Franklin Goes to Hollywood
Local filmmakers and politicians have spent decades fantasizing about a thriving Nashville movie industry. Franklin proves it’s already here.
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Most Anticipated Movies of 2023
Ten movies to keep an eye on this year
The Pamphleteer Holiday Streaming Guide
Our best bets for yuletide downtime and the lost week between Christmas and New Year’s.
Review: Thor: Love and Thunder
The Norse God’s latest romp defies Marvel’s recent lapses in quality control despite empty gestures toward representation.
Halloween Ends and Our Postcultural American Moment
The alleged final chapter of the legendary slasher franchise takes aim at insularity and blind allegiance. That’s why it’s divided critics and fans.
Review: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
The feature version of the 2010s viral sensation proves the summer’s best family movie and a brilliant indictment of the Internet culture that spawned it.
The Weekly Film Rundown: September 16-22, 2022
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this weekend.
✶ Weekly Film Rundown: September 9-15, 2022
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this weekend.
Larry Arnn Was Right About Teachers
The Hillsdale College president should be rewarded for his candor, especially after our experience reaching out to Metro Nashville Public Schools
Weekly Film Rundown
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this weekend.
Review: The Black Phone
A mashup of ghost story and slasher offers a faith-tinged take on childhood trauma
A Patients’ Rights Advocate Confronts Sen. Richard Briggs’s Bedside Manner
Kent Morrell’s decades-long fight with the medical establishment has led to an insurgent State Senate Campaign and a focus on Big Pharma’s influence over the General Assembly
The Pamphleteer Summer Streaming Guide
Our go-to options when prestige TV gets as old as last year’s sunscreen at the bottom of a beach bag.
Review: Jurassic World: Dominion
The franchise’s finale proves a worthy successor to the original and a savvy take on blind trust in science.
On Seeing 2000 Mules
Critics’ neglect of the year’s most polarizing film is deplorable.