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This Week at The Broad: It is a period of Civil War…

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First, a confession: the writer of this weekly newsletter is huge Star Wars fan. Two years ago, prior to the opening of our theater, he spent 20 hours at the multiplex watching all seven films in a row and swore that Episode 8 would play at The Broad where he would watch it then. That promise is fulfilled this Thursday as we open our doors for STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Continuing the saga from where THE FORCE AWAKENS left off, this newest installment has got all the characters you know and love (minus Han, but plus Porgs!) in a darker tale that goes into the mystery of what Luke Skywalker has been up to since the destruction of the second Death Star all the way back in 1983 (or 4 ABY for those of you keeping track of canon). For those lucky enough to have tickets for opening night, be sure to dress up in your best Star Wars costume as we will have a costume contest with winners getting prizes from ourselves as well as our friends from the Krewe Of Chewbacchus.

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This Week at The Broad: Local Chalmette Boy Makes Good

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This weekend we picked up our trademarked hot pink Christmas tree and plopped it down in the lobby with merriment and good cheer. The holiday season is in full swing and as the number of shopping days dwindle down, the number of Oscar contenders and blockbusters go up. We’ve got one big movie opening this weekend with another movie you might have heard of coming up next Thursday. Oh hai everyone! THE DISASTER ARTIST is the hilariously brilliant look at the making of one of the best worst movies of all time THE ROOM. James Franco directed and stars as the star and director of the picture Tommy Wiseau (who we here is from round these parts but don’t necessarily believe).

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This Week at The Broad: Returning favorites and new adventures

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One of the things we take pride in at The Broad is keeping a fresh supply of new movies rolling in each and every week. Some weeks, however, we are so thrilled with our offerings that it makes the best sense to keep on keeping on with our lineup as is. This Week at The Broad is all about enjoying the things in life we already have. This Thursday we kick off one of the most fun and unusual annual events we host here. HUMP! is a film festival celebrating sexuality with a curated selection of homemade videos from around the world featuring people who might not be porn stars, but want to show everyone what they think is sexy. This special event was packed last year and for good reason: it’s an absolute blast.

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This Week at The Broad: A Motherhood Nightmare Before Christmas

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We hope you had a Happy Halloween! While you gorge yourself on fun-sized candy and think back on your sexy platypus costume, we have been working hard on a crazy new lineup of films for this week. Keep on reading as we explore brave new worlds on the sugar-rush edition of our newsletter. THOR: RAGNAROK is the latest Marvel spectacular spectacular to grace our screens, and it comes from director Taika Waititi, who also directed one of our favorite films to have played here, Hunt For The Wilderpeople. This brightly-colored adventure really amps up the comedy, which hasn’t always been the case for the Thor franchise.

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This Week at The Broad: The Happiest Place on Earth?

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This is it! The weekend that kicks off what we all lovingly call the holiday season. The two months between Halloween and New Years are filled with candy and family and overeating candy and avoiding family. It’s also the time of the year when the film studios pump out award contenders and their most crowd-pleasing entertainment offerings, and this week we are proud to present one from each of those categories. THE FLORIDA PROJECT kicked off this year’s New Orleans Film Festival with the passionate tale of childhood innocence set in a motel just miles from Disney World.

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This Week at The Broad: Do Androids Dream in Cinemascope?

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If you are like us, you might have a few copies of Blade Runner in your DVD rack. Released in 1982, it slowly became a classic that changed sci-fi in cinema forever. This week brings forth the sequel that many dreaded for years. But rather than the unnecessary cash-in feared by many, it appears that this film is destined to become just as revered as the original. BLADE RUNNER 2049 opens this Thursday at The Broad on our largest screen with our killer sound system getting pushed to the limit.

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This Week at The Broad: A boy’s best friend is his mother

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Last weekend brought many of you back to the theater for the first time since our little issue with the weather. It was truly humbling to see the theaters at capacity and all of your photos of our little red balloons that we snuck around the place. We hope you enjoyed our lineup last weekend and we think you’ll enjoy the three new movies that we have for you this weekend. mother! is our spotlight film for the week and it’s the newest film from Darren Aronofsky.

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This Week at The Broad: August showers lead to September flowers

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Before we get into this week’s announcements we’d like to take a moment to send our love and support to all of those in Texas and Louisiana being affected by Hurricane Harvey. This city knows all too well what a storm can do to a community, and we stand side by side with those who once helped us when we needed it. To aid in the recovery process, we are opening in our lobby a drop off station for supplies to be sent to Houston. Now let’s get to our new releases. TULIP FEVER is an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Deborah Moggach and has been a production with some serious Hollywood history behind it.

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Danae Columbus: Film festival celebrates New Orleans architect Albert Ledner

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When the Louisiana Architectural Foundation decided to bring the 9th annual Architecture & Design Film Festival to New Orleans, foundation director Stacey Pfingsten knew that the festival must include the world premiere of “Designing Life: The Organic Modernism of Albert C. Ledner.” The nation’s largest film festival devoted to architecture and design, the ADFF “celebrates the creative spirit behind many of the world’s most innovative architecture and design projects and the larger-than-life personalities who create them.” Ledner, a spry 93-year old native New Orleanian who still practices his craft, certainly fits the bill. A protege of the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Ledner established himself nationally as one of the premiere practitioners of the mid century modern style. As early as his high school days at Fortier, Ledner was always interested in designing and building things.

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This Week at The Broad: The Best Cure is Laughter

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We absolutely love it when our guests get excited for a movie. The emails and Facebook messages start coming in from all corners of the city and the phone starts going off the hook with the same requests. The truth is, we wanted to show this movie just as much as you want us to. After a bunch of work behind the scenes, we are happy to talk about our next film. THE BIG SICK could be the breakout indie hit of the year.