The Memphis 10: From ‘Mystery Train’ to ‘The Firm’ and more, the best use of city locations on the big screen
The since-demolished Arcade Hotel looms in the background as a couple of Japanese tourists take in the corner of Main and G.E. Patterson (then Calhoun) in Jim Jarmusch's made-in-Memphis 1989 film "Mystery Train." (Criterion Collection)
Chris Herrington
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. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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