✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 3-9
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week.
The Damned (Dir. Thordur Palsson; Starring Odessa Young) A young widow who leads an Icelandic fishing outpost comes to terms with her guilt over an impossible decision in this stellar psychological horror entry. Read our interview with Palsson and Young here. Now playing in theaters.
Se7en (IMAX Exclusive) (Dir. David Fincher; Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow) The film that created the modern serial killer procedural celebrates its 30th anniversary in full IMAX glory. Just make sure to open all your belated Christmas packages first. Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20.
The Count of Monte-Cristo (Dirs. Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte; Starring Pierre Niney) Alexandre Dumas’s classic revenge tale about a man falsely accused and arrested on his wedding day who escapes from prison and wreaks havoc on his enemies gets one of its finest adaptations in years. Now playing at the Belcourt.
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 Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence), Carl Weathers (Rocky), M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple), Jim Abrahams (Airplane!), and Kris Kristofferson (A Star is Born).
Tel Visa (Nepali) (Dir. Shankar Ghimire) “Family from Nepal navigates cultural clashes in USA, social media's impact. Questions arise: cultural differences criminal? What's "normal"? Family unity tested, survival uncertain.” Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27.
El Hana El Ana Feeh (Arabic) (Dir. Khaled Marei) A celebrity doctor and social media critic navigates life after his wife proposes to his best friend. Now playing at Regal Opry Mills 20.