Ornamental Ivies
The Holdovers is the ultimate fable of academic populism.
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✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 12-18
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. Memory Jessica Chastain stars as a social worker recovering fro
The Anti-Nostalgia of Bret Easton Ellis
A review of 'The Shards'
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 5-11
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a list of new and upcoming films, check out our 2023 Movie Guid
The Pleasures of Mob Rule
A review of Claire Dederer’s "Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma"
The Pamphleteer's 2023 Holiday Streaming Guide
The best streaming has to offer for your holiday viewing needs.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: December 22-January 4
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a list of new and upcoming films, check out our 2023 Movie Guid
The Professor and the Bugman
Dream Scenario takes on Culture War schisms from the defiant middle.
Bookville
Plenty Downtown Bookshop furthers Cookeville’s quiet transformation into one of the state’s most impressive cultural hubs.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: December 15-21
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a list of new and upcoming films, check out our 2023 Movie Guid
Eileen’s Tragic Regionalism
How a tense New England character study highlights the limits of local color.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: December 8-14
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a list of new and upcoming films, check out our 2023 Movie Guid
In Loco Parentis
A review of Ian Prior’s Parents of the World Unite!: How to Save Our Schools from the Left’s Radical Agenda.
The Patience of Job
The Shift brings authentic moral weight to the multiverse genre.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: December 1-7
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a list of new and upcoming films, check out our 2023 Movie Guid