A Night at the Movies
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Dr. Ming Wang’s Persistence of Vision
The world-famous Nashville eye surgeon survived China’s Cultural Revolution. Now, he’s entering the world of the multiplex with a new movie about his life.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: May 31-June 6
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our 2024 Film G
Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
It’s conventional wisdom that the movies of 1968 were as polarizing as its politics–a time of assassinations, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Chi
Bill Burr Takes on Lower Broad
The comedian’s pragmatic social critique offers a promising version of Nashville.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: May 24-30th
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our 2024 Film G
This Week in Streaming (May 23)
Our recommendations to help counteract the endless scrolling.
Review: Back to Black (2024)
“I want people to hear my voice and just forget their troubles for five minutes,” Amy Winehouse (Marisa Abela) says in voiceover as she runs
Post-Pandemic Literature and the Promise of America’s Future
Michael Cunningham and Sloane Crosley prove the book may be the only way forward from our COVID malaise.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: May 17-23
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our 2024 Film G
Review: Aggro Dr1ft (2023)
Nashville product Harmony Korine has spent the last thirty years earning wonder and vitriol on the international film scene. But after the s
Review: Challengers (2024)
In the wake of the 70s American Film Renaissance, moviegoers could count on high-budget, star-driven dramas for adults as ambitious in theme
Ethan Hawke’s Good Country People
Hollywood’s most versatile artist brings his Flannery O’Connor movie to Nashville
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: May 10-16
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our 2024 Film G
Defender of the Faith
A Review of Dave Verhaagen’s How White Evangelicals Think: The Psychology of White Conservative Christians