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# ✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: December 15-21
- URL: https://pamphleteer.co/post/weekly-film-rundown-december-15-21/
- Published: 2023-12-15T16:09:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-17T10:54:23.000Z
- 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 list of new and upcoming films, check out our* [*2023 Movie Guide.*](https://pamphleteer.co/post/the-pamphleteers-comprehensive-2023-movie-guide/)

[***Poor Things***](https://www.belcourt.org/films/poor-things/?ref=pamphleteer.co)Frankenstein gets turned on its head with Willem Dafoe as a version of the good doctor in the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos (*The Favourite*; *The Lobster*). Emma Stone stars as a reanimated corpse who makes a debauched journey across Europe marked with ruthless satire and gut-punch dark humor. The last of the season’s major award contenders that could prove one of the year’s best. *Now playing at the Belcourt. Opening wide on 12/22\.* 

[***Wonka***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonka?ref=pamphleteer.co)The world wasn’t exactly clamoring for a Willy Wonka prequel, but armed with some new songs, the director of *Paddington*, a populist undercurrent, and an off-the-wall Timothée Chalamet, it’s a holiday must-see. *Now playing in theaters. In 4D Smell-O-Vision at Regal Opry Mills 20.*

[**Holiday Classics at The Belcourt** ](https://www.belcourt.org/film-tag/holiday-classics/?ref=pamphleteer.co)Celebrate all December long with The Belcourt’s latest curated collection of seasonal flicks. In addition to its signature revival of *It’s a Wonderful Life* Christmas week, there’s no shortage of holiday hits and unorthodox entries from *National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation* and *Die Hard* to *Gremlins* and Charlie Chaplin’s *The Gold Rush*. This weekend brings the criminally underseen screwball comedy *Remember The Night* about a petty thief (Barbara Stanwyck) romancing the lawyer (Fred MacMurray) who bails her out. Todd Haynes’s stone-cold masterpiece *Carol* plays all day Monday.

[***Christmas with The Chosen: O Holy Night***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/christmas%5Fwith%5Fthe%5Fchosen%5Fholy%5Fnight?ref=pamphleteer.co)Angel Studios has combined and re-edited two episodes of its crowdfunded series about Christ’s life for a special big-screen affair. 

[***Fireworks/Shamarikh***](http://fireworks/Shamarikh?ref=pamphleteer.co)Two Italian teens nurture their romance against the backdrop of AIDS and the World Cup. *Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20*. 

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

[***Joruga Husharugaa***](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29572792/?ref%5F=fn%5Fal%5Ftt%5F2&ref=pamphleteer.co) (Telugu) The newest from Tollywood finds a young man choosing between the family business and the love of his life as he pays off a debt to his father. *Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.*

[**Pindam** ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29548562/?ref%5F=nv%5Fsr%5Fsrsg%5F0%5Ftt%5F6%5Fnm%5F2%5Fq%5FPindam%2520&ref=pamphleteer.co)(Telugu) A six-year-old with a speech impediment becomes the devil’s new vessel. *Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.*

[***Endless Journey*** ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28212677/plotsummary/?ref%5F=tt%5Fov%5Fpl&ref=pamphleteer.co) (Mandarin) Fresh from a stint in jail, a disgraced cop risks everything to solve his last case and take down the corrupt powers that be. *Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.*

[***The Invisible Guest***](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27736273/?ref%5F=nv%5Fsr%5Fsrsg%5F0%5Ftt%5F7%5Fnm%5F0%5Fq%5FThe%2520invisible%2520guest%25202023&ref=pamphleteer.co) (Mandarin) When the police find her boyfriend dead in a locked room, a woman fights to clear her name. *Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.*