✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: April 6-12
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.
Air Ben Affleck directs and costars with hetero lifemate Matt Damon in this origin story of the Air Jordan that’s also Easter Weekend’s must-see movie. Enjoy a throwback to a time when Hollywood made films for adults, movie stars existed, and Nike was more than a mash-up of woke gestures and sweatshop labor.
Now playing in theaters.
The Worst Ones A director turns to the Paris slums to cast a feature film in this cutting and dryly comic examination of how the cultural elite exploit the poor for their own career advancement.
Playing at The Belcourt through Tuesday, 4/11.
Smoking Causes Coughing Quintin Dupieux –French cinema’s reigning king of WTF–follows a group of D-list superheroes called the Tobacco Force on a team-building retreat as they lick their wounds after a battle against a giant turtle.
Playing at The Belcourt through Monday, 4/10.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy’s French New Wave pop opera from 1964 about an umbrella salesgirl (Catherine Deneuve in her breakout role) learning the ropes of young dumb love remains one of the best films ever made. It’s mix of tragedy and beauty make it a perfect watch for the Easter season.
Now playing at The Belcourt.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Fashion icons and plumber brothers Mario and Luigi fight a reptile king, do shrooms, and save a kingdom in this animated adaptation of Nintendo’s signature characters with the voices of Chris Pratt, Jack Black, and Anya Taylor-Joy. There’s no way anything about this slick, corporate franchise starter rivals Dennis Hopper’s gleefully unhinged turn as King Koopa in the OG 1993 cult classic.
Now playing in theaters.
Paint Owen Wilson apes Bob Ross as a celebrity painter going through an existential meltdown in this satire that hopes to do for PBS programming what Anchorman did for local news.
Now playing in theaters.
The Five Devils A teenager who can recreate scents uncovers family secrets in this singular French fantasy tale that was one of the buzziest titles at the Cannes Film Festival.
Playing at The Belcourt through Tuesday, 4/11.
La Usurpadora: The Musical The popular telenovela about twin sisters separated at birth with clashing personalities who make a mess of each other’s lives comes to the big screen as a musical.
Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27 and Regal Opry Mills 20.
Ravanasura (Telugu) A breezy musical thriller about a cop seeking the help of an attorney who moonlights as the serial killer they are both investigating.
Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20 and Regal Hollywood 27.
Little Richard: I Am Everything A documentary about Little Richard, whose charisma alone would make most people from all walks of life want to see this movie until they read its description as, “The story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator, the originator.” Kudos for turning a legend with unquestionable mass appeal into a badly researched term paper riddled with buzzwords.
Playing at the Belcourt, AMC, and Regal for select showtimes on Tuesday, 4/11.