There are 36 article(s) tagged Malco Theatres:

• July 2026

  • Memphis Movies This Week: Spider-Man’s ‘New Day,’ an early Denis Villeneuve thriller

    A new Tom Holland summer blockbuster will hit theaters. Plus, two Wilde sex comedies are still screening.

    By Chris Herrington July 28, 2026

• June 2026

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Toy Story’ returns, a Todd Snider farewell

    Dun. Dun. Dun. Dun. From the first “summer blockbuster,” a beloved children’s movie series to Robin Hood, what’s old is back again at the theaters this week. Plus, Chris Herrington also gives his Steven Spielberg Top 10. 

    By Chris Herrington June 19, 2026

  • Memphis Movies This Week: Spielberg new and old with ‘Disclosure Day’ and ‘Close Encounters’

    Aliens are on the big — and giant — screen in Memphis, and you can stream the portrait of the life of Memphian Maurice White. And somehow, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” brings it all full circle.

    By Chris Herrington June 12, 2026

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Tuner,’ ‘Power Ballad,’ ‘Frances Ha’

    It’s pick your theme at the movies this week and you can double up.

    By Chris Herrington June 03, 2026

• February 2026

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Send Help’ is a good time, and ‘Macbeth’ is at Crosstown

    Stranded on a South Pacific island with Rachel McAdams? Be careful what you wish for in Sam Raimi’s “Send Help.”

    By Chris Herrington February 03, 2026

• January 2026

  • Memphis Movies This Week: See Oscar hopefuls ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ while you can

    The Oscar nominations will be announced Thursday and will be followed locally by a bundle of expected nominees making their debut on local screens, making a return or expanding their footprint.

    By Chris Herrington January 22, 2026

• December 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: Oscar contender ‘Hamnet’ and a super-sized ‘Kill Bill’

    A potential Best Picture winner starring a Best Actress candidate comes to Memphis theaters. Plus, the Paradiso will be participating in a national IMAX “sneak preview” screening. 

    By Chris Herrington December 06, 2025

• November 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Die My Love,’ Tom Cruise gets ‘Risky’

    Could Jennifer Lawrence be back in a big way? Plus, alien attacks at the Pink Palace, and chickens on the run. 

    By Chris Herrington November 05, 2025

• October 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Bugonia’ is new, and here’s what’s coming ‘back to the future’

    Thursday is once again movie night in Memphis, this week with a particular Halloween flavor. 

    By Chris Herrington October 28, 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Springsteen’ on screen, Halloween favorite films

    With Halloween around the corner, here are some spooky films — new and old — to get you in the spirit.

    By Chris Herrington October 21, 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘After the Hunt,’ ‘Silence of the Lambs’

    “Challengers” and “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino takes a swing at “cancel culture” and Malco’s Throwback Thursday showing this week hits home — partly.

    By Chris Herrington October 15, 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Smashing Machine,’ ‘One Battle After Another’

    Fall arrived — on the calendar and in the theaters. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” begins a string of award-season hopefuls, including one the could solidify Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s transition from the mat to the matinee.

    By Chris Herrington October 04, 2025

• September 2025

  • Memphis Movies This Week: Two modern classics, one night only

    There are plenty of new movies opening this week, but it’s a particularly good week for Memphis’ inconsistent repertory scene. Plus, Chris Herrington gives us his top 5 Robert Redford movies.

    By Chris Herrington September 16, 2025

• May 2025

  • Malco Summer Drive-In sold for $2.3 million

    Terms of the sale include a condition that the new owners will not operate a movie theater without the written consent of the seller and Malco for the next 20 years. 

    By Dima Amro May 30, 2025

• August 2024

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Rear Window’ at 70, ‘Good One’ might be good

    Here’s an overview to help Memphis filmgoers navigate what’s out there. 

    By Chris Herrington August 28, 2024

• July 2023

  • Bluff City Pickleball coming to former Malco theater in Bartlett

    Bartlett will soon become the next suburb with a pickleball facility as a private entity is converting the former Malco movie theater on Bartlett Boulevard.

    By Michael Waddell July 07, 2023

• September 2022

  • It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Super-Grandad!

    National Cinema Day’s $3 tickets was an affordable Labor Day Weekend treat for Memphis-area movie fans. The last time tickets were that cheap, “The Breakfast Club,” “The Color Purple” and “Risky Business” were showing on the big screen.

    By Scott Pickey September 04, 2022

  • Coming to Memphis: $3 movie tickets today

    For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters —including in Memphis— as part of a newly launched “National Cinema Day” to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office.

    By The Associated Press, Jasmine McCraven September 03, 2022

• January 2021

  • Memphis’ indoor movie theaters begin reopening

    Major films including “Wonder Woman 1984” and “One Night in Miami” will be showing as theaters reopen following the newest health directive. 

    By Chris Herrington January 23, 2021

• December 2020

  • Shelby County Health Department instructs movie theaters to close

    Movie theaters are not mentioned in the most recent health directive, but Malco was told it would have to close. DeSoto County locations remain open.

    By Abigail Warren December 27, 2020

  • Opinion: A tale of two economies

    With the continuance of the COVID crisis, the intangible economy has come to pretty much a grinding halt. There is little or nothing to offer the world because group experiences are on hold. You see it with football, basketball, concerts and movies.

    By Jimmy Tashie December 16, 2020

• October 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Election thoughts from a most American city and more

    It’s a truism that “all politics is local,” but perhaps a current truth is that all politics is exhaustingly national. With less than a month to go before the presidential election, it’s been hard to think about much else this week. So pardon me while I try to get it out of my system, from a Memphis-centric perspective. 

    By Chris Herrington October 08, 2020

• September 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Levitt Shell cleans up after recent vandalism, eyes 2021 return

    For the Shell, the problem is the medium, not the message. Tagging has been a recurring issue. “When we’re sitting here empty, and it’s dark, I understand that it’s an empty canvas,” said Shell executive director Natalie Wilson.

    By Chris Herrington September 03, 2020

• August 2020

  • ECS rents out local movie theater for Thursday’s football game viewing

    A creative principal has found a way for fans and families to see the season opener after COVID-19 health protocols limited the number of people in the stands.

    By John Varlas August 27, 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Collierville Confederate markers another skirmish in struggle over Southern identity

    The effort and cost it takes to pick up the litter left by these ahistorical Lost Cause organizations is a drag. I’m not here to tell Collierville what to do, but those Confederate markers will go away some day.

    By Chris Herrington August 27, 2020