✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 24-30
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week.
Presence (Dir. Steven Soderbergh; Starring Lucy Liu and Julie Fox) Hollywood’s most versatile director shoots a haunted house movie entirely from a first-person POV. Not even Orson Welles could pull this off. And it’s also terrifying. Now playing in theaters.
Flight Risk (Dir. Mel Gibson; Starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace). A pilot, air marshal, and convict play a game of cat and mouse while flying over the Alaskan wilderness. It’s a Mel Gibson movie set at high altitudes. If anything is worth a trip to the multiplex, it’s this.
Hard Truths (Dir. Mike Leigh; Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste) The latest darkly hilarious character study from the Brit film master follows an agoraphobic misanthrope put off by her younger sister’s happiness as a mother. Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20 and The Belcourt.
September 5 (Dir. Tim Fehlbaum; Starring Peter Sarsgaard) The true story of an American broadcasting crew caught in the middle of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack just got some Oscar attention for its screenplay. Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.
Brave the Dark (Dir. Damian Harris; Starring Jared Harris) Angel Studios’s newest release follows a teacher who comes to the aid of a homeless ex-con student but finds his own faith tested by a descent darker than he ever thought possible. Now playing in theaters.
2024 In Tribute The Belcourt celebrates the lives of the cinematic luminaries we lost last year with this 12-film series of their greatest triumphs. This week’s honorees include Terri Garr (Young Frankenstein) and Shelley Duvall (Popeye).
Strip Nude for Your Killer and Phenomena @ Belcourt Midnights In this Italian horror double dose, the giallo slasher’s gore and nudity quotient quadruples when a fashion model’s death kicks off a brutal rampage. Then, Jennifer Connelly makes her feature debut as a telekinetic who can converse with insects who just may be the only thing standing between a slasher and an all-girls school in Dario Argento’s cult favorite.
Inheritance (Dir. Neil Burger; Starring Phoebe Dynevor) A woman finds out her father was an international spy and gets caught up in a conspiracy of her own. Now playing in theaters.
The Colors Within (Dir. Naoko Yamada) The latest anime effort to hit the multiplex follows a girl who can see other people’s internal colors and bonds with a classmate over music. Now playing in theaters.
Sky Force (Dir. Sandeep Kewlani) A rogue team decides to seek the truth about air strike attacks between India and Pakistan that could put both countries on the brink. Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.