey off the proverbial bridge. As another year comes to a close, we tip our hat to the enduring “Christmas spirit” with one hand — and throw down a pint with the other. Behold this season’s Holiday Sock, a wooly bundle of potpourri with a healthy dose of stuffed stockings for some, and ashes and switches for others.

Following a year again filled with the passing of some of cinema’s greats, no other figure ascended the ranks of later-20th-century icons with a career both in front of and behind the camera — and with a legacy that may outlive us all. Robert Redford passed in September 2025, leaving behind much more than just his sizable and impressive filmography. Arguably, his greatest contribution to independent filmmaking, and perhaps film itself, was the Sundance Film Festival — which unspools this month for the final time in its longtime home of Park City, UT before a move to Boulder, CO. In honor of these bittersweet occasions, we offer these 10 films.

Commemorating 10 years since Thelma and the Sleaze's infamous 31 show, 29 day, single city tour of Nashville in 2016.