02/11/2016
BELCOURT THEATRE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL POP-UP SCREENINGS, INCLUDING NEW RELEASES, A NEW CULT AND GENRE SERIES, AND THE RETURN OF SCIENCE ON SCREEN
NASHVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 9, 2016) — The Belcourt Theatre announces its next pop-up screenings, scheduled for March and early April at varied locations. The screenings include two new releases (the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT at Third Man Records and Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary IN JACKSON HEIGHTS and Oscar-nominated MUSTANG at OZ Arts Nashville), the introduction of a cult/genre series called Peripheral Visions, co-presented with Third Man Records, and the return of Science on Screen with a special screening at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory of the silent 1925 film OUR HEAVENLY BODIES. The Belcourt’s ongoing series, Light and Sound Machine, co-presented with Third Man, continues as well.
“As we renovate our 90-year-old theatre,” said Stephanie Silverman, the Belcourt’s executive director, “these pop-up events provide a unique opportunity to bring our programming to other film venues. We’re delighted to expand on the work we’ve been doing with Third Man Records in their Blue Room, and we’re pleased to partner with Belmont University and OZ Arts Nashville for select screenings. And of course, as we enter our third year of Science on Screen, Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory offers the perfect place to experience a 90-year-old silent film.”
The Belcourt Theatre is currently closed for renovation of its 90-year-old building. During construction, ongoing pop-up screenings have drawn both Belcourt members and “regulars” as well as new audiences. The Belcourt recently completed a weekend of screenings of the 2016 Oscar Nominated Short Films, in partnership with Belmont.
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University’s R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center and its motion pictures department. The Belcourt also continues its active education program for students throughout the city via its Mobile Movie Theatre and with partner schools and organizations.
“With the addition of monthly weekend matinees of highly regarded new releases, as well as our Peripheral Visions series, created in part to keep our rep and midnights crowd in the loop, we’re able provide many of the components for a regular Belcourt experience during this renovation period,” said Toby Leonard, programming director at the Belcourt.
The following outline is a chronological summary of upcoming and confirmed pop-up screenings. For full film descriptions and additional details, see attachment or visit www.belcourt.org.
Light and Sound Machine: COME BACK, AFRICA
Thursday, Feb. 18 at Third Man Records, 623 7th Ave. South (doors 7 p.m., film 8 p.m.)
The Light and Sound Machine is co-presented by the Belcourt Theatre and Third Man Records
COME BACK, AFRICA
Dir. Lionel Rogosin, USA, 1959, 95 min., 16mm
$10 / $8 Belcourt members
Peripheral Visions: THE DION BROTHERS (aka THE GRAVY TRAIN)
Tuesday, March 1 at Third Man Records, 623 7th Ave. South (doors 7 p.m., film 8 p.m.)
Peripheral Visions is a new monthly screening series of 16mm cult and genre films from the 70s and 80s, co-presented by the Belcourt Theatre and Third Man Records
THE DION BROTHERS (aka THE GRAVY TRAIN)
Dir. Jack Starrett, USA, 1974, 94 min., 16mm
$10 / $8 Belcourt members
MUSTANG
in partnership with OZ Arts Nashville
Sunday, March 6 at OZ Arts Nashville, 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, 12:30 p.m.
MUSTANG
Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüve, Turkey, 2015, 94 min., NR, Digital
12:30 p.m.
$10 / $8 Belcourt members
IN JACKSON HEIGHTS
in partnership with OZ Arts Nashville
Sunday, March 6 at OZ Arts Nashville, 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, 3 p.m.
IN JACKSON HEIGHTS
Dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA, 2015, 190 min., NR, Digital
3:00 p.m.
$10 / $8 Belcourt members
National Evening of Science on Screen: HEAVENLY BODIES
Tuesday, March 22 at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory, 1000 Oman Drive, Brentwood
(doors 7 p.m., film 8 p.m.)
Science on Screen is made possible through a grant by the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
OUR HEAVENLY BODIES
with live accompaniment by Nashville ambient electronic group Coupler
Dir. Hanns Walter Kornblum, Germany, 1925, 91 min., NR, Digital
$25 / $20 Belcourt members
(Tickets are limited and will go on sale to Belcourt members Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. General tickets, if available, will go on sale Friday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m.)
Post-film Q&A: Bob O'Dell, Distinguished Research Professor of Astrophysics at Vanderbilt University, and the founding project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope, which he helped design and for which he supervised construction.
Before and after the film: Tours of the observatory. Stargazing through the observatory’s telescopes (weather permitting. Q&As with observatory astronomers.
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
Sunday, April 3 at Third Man Records, 623 7th Ave. South (times TBA)
Part of the 2016 Science on Screen series, made possible through a grant by the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
DIr. Ciro Guerra, Columbia, 2016, NR, 122 min., Digital
$10 / $8 Belcourt members
About the Belcourt Theatre
The Belcourt Theatre is a nonprofit cultural institution that engages, enriches and educates audiences through innovative film programming in our historic theatre, our community, and beyond. Housed in Nashville’s only historic neighborhood theatre, the Belcourt presents the best of independent, documentary, world, and repertory cinema 365 days a year, while promoting visual literacy and providing opportunities for people of all ages to experience the power of film. First opened in 1925 as a silent movie house, the theatre was home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1934-35. Since the re-opening of the theatre as a nonprofit art house in 1999, over a half million people have visited the Belcourt to see more than 1,000 films from every corner of the globe. The Belcourt Theatre is funded in part by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission, and is grateful for their support of our nonprofit mission.
