Year: 2024

Waitress: The Nashville Rep’s Fantastic Musical Comedy

Although I’d heard of the 2007 film Waitress and always meant to watch it, I hadn’t heard of the musical adaptation until the Nashville Repertory Theatre announced it as theirRead More

Coming in October!

The Jazz Beat (October 16-31)

Hello, all, and welcome back to this regular column here at Music City Review. Here, we will update you with the most can’t-miss jazz events happening in Music City, soRead More

From the Nashville Film Festival

The Ties that Bind Us: Graveyard Shorts

The Graveyard Shifts Shorts Program: The Ties that Bind Us is a block of seven films that engage with the horror genre at different levels. Much of it is derivative,Read More

From the Nashville Film Festival

A Couple of Shorts, Part 2

Lemon-Aid This Tennessee horror short is strange and funny. It’s full of vibrant colors, almost no dialogue, weird movements and many sound effects. The story is simple, mysterious, and ridiculous.Read More

From the Nashville Film Festival

A Couple of Shorts, Part 1

Casual (Music Video) by Chappell Roan Chappell Roan (your favorite artist’s favorite artist) has shot to fame after her song “Good Luck, Babe!” broke into the Billboard Hot 100. WithRead More

From the Nashville Film Festival

Nashville-related Music Films

For this list I’ve curated films from the festival that are both short and feature length with Nashville-related subject matter. From denial to lament, nostalgia to excitement, as a collectionRead More

From the Nashville Film Festival

We Can Be Heroes: Celebrating Difference

In the mid-60s, my brothers were diagnosed as autistic. It took awhile, because they were beautiful twin babies, perfectly healthy. Unlike Downs Syndrome, there are often no outer indications ofRead More

From the Nashville Film Festival

A Man Called Hurt: The Life and Music of Mississippi John Hurt

A Man Called Hurt: The Life and Music of Mississippi John Hurt begins as a comfortably muted scene in an old-time country home in Avalon, Mississippi. “Frankie” is playing onRead More

My Soul Looks Back: Nashville’s Gospel Honors

  They took us to CHURCH! Well, you might ask, wasn’t the event in a church? Downtown Presbyterian Church, to be specific? Yes, but if you’re not familiar with theRead More

Clue

I have to admit from the start that I’m biased in favor of this play: it’s a faithful and spirited adaptation of the 1985 cult classic Clue. I grew upRead More