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Crosstown Arts Film Series presents AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesFeaturing a seething, controlled performance from Klaus Kinski, this masterpiece from director Werner Herzog is an unforgettable portrait of madness and power.
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Mahogany Chamber Music Series: “Music for the Soul”
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThe Mahogany Chamber Music Series is a series of three chamber music concerts curated by Dr. Artina McCain, spotlighting Black and other underrepresented composers and performers.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents 3 WOMEN
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesFeaturing brilliant performances from Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall, this dreamlike masterpiece from Robert Altman careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThis stark modern homage to Howard Hawk’s Rio Bravo updates the action with a youth gang attacking a closing police station in a blighted ghetto neighborhood.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ALMA’S RAINBOW
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesAlmas’s Rainbow is a coming-of-age comedy/drama about three Black women living in Brooklyn. Ayoka Chenzira’s feature film explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold (Victoria Gabrielle Platt) who is entering womanhood and navigating conversations and experiences around standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights of Black women have over their bodies.
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Shoot & Splice: Short Film Case Studies
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesIndie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to present a case study of the 2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival Hometowner award-winning short films, “Nordo” (Best Narrative Short) and “What We’ll Never Know” (Best Documentary Short). Directors Kyle Taubken (Nordo) and Lauren Ready (What We’ll Never Know) will share insights and stories from each stage of the production process — from early development to production and into festival distribution.
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Iris Collective: Intersections
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesCrosstown Theater Thursday, February 9, 2023 Doors at 6:30 p.m. | Show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35 | $30 in advance PURCHASE TICKETS HERE In partnership with Iris Collective, […]
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Juilliard String Quartet
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesWith unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor, the Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring.
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Microcinema: 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival Shorts Tour
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesIndie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are honored to start off Microcinema this year with a program of shorts from the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival in North America! This program of shorts features fascinating works from filmmakers from around the world who employ an array of approaches — an absurdist music video, a mediation on physical and mental spaces within the African Diaspora, and a video essay exploring the innocence and role of bags in post-revolution Iranian cinema.
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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents COOLEY HIGH
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesMichael Schultz directed this deeply felt recollection of adolescent life on Chicago's near North Side in 1964. Like American Graffiti, Cooley High deals with girl, school, and police troubles as a group of high school seniors prepare for post-high-school life.
