Memphis Movies This Week: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hustle & Flow’ anniversary
Cast members from the film "Hustle & Flow," from left, Elise Neal, Paula Jai Parker, and Taryn Manning dance at the Premiere party following the screening of the film at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005. Director and writer Craig Brewer’s film won the Audience Award at Sundance. (Kevork Djansezian/AP)
It’s a big week of both new and old movies on public screens in Memphis, including one instance of the two categories intersecting.
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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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