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A Celebration of Nicole Kidman

Though she is lauded and recognized around the globe, here in Nashville, we count ourselves among Nicole Kidman’s biggest admirers.

When she received the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award this spring, it seemed a perfect and worthwhile occasion for the Belcourt to provide our own celebration of her extraordinary work. We have been so fortunate to have Ms. Kidman’s support of the Belcourt in the past — and for this series, we’re overwhelmingly honored that she was willing to assist in selecting eight films to highlight. While only a small portion of her extensive filmography, it’s a selection that covers a wide swath of this remarkable artist’s heralded career and talent — and her gifts to the world of cinema.

TO DIE FOR
Sat, Jun 29 at 3:00pm

TO DIE FOR

In a career breakthrough, Nicole Kidman delivers a diabolical deconstruction of the girl next door as a local TV weather reporter whose perfectly perky facade belies a murderous heart, as her ruthless pursuit of fame ensnares three disaffected teens in a sordid, tabloid-ready scandal. Directed by Gus Van Sant.
BIRTH
Sun, Jun 30 at 3:15pm

BIRTH

Twenty years before his Oscar-winning THE ZONE OF INTEREST, U.K. filmmaker Jonathan Glazer confounded audiences with this tale of Anna (Nicole Kidman) who, on the night of her engagement party, is confronted by a young boy claiming to be her dead first husband incarnate. Screening in 35mm
EYES WIDE SHUT
Sun, June 30 at 12:00pm, 7:35pm

EYES WIDE SHUT

A dreamscape sprung from Arthur Schnitzler and the sensual imaginations of America at Christmas time, pondering celebrity and fidelity, Stanley Kubrick’s final film is a moody, weird sexual odyssey from the holiday-lit townhouses of New York to the multicolored twinkle of the rainbow’s end. Screening in 35mm
THE OTHERS
Tue, Jul 2 at 5:45pm

THE OTHERS

Secluded in an island mansion, Grace (Nicole Kidman) and her two children face the unworldly feeling that there is far more to this house than can be seen. Director Alejandro Amenábar’s languorous command and Ms. Kidman’s pitch-perfect performance imbue this supernatural horror film with laser-focused intensity.
RABBIT HOLE
Wed, Jul 3 at 5:45pm

RABBIT HOLE

A family navigates the deepest form of loss in John Cameron Mitchell's screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart deliver captivating performances as a husband and wife who fight to save their marriage in the life that begins again after tragedy.
COLD MOUNTAIN
Fri, Jul 5 at 12:30pm

COLD MOUNTAIN

In the waning days of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier (Jude Law) deserts his unit to return to his young wife (Nicole Kidman). As he makes his perilous journey home, she struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of a mysterious drifter (Renée Zellweger) sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
DOGVILLE
Sat, Jul 6 at 12:00pm

DOGVILLE

A woman on the run is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado town — but when a search party grows nearer, she finds out that their support has a price. Shot on a soundstage with chalk mark subbing for walls, Lars von Trier’s Brechtian lament to a country he’s never visited is a formally audacious journey through the heart of small-town America. New 4K Restoration
MOULIN ROUGE!
Sun, Jul 7 at 12:45pm

MOULIN ROUGE!

A young poet (Ewan McGregor), who is plunged into the gaudy and glamourous world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star (Nicole Kidman).