New in Theaters: A Stroll Through ‘Memphis’

Willis Earl Beal in ‘Memphis’ (Kino Lorber)

Musician Willis Earl Beal ambles and agitates through Memphisin thishalf-film and half-art performance piece that feels like something Jim Jarmusch might have done if he’d never left town after shootingMystery Train.

Memphis is opening Fridayin extremely limited release. My review is atFilm Journal International:

Beal is a musician with a cranky disposition and wild talent—that much we can divine. The film is at first a chronicle of his procrastination...