Zeitgeist Theatre + Lounge +
ST CLAUDE ARTS PARK
6621 ST. Claude ave. arabi, la 70032
(504) 352-1150 [email protected]
"Something for and against everybody"
Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments inc is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization classified as a 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are an art house cinema and multi-disciplinary arts center that was founded in New Orleans, LA in November 1986.
We currently have 75 seats in our theatre and 60 seats in our lounge. Yes, we are available for private screenings and events.
We installed 3 UV air-scrubbers in our ventilation system for your safety. Check out our new Dolby sound system.
Our theatre is located just one block East of New Orleans past Jackson Barracks in Arabi, LA
(currently the 6th fastest growing neighborhood in America)
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of this website or through PayPal to [email protected] or Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our venmo
Introducing the
ST Claude Arts Park
An initiative of the Meraux Foundation, the St. Claude Arts Park is its latest addition to St. Claude Arts, a campus for creativity, culture, and community teeming with artists, arthouse films, creative music, literary events, galleries, photographers, sculptors, and more — all just minutes from downtown New Orleans.
For private rentals or the Arts Market in the St Claude Arts Park please contact ART CONSCIOUS at either (504) 289-1056 or (504) 388-8325. For non-profit, charitable, community events, concerts or public performances please contact Rene, ZEITGEIST THEATRE at (504) 352-1150.
Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments inc is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization classified as a 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are an art house cinema and multi-disciplinary arts center that was founded in New Orleans, LA in November 1986.
We currently have 75 seats in our theatre and 60 seats in our lounge. Yes, we are available for private screenings and events.
We installed 3 UV air-scrubbers in our ventilation system for your safety. Check out our new Dolby sound system.
Our theatre is located just one block East of New Orleans past Jackson Barracks in Arabi, LA
(currently the 6th fastest growing neighborhood in America)
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of this website or through PayPal to [email protected] or Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our venmo
Introducing the
ST Claude Arts Park
An initiative of the Meraux Foundation, the St. Claude Arts Park is its latest addition to St. Claude Arts, a campus for creativity, culture, and community teeming with artists, arthouse films, creative music, literary events, galleries, photographers, sculptors, and more — all just minutes from downtown New Orleans.
For private rentals or the Arts Market in the St Claude Arts Park please contact ART CONSCIOUS at either (504) 289-1056 or (504) 388-8325. For non-profit, charitable, community events, concerts or public performances please contact Rene, ZEITGEIST THEATRE at (504) 352-1150.
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Films are: $10 general $9 students or seniors $8 Zeitgeist members or children 16 and under See two or more films on the same night and save $4 off general admission price |
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We will be closed from 7/20 - 7/23
reopening friday, 7/24
Friday, July 24 @ 5:30 pm
PUENTES presents
UN SUSPIRO: THE LAST BREATH
PUENTES presents
UN SUSPIRO: THE LAST BREATH
Opens July 24:
7:00 pm nightly
OUR HER0, BALTHAZAR by Oscar Boyson
Eager to impress his activist crush, a wealthy New York teenager follows an online connection to Texas, where he's convinced he can stop an act of extreme violence. Oscillating between brutal humor and unsettling insight, Our Hero, Balthazar is an audacious and often astonishing directorial debut tinged with riveting performances and sprawling thematic ambition. Featuring stellar performances by young actors Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Noah Centineo, etc. [TRAILER]
7:00 pm nightly
OUR HER0, BALTHAZAR by Oscar Boyson
Eager to impress his activist crush, a wealthy New York teenager follows an online connection to Texas, where he's convinced he can stop an act of extreme violence. Oscillating between brutal humor and unsettling insight, Our Hero, Balthazar is an audacious and often astonishing directorial debut tinged with riveting performances and sprawling thematic ambition. Featuring stellar performances by young actors Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Noah Centineo, etc. [TRAILER]
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SILENT FILMS WITH LIVE, ORIGINAL SCORES
by New Orleans musician / composer DAVID BRADLEY Sunday, July 26 @ 4:00 pm- “Wings” (1927) (144 min with intermission) *The First Academy Award Winner for Best Picture* August Chaplin Month 2: A Woman Of Paris (1923) 9: The Gold Rush (1925) 16: The Circus (1928) 23: City Lights (1931) 30: Mutual Shorts Part 2 Featuring The Rink (1916) |
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Cult Movies, Queer Cinema, and Blu-ray Obsessions:
Director Ry Levey Brings BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect to New Orleans
for a Four-Day Celebration of Film Culture
August 20-23rd
Filmmaker in attendance as Zeitgeist presents a curated, eclectic programme of cult film, queer discoveries, silent cinema and repertory favorites
New Orleans (Arabi) , LA – Cult movies, queer cinema, collectible Blu-rays, and film preservation collide this August as Zeitgeist Theatre hosts a four-day celebration of adventurous moviegoing, anchored by two special screenings of filmmaker Ry Levey's acclaimed documentary BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect.
Running August 20-23, the special series brings together silent classics, LGBTQ+ documentaries, cult favorites, and rarely screened gems in a communal celebration of cinema's past, present, and future. Director Ry Levey will be in attendance for select screenings and discussions throughout the weekend.
Screening on Thursday, August 20, at 7:00 p.m. and again on Sunday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m., BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect is a joyous documentary exploring the remarkable resurgence of collectible Blu-ray culture and the passionate community dedicated to preserving cinema history.
Featuring filmmakers, label representatives, historians, collectors, and fans, the documentary chronicles the rise of boutique home video labels and the people who have rescued, restored, and reintroduced countless overlooked and forgotten films to audiences around the world. More than a film about physical media, BOUTIQUE is a celebration of discovery, preservation, and the communities that form around a shared love of movies.
"BOUTIQUE is really about the people who keep film culture alive," said Levey. "Whether they're preserving a forgotten classic, programming repertory screenings, collecting physical media, or introducing someone to a movie they've never seen before, they're creating communities through cinema. Zeitgeist has long embraced adventurous programming and passionate audiences, making it the perfect home for this series.”
The programme extends far beyond the documentary itself.
Following opening night's screening of BOUTIQUE, audiences can experience the visually striking silent classic Dante's Inferno (1911). Friday's programme celebrates cult cinema with screenings of Monster of Camp Sunshine and the legendary outsider masterpiece Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Saturday's lineup places a special emphasis on queer cinema and underappreciated genre filmmaking, beginning with Out in the Ring, the acclaimed documentary examining the history of LGBTQ+ representation in professional wrestling. The day's screenings continue with the sports thriller Fatal Games and the atmospheric cult favorite House on Straw Hill.
The series concludes Sunday evening with an encore presentation of BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect, followed by Equation to an Unknown, the groundbreaking French drama that has become an enduring and influential work of queer cinema.
Together, the films represent more than a century of moviemaking and reflect the remarkable diversity of film culture itself. From silent cinema and cult oddities to queer classics and contemporary documentaries, the series celebrates not only the films on screen but also the audiences, collectors, archivists, and exhibitors who ensure these works continue to find new life.
BOUTIQUE:
A Weekend Celebration of Cinema Restoration and Physical Media
Aug. 20-23rd
Presented and curated by documentary filmmaker and collector/historian Ry Levey
This program is a celebration of cinema from the margins. From the critically lauded to the generationally panned. Horror, Foreign, Arthouse, Porn, Comedy, Drama, Queer.
But in every selection, there is a personal connection, works I own and have collected, that represent important restorations and reappraisals.
Alongside these are films I have created, all born of a passion for discovery and a need to create.
Each title has benefited from the love and care of Boutique Blu-ray labels and skilled restorationists. Each film survives and thrives because of companies that care and have built a community of cinephile collectors, who also seek to archive their own historical record.
Whether you see one selection or all, know that what appears on screen is born of a genuine love of weird, wonderful, wild, wicked, and worldly film, driven by a desire to create and share. Dive right in, and swim in the mysterious waters of outsider cinema. – Ry Levey
Thursday, August 20
BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT- 7:00 p.m.
Ry Levey, Canada/USA, 2024, ETR Media/OCN, Documentary
Boutique: To Preserve and Collect chronicles the rise of the Blu-ray collectible renaissance and the growing number of specialty distributors dedicated to restoring and re-releasing long-lost cinematic treasures. Featuring interviews with filmmakers, stars, historians, collectors, and industry experts, the documentary highlights the passion behind preserving overlooked films and underappreciated artists. A love letter to cinephilia, it celebrates those working to rescue and share forgotten works with new audiences.
DANTE’S INFERNO- 9:00 p.m.
Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe de Liguorois, Italy, 1911, Terror-Vision, Horror
One of the first feature-length films ever created. This is especially significant because it was one of the first horror films ever shown on the big screen. Made over the course of 3 years, from 1908 to 1911, what they were able to do in those early years with special effects and very few rules is remarkable. Dante's Inferno, aka L'inferno aka Inferno, is loosely based on Alighieri's poem of the same name. Our lead, Dante (played by Salvatore Papa), is guided through the Nine Circles of Hell, an allegory for the sins committed by humanity on Earth. Created from surviving elements of an over 100-year-old film that was one of the first of its kind and inspired countless filmmakers through the ages.... giving us what we know and love today.
Friday, August 21
THE MONSTER OF CAMP SUNSHINE- 7:00 p.m.
Ferenc Leroget, USA, 1964, AGFA + Something Weird, Cult
Shot by anonymous maniacs in New York, this is a trash-art berserker that feels like what would happen if a 1980s slasher was teleported inside of a 1960s nudist film. A nurse and fashion model head to Camp Sunshine for a weekend of fun, sun, and cigarettes. But little do they know that Hugo, the camp’s gardener, has been transformed into an axe-wielding psychopath after drinking radioactive water! Combining experimental visuals with camp flair, this is a crackpot time capsule featuring Monty Python-esque animation, someone named Ron Cheney, Jr., and, at the end, "a brief summary of the movie for those who wish to relive its magic moments." Newly restored from the original 35mm negative!
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE- 9:00 p.m.
Harold P. Warren, USA, 1966, Synapse Films, Cult
Mike (Harold P. Warren) and Maggie (Diane Mahree), on a road trip with their daughter and family dog, take a wrong turn in Texas and become trapped at a weird lodge inhabited by a polygamous pagan cult. They soon find themselves in the middle of a power struggle between caretaker Torgo (John Reynolds), cult leader The Master (Tom Neyman), and two warring factions of the Master's wives. As the family tries to escape, the worshipers of "Manos" decide their fate... MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, the sole directorial effort of Texas fertilizer salesman Harold P. Warren, perplexed even the most jaded Drive-In audiences and was deemed by many "the worst movie ever made". Nearly lost, the original 16mm Ektachrome film elements have been finally unearthed and lovingly restored by Ben Solovey to create the definitive version of this accidental masterpiece. There's no other movie like MANOS!
Saturday, August 22
OUT IN THE RING-2:00 p.m.
Ry Levey, Canada/USA, 2022, ETR Media/OCN, Documentary
OUT IN THE RING explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. Using a combination of interviews with LGBTQ+ wrestling talents (past and present), allies & historians, archival footage, and rare photos, OUT IN THE RING uncovers the history of the pro wrestling industry and the rise of visibility for performers and fans worldwide.
FATAL GAMES- 5:00 p.m.
Michael Elliot, USA, 1984, Vinegar Syndrome, Horror
The young athletes of Falcon Academy are training hard to earn their place in the nationals. Little do they know that a javelin-wielding, tracksuit-wearing killer with a mean throwing arm and a deadly grudge against athletic excellence is on the prowl. As the bodies of the Olympic hopefuls begin to pile up, can the remaining athletes unmask the killer before they're disqualified... for good? Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland stars in this deliriously entertaining and rarely-seen early 80s horror classic that's filled with physics-defying death sequences and one of the most jaw-dropping twist endings in all of slasher movie history.
THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL- 7:00 p.m.
James Kenelm Clarke, UK, 1976, Severin Films, Horror
Prepare for one of the most notorious thrillers in UK cinema history—a film so depraved it was banned by British censors for nearly 25 years! THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL is a softcore/giallo/STRAW DOGS mash-up starring genre favorite Udo Kier (SUSPIRIA). A disturbed novelist and his posh girlfriend rent a secluded house in the English countryside. But soon, a horny woman (Linda Hayden, BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW) triggers a nightmare of deviant desires, sexual violence, and brutal murder. Also known as EXPOSE and TRAUMA, this still-controversial shocker has been fully restored from a private collector’s original print.
Sunday, August 23
BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT- 2:00 p.m.
Ry Levey, Canada/USA, 2024, ETR Media/OCN, Documentary
Boutique: To Preserve and Collect chronicles the rise of the Blu-ray collectible renaissance and the growing number of specialty distributors dedicated to restoring and re-releasing long-lost cinematic treasures. Featuring interviews with filmmakers, stars, historians, collectors, and industry experts, the documentary highlights the passion behind preserving overlooked films and underappreciated artists. A love letter to cinephilia, it celebrates those working to rescue and share forgotten works with new audiences.
WORKING GIRLS- 4:30 p.m.
Lizzie Borden, USA, 1986, Criterion/Janus, Drama
Sex work is portrayed with radical nonjudgment in Lizzie Borden’s immersive, richly detailed look at the rhythms and rituals of society’s most stigmatized profession. Inspired by the experiences of the sex workers Borden met while making her underground feminist landmark Born in Flames, Working Girls reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (Louise Smith), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam, and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred. In viewing prostitution through the lens of labor, Borden boldly desensationalizes the subject, offering an empathetic, humanizing, often humorous depiction of women for whom this work is just another day at the office. 4K restoration done by the Criterion Collection and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute.
EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN- 7:00 p.m.
Dietrich de Velsa, France, 1980, Altered Innocence, Gay/Adult/Drama
A handsome young stud rides his motorcycle through a myriad of sexual fantasies, from a soccer game's locker room to a dreamy and unsettling orgy where the porn reaches its melancholic peak. This undiscovered erotic film is a labyrinth of all-male fantasies whose outstanding beauties always end up fading away while leaving their sensual protagonist dealing with his own loneliness. Directed with absolute grace by the mysterious Dietrich de Velsa (aka Francis Savel / Frantz Salieri): this former painter was also the owner and artistic director of one of the first transvestites' cabaret of Paris, La Grande Eugène. Years later, he collaborated with Joseph Losey on Mr. Klein and Don Giovanni. EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN is his only film and stands without a doubt as a masterpiece and the best French gay porn ever made.
Director Ry Levey Brings BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect to New Orleans
for a Four-Day Celebration of Film Culture
August 20-23rd
Filmmaker in attendance as Zeitgeist presents a curated, eclectic programme of cult film, queer discoveries, silent cinema and repertory favorites
New Orleans (Arabi) , LA – Cult movies, queer cinema, collectible Blu-rays, and film preservation collide this August as Zeitgeist Theatre hosts a four-day celebration of adventurous moviegoing, anchored by two special screenings of filmmaker Ry Levey's acclaimed documentary BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect.
Running August 20-23, the special series brings together silent classics, LGBTQ+ documentaries, cult favorites, and rarely screened gems in a communal celebration of cinema's past, present, and future. Director Ry Levey will be in attendance for select screenings and discussions throughout the weekend.
Screening on Thursday, August 20, at 7:00 p.m. and again on Sunday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m., BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect is a joyous documentary exploring the remarkable resurgence of collectible Blu-ray culture and the passionate community dedicated to preserving cinema history.
Featuring filmmakers, label representatives, historians, collectors, and fans, the documentary chronicles the rise of boutique home video labels and the people who have rescued, restored, and reintroduced countless overlooked and forgotten films to audiences around the world. More than a film about physical media, BOUTIQUE is a celebration of discovery, preservation, and the communities that form around a shared love of movies.
"BOUTIQUE is really about the people who keep film culture alive," said Levey. "Whether they're preserving a forgotten classic, programming repertory screenings, collecting physical media, or introducing someone to a movie they've never seen before, they're creating communities through cinema. Zeitgeist has long embraced adventurous programming and passionate audiences, making it the perfect home for this series.”
The programme extends far beyond the documentary itself.
Following opening night's screening of BOUTIQUE, audiences can experience the visually striking silent classic Dante's Inferno (1911). Friday's programme celebrates cult cinema with screenings of Monster of Camp Sunshine and the legendary outsider masterpiece Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Saturday's lineup places a special emphasis on queer cinema and underappreciated genre filmmaking, beginning with Out in the Ring, the acclaimed documentary examining the history of LGBTQ+ representation in professional wrestling. The day's screenings continue with the sports thriller Fatal Games and the atmospheric cult favorite House on Straw Hill.
The series concludes Sunday evening with an encore presentation of BOUTIQUE: To Preserve and Collect, followed by Equation to an Unknown, the groundbreaking French drama that has become an enduring and influential work of queer cinema.
Together, the films represent more than a century of moviemaking and reflect the remarkable diversity of film culture itself. From silent cinema and cult oddities to queer classics and contemporary documentaries, the series celebrates not only the films on screen but also the audiences, collectors, archivists, and exhibitors who ensure these works continue to find new life.
BOUTIQUE:
A Weekend Celebration of Cinema Restoration and Physical Media
Aug. 20-23rd
Presented and curated by documentary filmmaker and collector/historian Ry Levey
This program is a celebration of cinema from the margins. From the critically lauded to the generationally panned. Horror, Foreign, Arthouse, Porn, Comedy, Drama, Queer.
But in every selection, there is a personal connection, works I own and have collected, that represent important restorations and reappraisals.
Alongside these are films I have created, all born of a passion for discovery and a need to create.
Each title has benefited from the love and care of Boutique Blu-ray labels and skilled restorationists. Each film survives and thrives because of companies that care and have built a community of cinephile collectors, who also seek to archive their own historical record.
Whether you see one selection or all, know that what appears on screen is born of a genuine love of weird, wonderful, wild, wicked, and worldly film, driven by a desire to create and share. Dive right in, and swim in the mysterious waters of outsider cinema. – Ry Levey
Thursday, August 20
BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT- 7:00 p.m.
Ry Levey, Canada/USA, 2024, ETR Media/OCN, Documentary
Boutique: To Preserve and Collect chronicles the rise of the Blu-ray collectible renaissance and the growing number of specialty distributors dedicated to restoring and re-releasing long-lost cinematic treasures. Featuring interviews with filmmakers, stars, historians, collectors, and industry experts, the documentary highlights the passion behind preserving overlooked films and underappreciated artists. A love letter to cinephilia, it celebrates those working to rescue and share forgotten works with new audiences.
DANTE’S INFERNO- 9:00 p.m.
Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe de Liguorois, Italy, 1911, Terror-Vision, Horror
One of the first feature-length films ever created. This is especially significant because it was one of the first horror films ever shown on the big screen. Made over the course of 3 years, from 1908 to 1911, what they were able to do in those early years with special effects and very few rules is remarkable. Dante's Inferno, aka L'inferno aka Inferno, is loosely based on Alighieri's poem of the same name. Our lead, Dante (played by Salvatore Papa), is guided through the Nine Circles of Hell, an allegory for the sins committed by humanity on Earth. Created from surviving elements of an over 100-year-old film that was one of the first of its kind and inspired countless filmmakers through the ages.... giving us what we know and love today.
Friday, August 21
THE MONSTER OF CAMP SUNSHINE- 7:00 p.m.
Ferenc Leroget, USA, 1964, AGFA + Something Weird, Cult
Shot by anonymous maniacs in New York, this is a trash-art berserker that feels like what would happen if a 1980s slasher was teleported inside of a 1960s nudist film. A nurse and fashion model head to Camp Sunshine for a weekend of fun, sun, and cigarettes. But little do they know that Hugo, the camp’s gardener, has been transformed into an axe-wielding psychopath after drinking radioactive water! Combining experimental visuals with camp flair, this is a crackpot time capsule featuring Monty Python-esque animation, someone named Ron Cheney, Jr., and, at the end, "a brief summary of the movie for those who wish to relive its magic moments." Newly restored from the original 35mm negative!
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE- 9:00 p.m.
Harold P. Warren, USA, 1966, Synapse Films, Cult
Mike (Harold P. Warren) and Maggie (Diane Mahree), on a road trip with their daughter and family dog, take a wrong turn in Texas and become trapped at a weird lodge inhabited by a polygamous pagan cult. They soon find themselves in the middle of a power struggle between caretaker Torgo (John Reynolds), cult leader The Master (Tom Neyman), and two warring factions of the Master's wives. As the family tries to escape, the worshipers of "Manos" decide their fate... MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, the sole directorial effort of Texas fertilizer salesman Harold P. Warren, perplexed even the most jaded Drive-In audiences and was deemed by many "the worst movie ever made". Nearly lost, the original 16mm Ektachrome film elements have been finally unearthed and lovingly restored by Ben Solovey to create the definitive version of this accidental masterpiece. There's no other movie like MANOS!
Saturday, August 22
OUT IN THE RING-2:00 p.m.
Ry Levey, Canada/USA, 2022, ETR Media/OCN, Documentary
OUT IN THE RING explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. Using a combination of interviews with LGBTQ+ wrestling talents (past and present), allies & historians, archival footage, and rare photos, OUT IN THE RING uncovers the history of the pro wrestling industry and the rise of visibility for performers and fans worldwide.
FATAL GAMES- 5:00 p.m.
Michael Elliot, USA, 1984, Vinegar Syndrome, Horror
The young athletes of Falcon Academy are training hard to earn their place in the nationals. Little do they know that a javelin-wielding, tracksuit-wearing killer with a mean throwing arm and a deadly grudge against athletic excellence is on the prowl. As the bodies of the Olympic hopefuls begin to pile up, can the remaining athletes unmask the killer before they're disqualified... for good? Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland stars in this deliriously entertaining and rarely-seen early 80s horror classic that's filled with physics-defying death sequences and one of the most jaw-dropping twist endings in all of slasher movie history.
THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL- 7:00 p.m.
James Kenelm Clarke, UK, 1976, Severin Films, Horror
Prepare for one of the most notorious thrillers in UK cinema history—a film so depraved it was banned by British censors for nearly 25 years! THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL is a softcore/giallo/STRAW DOGS mash-up starring genre favorite Udo Kier (SUSPIRIA). A disturbed novelist and his posh girlfriend rent a secluded house in the English countryside. But soon, a horny woman (Linda Hayden, BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW) triggers a nightmare of deviant desires, sexual violence, and brutal murder. Also known as EXPOSE and TRAUMA, this still-controversial shocker has been fully restored from a private collector’s original print.
Sunday, August 23
BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT- 2:00 p.m.
Ry Levey, Canada/USA, 2024, ETR Media/OCN, Documentary
Boutique: To Preserve and Collect chronicles the rise of the Blu-ray collectible renaissance and the growing number of specialty distributors dedicated to restoring and re-releasing long-lost cinematic treasures. Featuring interviews with filmmakers, stars, historians, collectors, and industry experts, the documentary highlights the passion behind preserving overlooked films and underappreciated artists. A love letter to cinephilia, it celebrates those working to rescue and share forgotten works with new audiences.
WORKING GIRLS- 4:30 p.m.
Lizzie Borden, USA, 1986, Criterion/Janus, Drama
Sex work is portrayed with radical nonjudgment in Lizzie Borden’s immersive, richly detailed look at the rhythms and rituals of society’s most stigmatized profession. Inspired by the experiences of the sex workers Borden met while making her underground feminist landmark Born in Flames, Working Girls reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (Louise Smith), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam, and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred. In viewing prostitution through the lens of labor, Borden boldly desensationalizes the subject, offering an empathetic, humanizing, often humorous depiction of women for whom this work is just another day at the office. 4K restoration done by the Criterion Collection and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute.
EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN- 7:00 p.m.
Dietrich de Velsa, France, 1980, Altered Innocence, Gay/Adult/Drama
A handsome young stud rides his motorcycle through a myriad of sexual fantasies, from a soccer game's locker room to a dreamy and unsettling orgy where the porn reaches its melancholic peak. This undiscovered erotic film is a labyrinth of all-male fantasies whose outstanding beauties always end up fading away while leaving their sensual protagonist dealing with his own loneliness. Directed with absolute grace by the mysterious Dietrich de Velsa (aka Francis Savel / Frantz Salieri): this former painter was also the owner and artistic director of one of the first transvestites' cabaret of Paris, La Grande Eugène. Years later, he collaborated with Joseph Losey on Mr. Klein and Don Giovanni. EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN is his only film and stands without a doubt as a masterpiece and the best French gay porn ever made.
Zeitgeist is ALL- AGES & SMOKE-FREE
Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
ONGOING FILM SERIES:
ONGOING FILM SERIES:
BEUYS AND BEYOND
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
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CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S. Since 1993, Zeitgeist's ongoing SERIES OF FILMS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND VISUAL ART celebrating the innovative, utterly bizarre and extremely vast body of work from our neighbors to the north. Their films may be smaller, but at least their country is bigger! Size does matter. |
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Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of our website; through PayPal to [email protected]; Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our new venmo @zeitgeistnola
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Special thanks to the Meraux Foundation, The Old Arabi Neighborhood Association, Councilman Gillis McCloskey, The St. Bernard Chamber Of Commerce, Shotgun Cinema, Ellis Fortinberry & Chalmette Movies, the people of St. Bernard Parish and those who have followed us from New Orleans for all of their support. We couldn't have dreamed of a better venue or neighbors.
Zeitgeist would also like to acknowledge the indigenous history of New Orleans, and more broadly, Louisiana, and recognize the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. We would also like to acknowledge the state-recognized tribes of Louisiana, which include the Addai Caddo Tribe, the Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee, Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb, Clifton Choctaw, Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band, Isle de Jean Charles Band, Louisiana Choctaw Tribe, Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe, and the United Houma Nation.
Zeitgeist will celebrate it's 40th Anniversary in November!
We want to thank all of the artists, volunteers, organizations, members, donors and patrons who have kept us going.
We've come a long way. Let's keep it going!
We've come a long way. Let's keep it going!
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