Nashville's Belcourt celebrates 100 years of arthouse cinema, old-fashioned movies

Congratulations to the Belcourt on the 100th Anniversary, Anecdote is grateful for the opportunity to be part of its history and transformation!

The Belcourt - Anecdote Architectural Experiences - The Tennessean

Opened in 1925, the Hillsboro Theater was once home to Nashville’s largest stage, featuring 800 seats and an impressive pipe organ. The theatre showed silent movies during the era of early film, and was once the temporary home of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1966, it was re-named the Belcourt Cinema and became known as a boutique movie house. Upon the theatre’s closure in the late 1990s, a nonprofit group was formed as an advocacy group to save the iconic Hillsboro Village landmark. In 2007, the group purchased the theatre and began its revitalization. The project was the first major work on the building in over 50 years, and includes the restoration of both the 1925 and 1966 theatres, an expanded lobby, concessions, accessible restrooms, and a completely remodeled second-floor that houses the Belcourt’s staff offices, a screening room, projection rooms, and a community outreach classroom. The historic arched facade along Belcourt Avenue remains largely untouched, and a new edge-lit marquee represents the boundary between the original theatre and the addition.