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BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR Dir. James Nguyen / 010 / USA / 90min / HD - Friday-Saturday, May 14-15 That the film concerns a salesman, his love interest and gaggle of poorly animated birds isn’t really the point. And why do these birds descend on Half Moon Bay? Who cares? It’s all fun and games, and everyone gets hurt except, of course, a salesman and his love interest. A midnight classic in the making, it’s Ed Wood 2012 Belcourt Ave
meets Alfred Hitchcock in the aviation sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Nashville, TN 37212
FLASH GORDON Dir. Mike Hodges / 010 / USA / 111min - Friday-Saturday, May 28-29 saying goodbye From the Producer of ARMY OF DARKNESS, the Cinematographer of STAR WARS, and the Director of GET CARTER comes 1980’s state-of-the-art take on the classic serial adventures has never been so easy. of: FLASH! AH-AHH! When sports star and adventurer Flash Gordon (Sam Jones) gets forcibly transported to the empire of the cruel Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) along with the lovely
Dale Arden and the noble Dr. Zarkov, he finds himself the only obstacle between the fiendish Ming and the destruction of the earth! Kingdoms at war, stunning sets, boreworms, and MUSIC BY QUEEN! Also starring Timothy Dalton, Topol, and Deep Roy.
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GREAT PERFECT for MOTHER’S &/OR GRADUATION!DAY Looking for a great gift for that special someone? Give the gift of arts and entertainment with a Belcourt membership. Simply complete the membership form with the gift recipient’s name and mailing information, and we’ll send him or her a membership on your behalf. Be sure to include your own mailing information so that we can send you a tax-deductible receipt. MEMBERSHIPS AS AS$35! LOW START ALL MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE: • Discounted admission to all Belcourt Films* concessions non-alcoholic and merchandise Belcourt on • discount 20% • No service fee for online tickets purchases • Discounts on select special events • Monthly calendar of events mailed to your home • Weekly email updates ...and benefits increase as your Membership Level increases! *Excludes special Events screenings. SUPPORT WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE: A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR WEEKEND CLASSICS: CARY GRANT Dir. Tom DiCillo / 2009 / USA / 90min / 35mm - Opens Friday, May 7th Armed with fresh footage of rehearsals, recording sessions, interviews and a recently unearthed 35mm copy of Jim Morrison’s student film HWY: AN AMERICAN PASTORAL, this new documentary, DEAR BELCOURT FRIENDS, NOTORIOUS directed by award-winning director Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, provides fresh insight The time has finally come, and I can’t tell you how excited and grateful we are. We will be shutting down the 1925 Hall on Saturday, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock / 1946 / 102min / 35mm - Sat-Sun, May 1-2 into the deep impact of its music and legacy. From the halls of UCLA’s film school and through May 15 immediately following the 12:15 Olde Worlde Theatre performance of Peter Pan and getting down to work INSTALLING THE Director Alfred Hitchcock fuses suspense and romance in this brilliant allegory of love and betrayal. A the formation of the band and ultimately to Morrison’s death, and at risk of being yet another film NEW SEATS! This may fall into the category of TMI but people have been asking so here’s the plan…as I write this, Kirk Futrell—our beautiful woman with a tainted past (Ingrid Bergman) is enlisted by American agent Devlin (Cary Grant) about the fabled Doors and their time bomb of a front man, WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE is a riveting head projectionist and facilities director—is literally sitting in every seat in the theatre to decide 1. Keep for parts, replace a 1966 to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries account of a band who found their unique creative muse by dangling from the collective precipice Hall seat with, or offer to one of our many friends and patrons who expressed interest in having a set of their very own (how we’ll do the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex (Claude Rains). Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must by mere threads. this we’re still not sure) or 2. Send on to its final chair resting place. We’ll start pulling and storing seats on Saturday, sometime in face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he’s loved her all along. Stunning perfor- “Unhappy with what Oliver Stone did to Jim Morrison and the doors in his 1991 Biopic? the next few days patch and paint the floor, and then….drumroll please…install our beautiful new seats. Our thanks to Steve Ward mances, Ben Hecht’s excellent script, and Hitchcock’s direction at its best make Notorious a perfect film. Here’s the doc for you.” - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone & Associates for all their help in this process. We’ll reopen on Friday evening May 21 for movies. For all you fantastic folks who THE TALK OF THE TOWN donated to the campaign—we’ll be having a thank you soiree in the next month or so, so we’ll be in touch. Dir. George Stevens / 1942 / 118min / 35mm - Sat-Sun, May 8-9 CASINO JACK and the United States of Money The dashing Cary Grant stars as Leopold, an activist wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. To One other special update…a generous donor & longtime Belcourt friend came forward and contributed enough money so that we Dir. Alex Gibney / 2010 / USA / 120min / 35mm - Opens Friday, May 21 avoid execution, Leopold breaks out of jail and takes a job as a gardener for a teacher named Nora (Jean Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thomp- could install new drapery in the 1925 Hall. It’s going to be simply gorgeous and will give us a taste of what that theatre looked like Arthur). Nora’s other houseguest (Ronald Colman) is a legal scholar who learns Leopold’s true identity. son), now focuses his attention on the story of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. From Indian casinos and Chinese on opening day in 1925. A fitting start to our celebration of the theatre’s 85th year as a Nashville institution. His two new friends end up helping him find justice -- and perhaps even love. The film earned seven sweatshops to Russian spies and a mob-style killing in Miami, CASINO JACK and the United States of Oscar nods, including Best Picture. Money is at once a colorful tale of international intrigue and a story of the corrupting role that money All the best, plays in our political process. By following ongoing criminal investigations - including the indictments of STEPHANIE SILVERMAN CHARADE federal officials, staffers and congressmen - and inquiries into the day-to-day business of favor-trading in our nation’s capitol, the film shines a light on the way that politicians’ desperate need to get elected Managing Director Dir. Stanley Donen / 1963 / 113min / 35mm - Sat-Sun, May 15-16 A trio of crooks relentlessly pursue a young American (Audrey Hepburn) through Paris to recover the - and the millions of dollars it costs - may be undermining the basic principles of American democracy. fortune her dead husband stole from them. The only person she can trust is a suave, mysterious stranger (Cary Grant). A deliciously dark comedic thriller, Stanley Donen’s CHARADE dazzles with style and “In his provocative docu, the gifted Alex Gibney turns what could have been a glum tale IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY! macabre wit to spare. of corruption into an entertaining spectacle replete with characters tailor-made for the big screen.” – Emanuel Levy 2ND SATURDAY OUTDOOR CINEMA NORTH BY NORTHWEST In concert with the building’s 85th anniversary and the 10th Anniversary of our group that saved it, we are celebrating by Dir. Alfred Hitchcock / 1959 / 131min / 35mm - Sat-Sun, May 22-23 NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS What if everyone around you was suddenly convinced that you were a spy? This classic from master direc- showing outdoor films curated by our members. Dir. Bhaman Ghobadi / 2009 / Iran / 106min / 35mm - Fri-Sun, May 21-23 tor Alfred Hitchcock stars Cary Grant as an advertising executive who looks a little too much like someone Considering the turmoil within Iran surrounding last year’s uprising and the continuing arrests of else and is forced to go on the lam (helped along by Eva Marie Saint). Hitchcock’s sure-handed comic opposition and cultural figures, No One Knows About Persian Cats is as timely as current films can drama pits Grant against a crop duster and lands him in a fight for his life on Mount Rushmore - a true get. Directed by Kurdish filmmaker Bhaman Ghobadi, the only such filmmaker whose complete out- cliffhanger if ever there was one. put has received US distribution, the film, inspired by a concert with resulted in 400 arrests, delves into the underground indie rock scene in Tehran: a scene that is by and large illegal under the current regime. Shot in quasi-documentary style, it centers around a male-and-female act looking for band GALLERY at theBELCOURT KAMERA SUTRA members to accompany them on a tour outside of the country. Written by Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who herself was jailed in Iran last year on an espionage charge, Ghobadi’s film surveys and celebrates the sound of Iran’s youthful resistance. THE SOCIETY FOR NASHVILLE’S ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS Tuesday, May 4 @ 9:30 was started in 2006 by a group of four $5 admission goes towards Belcourt’s HD digital projector fund! “Fueled by frustration with the myriad prohibitions governing life in Iran, No One Knows friends meeting in a kitchen to talk about KAMERA SUTRA is a monthly exhibition of short films by award- About Persian Cats strings an improvised tale around Tehran’s underground indie-rock photography and quickly grew into a forum winning local producers, animators, music scene.” - Alissa Simon, Variety JUNE 12 JULY 10 AUGUST 14 SEPTEMBER 11 for presenting and discussing member’s video directors, and diamonds in the rough. work in formal and informal settings with Join us at the Belcourt Theatre and hob- NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW about 75 members today. Our artists were nob with Nashville’s film scene! Check out CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF KUROSAWA ALL SUMMER LONG! Dir. Jonathan Demme / USA, 2010 / 82min / Digital Video - May 31 & June 3 tasked with producing work that shared titles the BEST under-seen short films, but also Trunk Show: a traveling display of unique goods, packed and unpacked along the way. Neil Young Trunk with existing movies. The ten works presented were chosen by a jury based SUBMIT YOUR OWN! CALL FOR PHOTOS & STORIES Show: Jonathan Demme’s display of Neil Young’s musical and spiritual soul. Young on a stage full of per- We need YOUR help! We are looking for stories and photos that help celebrate our history and how The Belcourt is YOUR on their artistic merit in relation to the theme and include photographs from Check Out January’s Winner: sonal icons; alone in the center of a circle of his beloved acoustic guitars; in the midst of stellar musicians neighborhood theatre. Please send any photos or stories to [email protected] or 10th Anniversary, Belcourt Theatre, 2102 Holly Ables, Jerry Atnip, Paul Beavers, John Brassil, Laura Carpenter, Eric Buffalo Clover’s Midnight Circus Video Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony “Sweet Pea” Crawford, plus an onstage Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. Hansen, Barry Noland, Jerry Park, Kay Ramming and Brent Spears. Directed by Dustin Masters painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like “Sad Movies” and “Mexico”; mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist’s psyche (“No Hidden Path”); searing, chaotic anthems including “Like a Hurricane” and “Cinammon Girl”; and rarely performed pieces like “Kansas” WE NEED YOU! and “Ambulance Blues” that provide glimpses of Young’s less public persona. Shot with a mix of video We are looking for volunteers to join our Membership and Audience Development Committees. We also need volunteers to assist with FIRST RUN FILMS and film cameras, mostly handheld, NYTS presents the kinetic reality of a Neil Young performance in various special events such as our upcoming 10th Anniversary Celebration. For more information, please contact [email protected]. breathtakingly intimate fashion. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Dir. Niels Arden Oplev / 2010 / Sweden / 152min / 35mm - Opens Friday, April 23rd “MESMERIZING...the most exciting movie currently in theatres.” - Playboy Olde Worlde Theatre Presents... Based on the international bestselling novel of the same name and the first of the “Millennium” trilogy KIDS COURT: of novels by the late Swedish author Steig Larsson, this highly accessible Scandanavian thriller concerns TRASH HUMPERS the disappearance of an uncle’s beloved niece Harriet whose body was never found. 40 years later and Dir. Harmony Korine / 2009 / USA / 78 min / 35mm - Opens May 28 Saturday, May 1st, 8th & 15th at 10:00am & 12:15pm. Tickets on sale NOW! General Admission - $7 all ages convinced that the killer is a member of his own family, he employs an out-of-work journalist and a troubled Catchy title, eh? Take it literally. By his own admission, Nashville-based director Harmony Korine isn’t but resourceful hacker to investigate. When they discover a series of murders at the time of Harriet’s, they Olde Worlde Theatre proudly presents “Peter Pan,” a tale of elegant proportions. Peter will certain that his latest work is even “a film”. Made to resemble a playback of a discarded old VHS (shot also begin to unravel a dark family history and must decide how far they are willing to go. Larsson’s book is and edited in that same format), the eerie blowup to 35mm comes complete with tracking lines and 8-bit laughingly blow Fairy dust into your eyes, and presto — you are now a believer in the magic one of the last decade’s major literary successes and the film is the highest grossing film in Swedish history. text and the horrors that lie within come in snippets: multi-generationally degraded images as might be of Fairies! Join Peter, Tinkerbell, Wendy, Michael and John on their adventures to magical recorded and recorded over. At the core are four self-documenting “elderly” miscreants who, between Neverland, the land of make-believe. There you will meet Pirates, Indians, Mermaids, and various seemingly senseless acts of vandalism, murder, and visits with fellow outcasts do just that: fixate the mischievous Lost Boys. The show is geared for people of all ages, created and done in their gaze and their pelves on our fair city’s distributed trash and recylcing recepticles: an outlet routinely “Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat thrills from start to finish” -The Daily Mirror taken to after a long summer’s day of treachery. Having divided festival audiences around the world since Olde Worlde style. It features cool music, movement, dance, comedy, colorful characters and it’s premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, TRASH HUMPERS will no doubt do the same costumes, lots of action and special effects. VINCERE back home. After all, that might be your trash bin they’re banging. For more info call Richard Stein at 615-300-0374 or visit oldeworldetheatre.com Dir. Marco Bellochio / Italy / 2010 / 122min / 35mm - Opens Friday, April 30 In conjunction with the release of his new film TRASH HUMPERS, we’ve asked our favorite internationally-regarded local In this highly stylized feature from Italian auteur Marco Bellochio, Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) falls filmmaker HARMONY KORINE to curate a couple of our Weekend Classics slots. Here’s what shook out… for young Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi) in Milan and sells everything she has to help the future dictator fund his newspaper, Popolo d’Italia. But when World War I separates the newly wedded couple, Mussolini THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE SPECIAL THANKS marries another woman. Ida demands to retain her rights as Mussolini’s wife and the mother of his son, but Dir. Michael Cimino / 1974 / USA / 115min - May 29-30, Showtimes TBA Dir. Jean Eustache / 1973 / France / 217min - June 6 @ 7pm Ex-thief Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) and fun-loving drifter One of the most important French films of the 1970’s Jean Eustache’s the Fascists have other plans for the dictator’s dark secret in this dizzying biopic. Lightfoot (an Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges) team up with Thun- 3.5 hour marathon drama comes to us on loan from the French Em- derbolt’s shady old associates, Red (George Kennedy) and Goody bassy, a truly rare screening of a film unavailable on DVD in the US. (Geoffrey Lewis), to restage a robbery of an armored bank. Writer- Concerning a bizarre love triangle between a seemingly unemployed director Michael Cimino, who later helmed THE DEER HUNTER, narcissist (Jean-Pierre Leaud), his live-in girlfriend and a Polish nurse, kicked off his career with this zany and irreverent caper thriller, Eustache effortlessly intertwines its lost characters’ confused and am- full of crackling dialogue and rubber-burning car chases. bivalent interrelations with a critical portrait of French youth in the wake “A near masterpiece” - David Edelstein, New York Magazine of late 60’s Parisian cultural and sexual revolutions. One Screening Only