A disappointing and lackluster use of a city as a setting, within a movie of shifting structure. By Bill Arceneaux Director Chuck Russell is no stranger to making horror movie remakes in Louisiana. The Blob, one of his more popular films, was shot in Abbeville, a location that was used to great and resourceful extent. […]
A King Like Me isn’t your average Mardi Gras documentary Roughly towards the end of the new Netflix documentary A King Like Me, Terrence Rice, a black New Orleans man and proud member of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, is holding court on a neutral ground with friends, discussing the current state of […]
In hindsight, I was likely too harsh on this movie. Let’s find out for sure. A half of a star. That is the rating I originally gave regional filmmaker Miles Doleac’s film Hallowed Ground on the social media site for cinephiles, Letterboxd. At the time, in the roaring pre-pandemic 2019, I felt strongly that his […]
Sinners and The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man represent the kinds of original films that our theaters should exhibit more of—much like the bold storytelling often seen in New Orleans movies Sinners is the hottest, buzziest, and best movie in the country right now, and it was shot in the New Orleans region. As one […]
Prior to the opening title appearing on screen for short documentary All Skinfolk A’int Kinfolk, a brief video clip is shown of a WWLTV debate between three candidates running for Mayor of New Orleans in 2017: Council Member LaToya Cantrell, Former Chief Judge Desiree Charbonnet, and Former Civil District Court Judge Michael Bagneris. The moderator […]
Mardi Gras 2020 fever is spreading across the city, the metro area, and the entire region, as Fat Tuesday quickly and swiftly approaches. Never being ones to “Debbie downer” any local festivities, we at Big Easy Magazine have found some weekend events – some “deep” into Mardi Gras season, some alternative to it – that […]
Friend and local filmmaker Jonathan Isaac Jackson is currently working on a short documentary about the history and culture of the Mardi Gras Indians, a subject that has been done often enough, but perhaps not from the edgy angle we should expect from Jackson. In teasing us on his progress, Jackson posted some footage on […]
In watching the Lost Bayou Ramblers rockumentary On Va Continuer!, I was struck by the effort it took to visit various communities out in the Acadiana bayous. We’re taken on a tour by boat – dropped into the water most carefully by pickup truck – down basins and waterways, into towns and homes deep in […]
Still, something about a haunted house battle between a kid armed with flashlights and a being of darkness is appealing.
Can one be progressive and transgressive? Are these lyrics a joke or a stream of unfiltered consciousness meant to be taken on a deeper level?
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