Art-House America
Welcome to the Belcourt, a beloved Nashville institution that has been woven into the fabric of its city since it opened in 1925. The venue was one of the Grand Ole Opry’s first homes, and it continues today as a vibrant art-house cinema run by a dedicated staff. A movie lover’s paradise, the Belcourt also serves as a hub for education through programs like the Strong Leads initiative, which introduces a new generation of young female cinephiles to films directed by and centered on women. Plus, Belcourt programmer Toby Leonard presents a selection of all-time favorites.
Discover the storied history of the indispensable Nashville movie theater and community hub committed to enriching its city through cinema.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1952 • Japan
Considered by some to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikiru presents the director at his most compassionate, affirming life through an exploration of a man's death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cance...
Directed by Louis Malle • 1958 • France
For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Davis. Taking place over the course of one restless Pari...
Directed by Shohei Imamura • 1968 • Japan
When an engineer from Tokyo arrives on an island inhabited by the Futori family, he is drawn into their primitive culture and superstitions. Directed by Shohei Imamura.
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta • 1975 • Germany
When Katharina Blum spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. Suddenly a suspect, Katharina is subject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist...
Directed by John Huston • 1979 • United States
In this acclaimed adaptation of the first novel by legendary Southern writer Flannery O'Connor, John Huston vividly brings to life her poetic world of American eccentricity. Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh ou...
Directed by Robert Altman • 1984 • United States
Sequestered in his home, a disgraced President Richard Milhous Nixon arms himself with a bottle of scotch and a gun to record memoirs that no one will hear. He is surrounded by the silent portraits of Lincoln, Eisenhower, Kissinger, and his moth...
Directed by Lisa Krueger • 1996 • United States
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Kay Place
An eleven-year-old Scarlett Johansson received her first starring role in this charmingly oddball road movie, in which she plays one half of a pair of orphaned sisters who run away fr...
Directed by Lucrecia Martel • 2001 • Argentina, Spain
The release of Lucrecia Martel's La Ciénaga heralded the arrival of an astonishingly vital and original voice in Argentine cinema. With a radical and disturbing take on narrative, beautiful cinematography, and a highly sophisticated use of on...
