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# ✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: December 13-19
- URL: https://pamphleteer.co/post/weekly-film-rundown-december-13-19/
- Published: 2024-12-13T17:46:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-17T11:18:11.000Z
- Author: Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
- Tags: Movies, #hidden, #Import 2026-08-01 20:40

*The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our* [*2024 Film Guide*](https://pamphleteer.co/post/the-pamphleteers-2024-comprehensive-film-guide/amp/).

[***Kraven The Hunter***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kraven%5Fthe%5Fhunter?ref=pamphleteer.co)(Dir. J. C. Chandor; Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe) Its brutal reviews make other *Spider-Man* spinoff *Madame Web* look like an Oscar contender. Still, who doesn’t want to see the kid from *Kick-Ass* getting superpowers from a lion bite and going vigilante on his hammy Russian mob don father–especially with the director of *A Most Violent Year* at the helm? *Now playing in theaters.* 

[***The Belcourt’s Holiday Classics*** ](https://www.belcourt.org/events/holidayclassics/?ref=pamphleteer.co)As expected, Nashville’s nonprofit cinema brings the Christmas cheer with holiday classics (*Love Actually*, *It’s a Wonderful Life*, *Die Hard*) and some inspired seasonal cult fare. This week brings *Home Alone*, *Babe*, *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*, *Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2*, *Night of the Comet* (35mm), *Deep Red*, *Edward Scissorhands*, *Brazil* (Director’s Cut), *Blast of Silence*, *Bad Santa*, and *Rosemary’s Baby*. 

***Note: AMC jumps into the festivities by playing the 2018 version of* The Grinch during the week.**

[***Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the%5Flord%5Fof%5Fthe%5Frings%5Fthe%5Fwar%5Fof%5Fthe%5Frohirrim?ref=pamphleteer.co)(Dir. Kenji Kamiyama; Starring Brian Cox and Miranda Otto) Who ordered an anime prequel to Tolkien’s classic for Christmas? *Now playing in theaters*. 

[***Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat*** ](https://www.belcourt.org/films/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat/?ref=pamphleteer.co)(Dir. Johan Grimonprez) Louis Armstrong goes to the Congo to distract from a rebellion in this doc about U.N. intrigue. *Now playing at The Belcourt.*

[***The End***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the%5Fend%5F2024?ref=pamphleteer.co) (Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer; Starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon) The director of the self-absorbed white-liberal guilt doc classic *The Act of Killing* breaks into fiction with this apocalypse musical set in a rich family’s bunker. Not even these actors can break through this dude’s narcissism. *Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20*. 

[***La Cocina***](https://www.belcourt.org/films/la-cocina/?ref=pamphleteer.co)(Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios; Starring Rooney Mara) This petty crime tale set in the back-of-house at a trendy NYC restaurant finds a migrant on the hook for some missing cash. *Now playing at the Belcourt.* 

[***The Man in the White Van***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the%5Fman%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fwhite%5Fvan?ref=pamphleteer.co)(Dir. Warren Skeels; Starring Madison Wolfe) Unsurprisingly, the titular man stalks a teen girl in this well-reviewed light horror offering based on a true story. *Now playing in theaters*. 

[***Black Dog***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black%5Fdog%5F2024?ref=pamphleteer.co)(Mandarin) (Dir. Hu Huan; Starring Eddie Peng) A recently released ex-con befriends a mutt when he gets a job ridding the streets of strays before China hosts the Olympics in a movie compared the best of Italian-Neorealist Vittorio DeSica. *Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.*

[***Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/daft%5Fpunk%5Fand%5Fleiji%5Fmatsumotos%5Finterstella%5F5555%5Fthe%5F5tory%5Fof%5Fthe%5F5ecret%5F5tar%5F5ystem?ref=pamphleteer.co)The classic anime epic from the French electronic pop duo about an alien pop band kidnapped by a record producer gets a 20-year-anniversary celebration*. Now playing in theaters*.