✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: August 9-15

Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield -

The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our 2024 Film Guide.

Borderlands (Dir. Eli Roth; Starring Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart) Bad buzz about this adaptation of the first-person shooter game following a ragtag crew searching for a relic on a junkyard planet hasn’t changed our minds that horror maestro Roth’s latest is a must-see. Now playing in theaters. 

Cuckoo (Dir. Tilman Singer; Starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens) A teenager living with her father at an idyllic German Alps inn succumbs to bloody visions and unrelenting dread in this indie horror entry. Now playing in theaters. 

It Ends With Us (Dir. Justin Baldoni; Starring Blake Lively) This Colleen Hoover adaptation about a woman hoping to free herself from the cycles of abuse that began in her childhood when she falls for a brilliant neurosurgeon is slated to be late summer’s breakout. Now playing in theaters.

Didi (Dir. Sean Wang; Starring Joan Chen and Izaac Wang) A teen dramedy about a Taiwanese-American 13-year-old navigating middle school and online life in the summer of 2008 that proved Sundance’s biggest crowd pleaser. Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20 and The Belcourt. 

Sing Sing (Dir. Greg Kwedar; Starring Colman Domingo and Paul Raci) Inmates in the famous prison find personal redemption through their in-house theater troupe. Now playing at the Belcourt.

Weekend Classics: Animal Kingdom @The Belcourt In conjunction with Cat Video Fest, The Belcourt has curated a series of the greatest animal movies ever made. This week brings a 35mm print of the unparalleled bird documentary Winged Migration and Hitchock’s The Birds. 

The Last Front (Dir. Julien Hayet-Kerknawi; Starring Iain Glen) A family man protects his loved ones by any means necessary as the Germans advance on his town during WWI. Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20, AMC Murfreesboro 16, and Regal Hollywood 27. 

Purple Rain (Dir. Albert Mangoli; Starring Prince) His Royal Badness’s 80s biopic joins the lineup of The Belcourt’s Music City Mondays. 

The Color Purple (Dir. Steven Spielberg; Starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey) the Oscar-nominated adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic American novel about two sisters growing up in the Deep South returns to the Belcourt this Wednesday. 

The Latest in Bolly/Tolly/Kolly/Lollywood and Other Special Presentations of Asian and Middle Eastern Imports.

Twilight of the Warriors: Boxed In (Cantonese; Dir.Soi Cheang; Starring Louis Koo ) A Wayward teen gets caught up in the gang violence of a walled-off city. Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20 and Regal Hollywood 27. 

Minmini (Tamil; Halitha Shameem; Starring Esther Anil) Two youngsters grapple with survivor's guilt. Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.

Ex Merati (Arabic; Dir. Moatax El Tony; Starring Muhammad Mamdooh) An ex-convict who is paroled early finds out his wife has moved on in this Egyptian comedy. Now playing at Regal Opry Mills 20.