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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hustle & Flow’ anniversary

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:11:37 -0500

It’s a big week of both new and old movies on public screens in Memphis, including one instance of the two categories intersecting.

From watercolors to landscapes, this art show is pure Memphis

lwilliams@dailymemphian.com (Lydia Williams) — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:46:09 -0500

Nearly 300 creations by Memphis artists will be available to purchase at Art for Jobs, the annual charity event hosted by Advance Memphis.

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

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:05:00 -0500

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.

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Pavements,’ ‘The Long Walk’

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:49:37 -0500

The movie/TV Stephen King adaptation doesn’t have a great history, but it does have a lengthy one.

Meet The Daily Memphian's fall 2025 interns

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:19:59 -0500

Two interns are from Memphis while the other is from Nashville.

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Hamilton’ on screen, Memphis Rox doc premieres

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Wed, 3 Sep 2025 05:53:56 -0500

Also, opening this week: “The Conjuring: Last Rites” and “Love, Brooklyn” with “Moonlight” star Andre Holland.

Memphis author and filmmaker's latest work to debut at Venice Film Festival

jcallahan@dailymemphian.com (Jody Callahan) — Mon, 1 Sep 2025 20:48:48 -0500

Memphis filmmaker and author Robert Gordon and his partners are gearing up for the world premiere of “Newport & the Great Folk Dream,” and they want to be clear: It is not a music documentary.

Photo Gallery: A look at Memphis Art Museum construction

editors@dailymemphian.com ( The Daily Memphian Staff) — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:26:14 -0500

The new museum will feature a new Monroe Avenue plaza connecting the museum to the Cossitt Library and providing access to the Mississippi River.

Memphis artists tackle flora and the abstract in September shows

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:58:39 -0500

Here’s a roundup of what’s coming to local art galleries in September.

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Jaws’ at 50, peak Prince on IMAX

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:18:18 -0500

As the “summer blockbuster” concept took hold, “Jaws” was widely credited — or blamed — with birthing the concept.

Brooks curators want Memphis to be nationally known for Black art

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:12 -0500

In her newly permanent role, Adeze Wilford comes to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to help provide opportunities to people who frequently feel left out.

Memphis Movies This Week: Spike Lee remakes a master, ‘Big Lebowski’ on the biggest screen

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 19:33:07 -0500

Lee directs Denzel Washington in a remake of a classic Japanese drama. Coen Brothers' cult comedy is at the Pink Palace.

Figure drawing at the Dixon features costumed performers

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Tue, 5 Aug 2025 17:33:40 -0500

In May, attendees of the Stage & Sketch figure-drawing class drew wrestlers as graphic designer and illustrator Shelda Edwards called out poses.

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Naked Gun,' ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at 75

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:58:43 -0500

At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.

Gender, erasure and ‘pink lives': August art exhibitions explore social issues, connection

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:14:05 -0500

One artist uses performance, mixed media, collage, and video “to converse with other young, alienated women and femmes who struggle to find their entire selves in a capitalistic landscape.”

B.B. King lives on in Stax photo exhibit

jmangin@dailymemphian.com (Joseph Mangin) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:59:59 -0500

The photos capture the joy and energy of a live B.B. King performance.

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Eddington’ isn’t typical summer fare

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:17:36 -0500

Plus, Chris Herrington shares his “Best of 2025 so far” movie list.

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Superman,’ ‘Top Gun’ take flight

cherrington@dailymemphian.com (Chris Herrington) — Tue, 8 Jul 2025 19:05:27 -0500

Plus, two new horror films and a thriller about an anti-government extremist in a stand-off with a chief of police.

Art by Tyré Nichols, Ernest Withers and 100+ unsigned works now on view

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Wed, 9 Jul 2025 18:01:11 -0500

Whether it’s a name you know or a name that’s hidden, this month, artists and photographers from Memphis and beyond capture the Arkansas Delta, quiet moments of everyday life and more.

Incognito presents an art mystery where buyers are encouraged to buy what they love, not what they know

jcallahan@dailymemphian.com (Jody Callahan) — Sat, 5 Jul 2025 21:54:12 -0500

At the Incognito Art Auction to benefit the Memphis Botanic Garden, buyers will be purchasing pieces that speak to them without knowing who actually created them until the sale is complete.