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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Megalopolis,’ ‘My Robot’
Other movies showing this week: the horror movie “Azrael,” biopic “Lee,” religious movie “Faith of Angels,” partisan documentary “Vindicating Trump” and more.
Chris Herrington
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life.
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Music Rock legend Neil Young to attend Memphis Music Hall of Fame ceremony
Major music figures from elsewhere often appear at the event to celebrate Memphis music greats, though perhaps few with the stature of Young.
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Food NewsWhat to Order: At The Overland, try the elk
Lean into Western fare at Thornwood’s new restaurant.
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MusicLet’s Stay Together: The story of Al Green’s backup singers
Rhodes, Chalmers, Rhodes — a white country-music sister act and a sax player for Jerry Lee Lewis — were backup singers for most of Al Green’s 1970s soul hits. And now they’re getting their due in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Pizza, pints, funnel cakes and the art of letting go
This week, celebrate Latin culture with salsa dance, art, DJs and an Overton Square fest. Plus, old-school hip-hop artists come together in Orange Mound, and 1990s alt-rockers The Wallflowers take the stage at Graceland.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Impact of coaching changes
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the offseason coaching changes and how they might impact the Grizzlies this season.
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Arts & CultureMemphis Movies This Week: Fall begins with ‘Substance’ with Demi Moore
The WLOK Black Film Festival screens “Respect,” “The Bucket List” and “The Great Debaters” while the Summer Drive-In brings a doozy of David Fincher.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: What will Marcus Smart’s season look like?
Should he remain a starter, or does he serve better as the team’s backup point guard?
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: A Mid-Autumn fest and a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
This week, fests feature French films, multiple styles of yoga, live music and more than 430 local artists and vendors.
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Arts & CultureMemphis Movies This Week: James Earl Jones’ Memphis movie, more
This week’s special Memphis screenings include “Blazing Saddles,” “Everything Everywhere all at Once” and a free French film festival.
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MusicThe Essential Memphis Library: ‘Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy’
“If W.C. Handy was a talented, opportunistic musician in the right place at the right time, Louis Armstrong was a genius, period. And Armstrong and his “All-Stars” band elevate Handy’s famous tunes.”
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Chris Herrington The Essential Memphis Library: Otis Redding’s ‘Otis Blue’
From Sam Cooke to Motown, blues to the British Invasion to his own classic songwriting, Otis Redding’s groundbreaking 1965 album turned everything it touched into one man’s soulful sound.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Tigers in triumph, turmoil; trial over Nichols’ death begins
Memphis murder and homicide rates are meaningfully down so far this year, Ja Morant was behind the camera this weekend and we tell you where to start for Memphis art.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: GG Jackson’s injury; Ja Morant’s summer
Will Jackson’s bad luck affect the team? Will Morant have the best season of his career? Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Really short plays, fancy homes and Smashing Pumpkins
This week, Memphis musicians preview AmericanaFest sets, pink wines get some love and 35 years of the Southern Heritage Classic are on display.
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Arts & CultureMemphis Movies This Week: ‘Beetlejuice’ is back, ‘Red Shoes’ are for dancing
Opening in Memphis on Wednesday is “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” a 36-years-later sequel that features all four key principals from the original.
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MusicThe Essential Memphis Library: Otis Spann’s ‘Hotel Lorraine’
At a Chicago church, on the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Mississippi-bred bluesman Otis Spann delivered what arguably remains the most profound musical response to the tragedy.
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MusicThe Essential Memphis Library: Elvis Presley’s ‘Don’t Be Cruel’/‘Hound Dog’
Elvis’ popularity may have started this week in 1956. That’s when “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel”— constituting two sides of one 45 rpm single — reached the top of Billboard's pop singles chart.
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Music The Essential Memphis Library: Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Moanin’ at Midnight’/‘How Many More Years’
Memphis was a way station for the Wolf on a journey from the Delta to Chicago, but he was in Memphis long enough to cut a two-sided single as monumental as anything created in one of America’s signature music cities.
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Music The Essential Memphis Library: Johnny Cash’s ‘Cry, Cry, Cry/Hey Porter!’
Cash recorded his debut single, released in June 1955, at Sun Records.
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MusicThe Essential Memphis Library: ‘Walk the Line’
The film stands as both a great Memphis story and a showcase for the city as a filmmaking location that can do more than play itself.
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Visual ArtsThe Essential Memphis Library: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Rainmaker’
In 1997, Matt Damon's first starring role and Francis Ford Coppola's last major film intersected in Memphis with the third and (so far) final locally set John Grisham adapation.
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Arts & CultureThe Essential Memphis Library: Ira Sachs’ Sundance-winning ‘Forty Shades of Blue’
“Forty Shades of Blue” hit theaters 15 years ago today, and it is now among the many examples of films not currently available on any streaming platform. But if you’re lucky enough to find a way to see it, you’ll encounter a very good move.
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Arts & CultureThe Essential Memphis Library: Tom Cruise goes Beale Street flipping in ‘The Firm’
As a depiction of the terrain of Memphis, circa 1993, “The Firm” is notable for its trip to the now dated and decaying Mud Island River Park, arguably the most inventive use of a Memphis location in any film. Here, it’s the setting for a climactic Hitchockian chase scene.
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Chris HerringtonThe Essential Memphis Library: Molly Crosby’s ‘The American Plague’
In a month’s time, during the late summer of 1878, the city’s population plummeted from 50,000 to 20,000, with the vast majority of those remaining infected by the fever. Crosby's "The American Plague" takes you to this crucible moment in Memphis history, and helps explain what it meant.
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