The New Orleans Film Festival concludes today after a week of many excellent films and even some music. Knowing how hard it is to catch all the films one wants to, the festival is showing a trio of encore screenings. First is the “Best of the Shorts” at 6 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Center, [...]
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New Orleans Film Festival: Top 5 Picks For Wednesday, October 19
October 19, 2011 – 3:53 pm
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New Orleans Film Festival Top 5 Picks For Friday, October 14
October 14, 2011 – 12:36 pm
The Big Fix trailer:
Flood Streets: Shooting the Streets
October 1, 2011 – 12:15 am
Other than Juvenile’s wildly irresponsible
New Orleans Film Festival: Fairytale on Film
October 1, 2011 – 12:08 am
Given that Louisiana ranks third in the nation for film and television production, it makes sense that the New Orleans Film Festival (NOFF) has grown significantly in both audience and filmmaker attendance. This year’s festival introduces a new sidebar, “keeping{SCORE},” which focuses on the cooperative relationship between music and movies. The seven films in the [...]
Arch Hall, Jr.: Inside the Wild Guitar
September 16, 2011 – 10:43 am
“Depending on your age, I’m an obscure celebrity, but more and more younger people are getting excited over old films that are considered cult films now,” Arch Hall, Jr. explains. “Some of mine have been pigeonholed into that classification.” Hall was a teenager when he starred in a number of independent films in the early [...]
Pottermania—Catch It
July 14, 2011 – 2:57 pm
Forget the sweltering heat outside. Put on your hand-knitted Gryffindor scarves and head to the nearest movie theater for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The last installment in the series officially starts tomorrow, but you have some choices if you can’t wait. The shows listed here may sell out (if they haven’t [...]
Rob Riggle at House of Blues: From Marines Brigade to Upright Citizens Brigade
June 16, 2011 – 6:09 pm
His favorite movie is Caddyshack; he’s never killed anyone, and is a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Rob Riggle has also acted in numerous movies and television series, is an athlete, and is a fan of AC/DC. When he’s not rocking out or playing sports, Riggle can be seen in such films such as The Hangover and Step-Brothers. He [...]
YouTube du Jour: Rubber at Prytania Theatre
May 13, 2011 – 2:24 am
Tonight, the monthly electro party Electronic Takeover is screening the film Rubber at the Prytania Theatre. The artsploitation slasher movie was directed by French electro producer Quentin Dupieux, better known to music fans as Ed Banger Records’ Mr. Oizo. Besides writing and shooting the flick, Dupieux also composed the score along with Gaspard Augé, who [...]
Filmmakers: Why We’re Suspicious of You
April 13, 2011 – 9:17 am
Here at the corner of Frenchmen and Decatur, our parking has been screwed for days because a movie is being shot. That’s irritating, but I won’t complain about that. But the scenes being shot are Mardi Gras shots, and despite all the visual documentation available (not to mention stores that sell Mardi Gras decorations), what’s [...]
