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# ✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: May 17-23
- URL: https://pamphleteer.co/post/weekly-film-rundown-may-17-23/
- Published: 2024-05-17T16:26:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-17T11:03:14.000Z
- 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/). 

[***Back to Black***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/back%5Fto%5Fblack?ref=pamphleteer.co) The long-hyped Amy Winehouse biopic is in the hands of Sam Taylor-Johnson. While the buzz indicates that the photographer-turned-director has fumbled again after *Fifty Shades of Grey*, don’t believe it. This is another pop-culture masterwork ten years ahead of its time. *Now playing in theaters.* 

[***Evil Does Not Exist*** ](https://www.belcourt.org/films/evil-does-not-exist/?ref=pamphleteer.co)Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up the Oscar-winning *Drive My Car* with this parable about a village resisting a developer hoping to turn their home into a glamping destination. *Now playing at The Belcourt.*

[***IF***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/if%5F2024?ref=pamphleteer.co) John Krasinski directs Ryan Reynolds in this CGI comedy about a girl who begins to see the imaginary friends stuck in limbo when the world’s kids grow up. An early contender for the crowdpleaser of the summer, especially with an all-star cast that includes Matt Damon, Sam Rockwell, Emily Blunt, Awkwafina, and Steve Carell. *Now playing in theaters.*

[***The Strangers: Chapter 1*** ](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the%5Fstrangers%5Fchapter%5F1?ref=pamphleteer.co)While it never got the credit it was due, *The Strangers* remains one of the creepiest and most tense horror films of the past fifteen years. Even if director Renny Harlin (*Die Hard 2: Die Harder*, *Deep Blue Sea*) has had a touch-and-go career, the first in this planned trilogy starring *Riverdale*’s Madelaine Petsch may finally give the franchise some extended goodwill. *Now playing in theaters.*

[***The Philadelphia Story***](https://www.belcourt.org/films/the-philadelphia-story/?ref=pamphleteer.co) and [***Network***](https://www.belcourt.org/films/network/?ref=pamphleteer.co): In the former, Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart are at the pinnacle of their talents George Cukor’s screwball comedy classic about a socialite who finds her wedding day ruined by her ex and a tabloid reporter. The latter is Sidney Lumet’s prescient media satire about a weathered news anchor (Peter Finch) who is mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore and remains one of the best films ever made. *Playing this weekend at The Belcourt with an encore screening of* Network *on Wednesday.*

[***I Saw The TV Glow***](https://www.belcourt.org/films/i-saw-the-tv-glow/?ref=pamphleteer.co) Perhaps the greatest cinematic con game of the past few years is that Jane Schoenbrun’s 2022 Sundance sensation *We’re All Going to the World’s Fair* was anything but a thinly veiled trans polemic that displayed the same concern for nuance as its director’s [Twitter screeds](https://twitter.com/sapphicspielbrg/status/1615103544759132179?s=43&ref=pamphleteer.co) calling *Red Scare*’s [Dasha Nekrasova and her friends fascists](https://chicagoreader.com/film/the-music-box-cancels-actors-but-the-discourse-continues/?ref=pamphleteer.co). So, of course, A24 would bankroll the director’s bigger budget follow-up about teens whose realities blur when their favorite TV show is canceled that stars Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst (?). It may evade the sophomore slump, but will probably make those of us who aren’t full of shit just want to break stuff. *Now playing at AMC Murfreesboro 16, AMC Thoroughbred 20, and The Belcourt.* 

[***The World’s Greatest Sinner*** ](https://www.belcourt.org/films/the-worlds-greatest-sinner/?ref=pamphleteer.co)Cult actor Timothy Carey’s polarizing film about an insurance salesman who becomes an evangelist under the influence of the devil gets a 4K restoration after spending six decades languishing in obscurity. *Playing at The Belcourt as part of Music City Mondays*. 

[***The Blue Angels***](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the%5Fblue%5Fangels?ref=pamphleteer.co) Actor Glen Powell produced this documentary about the famed military squad, especially for IMAX. *Now playing at AMC Thoroughbred 20, Regal Opry Mills 20, and Regal Streets of Indian Lake 16 (Hendersonville).*

[***Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil***](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt25400540/?ref=pamphleteer.co)**(Malayalam)** A groom realizes he’s married the woman of his nightmares. *Now playing at Regal Hollywood 27*