film

Red carpet event in Baton Rouge shines spotlight on film tax program

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Thanks to the Louisiana Film Tax Incentive Program launched in 2002, the state has skyrocketed into the third most productive film nexus in the nation behind Hollywood and New York. Currently, about 14,000 jobs are directly or indirectly [...]

Jindal's Tax Plan Caused Stir Within Local Film Community

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As a native New Orleanian, Will French spent much of his life watching a sadly familiar procession. “For most of my early childhood, adulthood, and professional career, I saw business leaving New Orleans and leaving Louisiana on a [...]

We got your weekend: Nature Walks, Jazz History, Healing Films

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THURSDAY / When the sun goes down: The weather is heating up, so go out when the sun goes down. Go to City Park's Pavilion of Two Sisters for Thursdays at Twilight to enjoy live music, mint juleps, and [...]

Video: Skin Horse Theater

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Skin Horse Theater is defined by what it's not: Its productions are not bound by genre, or by any particular dogma, or mode of performance. The purpose is simply to do what has not done before, to try [...]

Local chef carves out unique niche in film industry

The resulting food prep shot on the 'Lincoln' set

To hear Brian Friedman's interview with Kendall Gensler on WWNO radio, click here. In the make-believe world of movies, sometimes even the food on the actor’s plate is pretending to be something it’s not.  Consider the not-so-rare situation [...]

Chalmette Movies offers artsy options for film fanatics

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To hear Sharon Litwin's inverview with Wennie Schultz on WWNO-FM, click here. Wendeslaus Schultz, known to everyone as Wennie, first got into the movie house business almost 40 years ago. An avid fan of obscure art films, documentaries [...]