Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ returns
This week brings the intersection of two documentaries rooted in great footage from different strands of Black history.
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November 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: Oscar hopefuls ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ ‘La Bola Negra’
Even beyond the Indie Memphis festival, it’s a big movie week in Memphis, with a trio of awards-season hopefuls and one big, promising creature feature landing on local screens.
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October 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: Cannes winner ‘Fjord,’ ‘Wild at Heart’ restored
Two winners of Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or (first prize) are on Memphis screens this week.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Oscar-winning Brit actresses, ‘Everything’ expands
Oscar-winning British actresses in high-concept new films. It’s an accidental theme of sorts at the movies this week.
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Holiday movie set in Memphis to premiere on OWN
Memphis will take center stage this holiday season in the Oprah Winfrey Network’s new dance-driven movie “Tapping into Christmas.”
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Memphis Movies This Week: Mammoth docs on Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes
It’s an unusual week at the movies in Memphis, with at least a dozen new titles and the two most notable, both super-sized biographical documentaries.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Oscar winners in ‘Other Mommy,’ ‘The Social Reckoning’
Pick your horror, so to speak, this weekend, both starring former Best Actress Oscar winners.
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September 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Resident Evil’ reboots, ‘The Matrix’ mind bends
If you get confused when you see references to “red pill” or “blue pill,” you’ve got an opportunity to get that sorted.
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August 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ Ridley Scott’s ‘Dog Stars’
Also opening this weekend: “Finding Emily,” “Buddy,” “Idiots” and “Never Stop Chasing.”
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Tony,’ ‘Camp Miasma,’ ‘Fast and Furious’ at 25
Film fans can feast this week on a young Anthony Bourdain biopic, the latest feature from the writer-director of “I Saw the TV Glow” and one of Thursday’s three special screenings.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Locally made ‘Elijah Peel,’ Anne Hathaway’s ‘End of Oak Street’
Late summer brings a bundle of interesting smaller releases, including a couple of new titles from young filmmakers who have made striking previous work.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Cats and street gangs on the prowl
Box office behemoths continue their runs, and this week’s special screenings offer gangs, cats, Ghibli and more.
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July 2026
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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.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Is ‘The Odyssey’ worth a trip?
IMAX, 70mm, both? Chris Herrington breaks down all the ways you can see the movie of the year — and his Christopher Nolan film rankings. Plus, a Memphian-directed documentary explores the Newport Folk Festivals.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Invite,’ Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’
Comedies opening this weekend: “The Invite” and “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.”
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June 2026
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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.
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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.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Tuner,’ ‘Power Ballad,’ ‘Frances Ha’
It’s pick your theme at the movies this week and you can double up.
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May 2026
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Memphis Movies this Week: ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Boosters’ and a couple of Oscar winners
There’s a solid fistful of notable revival screenings around town this week, though three of them will be showing on the same night (Thursday), at the same time (7 p.m.). Which will you choose?
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Memphis Movies This Week: Fresh filmmakers debut, ‘Top Gun’ flies again
Genre movies from debut feature filmmakers, “Obsession” and “Is God Is,” are in theaters this week.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Crime is up, from ‘Sheep Detectives’ to ‘Heat’
Chris Herrington: “‘Knives Out’ meets ‘Babe’ is an elevator pitch I would buy, and I suspect I’ll be buying in the form of a movie ticket soon.”
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April 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Jerry Maguire,’ ‘E.T.’ get big-screen revivals
In addition to the throwbacks, screenings this week include a set-in-Italy romantic comedy, “You, Me and Tuscany,” and the new horror movie “Faces of Death.”
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Memphis Movies This Week: Complicated romance in ‘The Drama,’ ‘Fantasy Life’
Also, Chris Herrington gives his Top 5 Baseball Movies List.
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March 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Project Hail Mary’ is for the kids (of all ages), Prince and Dylan duel
Also opening this week in wide release are two horror-comedies: “They Will Kill You” with Zazie Beetz (“Atlanta”) and Myha’la (“Industry”), and “Forbidden Fruits.”
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Memphis Movies This Week: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Hail Mary,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ gets Pink
With the Oscars finally in the rearview, the first potential well-liked live-action hit of the 2026 movie year arrives this weekend, says Chris Herrington.
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