America’s Pastime
With his debut film, Eephus, Carson Lund finds the dignity in baseball’s never-weres.
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The Rise and Fall of Pants
👖 Civilizational decline and the rise of men's pants · Metro Sues RFK · Casada/Cothren Trial Update · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻‍🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 4/21 🪕 Kyle Tuttle Band @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🪕 A Good Mix: Celebrating the Life
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Granville’s Mayberry-I Love Lucy Festival
Spring Event Spotlight
This Week in Streaming (March 18th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
A Lynchian Retrospective
Dispatch from The Belcourt’s “Remembering David Lynch With Alicia Witt”
Meet Martin Riggs
How an early age influence of Mel Gibson’s iconic character led to the creation of my upcoming film, Knuckles.
Book Review: David Mamet's Everywhere an Oink Oink
Known for pioneering a clipped and circular style of tense workplace conversations in plays like Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow, Dav
This Week in Streaming (March 11th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Gatlinburg Nation
How the Smoky Mountain tourist town embodies America’s political realignment.
Review: The Monkey (2025)
“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So goes the Imposition of Ashes that marked the less-evangelical devout yesterday. Bu
This Week in Streaming (March 4th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
The Pamphleteer’s Top Ten Films of 2024
Our picks for the best movies of the year on the eve of the Oscars
Book Review: Keanu Reeves and China Miéville’s The Book of Elsewhere
Though John Wick may have returned Keanu Reeves to the A-list, he has always done what he wants on his own terms, stretching his acting abil
What Tennessee Gets Wrong About Food and Farms
Elizabeth Murphy of Nashville Grown talks about the need for a robust regional food system in the Volunteer State
This Week in Streaming (February 25th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Speeding through the Loop
How the Trump administration is staying ahead of the opposition