Mid-City’s movie house reopens today (Wednesday, April 28), a year its screens first went dark as the pandemic descended. It hasn’t been idle during the past 12 or so months. It opened its popular outdoor venue, The Broadside, which has hosted an array of entertainment including film festivals, concerts, watch parties, trivia nights and child-friendly Read More…
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Viewpoint: Oscar nod for ‘Time’ could bring international attention to Louisiana’s prison system
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Sibil Fox and Rob Richardson (also known as Fox and Rob Rich) are among a handful of New Orleanians who have a personal stake in Sunday night’s 2021 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Awards. The poignant film about their two-decade-long effort to find justice in what is often Read More…
The Broadside to host Sundance film premieres
The Broadside theater, in partnership with the New Orleans Film Society and the Sundance Institute, has been named a Satellite Screen for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. It will be hosting 12 films making their world premiere at Sundance from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2. The Broadside, 600 N Broad St., will be screening the Read More…
The Broad Theater announces hiatus; Broadside to remain open
This will be the last weekend, at least for a while, that we’ll be able to catch a movie at the The Broad Theater. It will go into hibernation beginning Thursday (Dec. 17). Its new outdoor venue, The Broadside, will continue showing movies and hosting live concerts and other other events. For the cold nights Read More…
Open-Air Cinema will bring the stars out for the 2020 New Orleans Film Festival
By Sue Strachan, Mid-City Messenger Taking advantage of October’s cooler weather, the New Orleans Film Festival is screening movies at its Open-Air Cinema, held in Mid-City at the Broadside Theater and the Lafitte Greenway. Tickets go on sale at noon today (Oct. 20) to the general public for the Open-Air Cinema screenings, Nov. 6 Read More…
The Broadside outdoor theater hosts vice presidential debate
Around 75 physically distanced patrons enjoyed Wednesday night’s debut event for The Broadside, The Broad Theater’s new outdoor space, watching the vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence on the big screen. The crowd also enjoyed live music with Mike Doussan and Rurik Nunan, food from the Smoke Bowls popup Read More…
The Broad Theater takes to the great outdoors
The Broad Theater has found a possible antidote for some economic effects of the coronavirus: an outdoor annex. Its new Broadside — located between The Broad and the Lafitte Greenway — opens tonight (Oct. 7) with a big-screen showing of the vice presidential debate. It will celebrate the opening with live music before the Read More…
‘Eve’s Bayou’ Reunion: Live chat with Kasi Lemmons and Lynn Whitfield
The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) is reuniting Eve’s Bayou (1997) director Kasi Lemmons and actor Lynn Whitfield for a special livestreamed conversation this Friday (Aug. 21) at 5:30 p.m. Ahead of the 31st Annual New Orleans Film Festival (Nov. 6-22), this reunion kicks off the “Why Film Matters” series in which NOFS highlights a landmark Read More…
This Week at The Broad: Returning Favorites
Sponsored by There are weeks at The Broad where we like to astound you with a truck load of new releases, and then there is this week. This week is the kind of week where we love our lineup so much, we just want you to celebrate it just a little longer. It may make Read More…
This Week at The Broad: Spring Cleaning
Sponsored by This week, we’ve decided to do a little sprucing up with our film lineup and give you not just one new film, or two new films, but THREE NEW FILMS all on the same day. This Friday we have three new releases that run the gamut from family friendly big-budget fare, to a Read More…
