There are certain people who are compelled to take the knowledge that they have obtained and spread it to others. Delgado Community College film student Stephen Herrera has decided to share his knowledge...
My earliest memory is of being Batman.
It was 1999, my sixth birthday party. I pulled my mother off to the side and whispered to her my plan. Five minutes later, my mother announced to our guests with...
In the recent cultural boom of Hollywood invading southern Louisiana, students are finding opportunities to live out their dreams on the silver screen by being film extras.
It’s the type of dream...
The Manship Theatre, located in the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge, has strived to bring exciting film and theater events to Baton Rouge since its creation.
Jason Langlois, film programmer...
When Quentin Tarantino released his first film, “Reservoir Dogs,” in 1992, it breathed fresh air into a stagnant Hollywood and blew the audience away. Since then, Tarantino has become one of...
“Pitch Perfect 2,” the sequel to the movie filmed on campus in 2011, will be filming once again in Baton Rouge.
“Pitch Perfect 2” is casting for dancers of all styles, male or female....
In the summer of 1975, Steven Spielberg released his incredibly influential film “Jaws.” That movie is one of the rare instances where a film totally captures the minds of a generation. The...
One month ago, the world became a little darker with the loss of one of its most enduring comedic lights with the death of writer, actor and director Harold Ramis. Generations of fans mourned in unison,...
According to the nonprofit film office Film L.A., Louisiana is the film production capital of the United States, and many students at the University want to join the ranks of the nation’s finest...
Walking down the streets in New Orleans, one wouldn’t expect to find sea horse masks and confederate soldier uniforms in one place, but at Southern Costume Company that becomes a reality.
Clothing...
Vampires, cowboys and communists make for pretty strange company, but student director Michael Mentz thinks they make for cutting-edge theater too.
Mentz and his crew will present their adaptation of “Vampire...
Filmmaker Wes Anderson has made a name for himself by creating a signature look in all his films. Each work is a swirl of corduroys, emotional coloring and sweet men with haircuts who denote waxing philosophic.
Anderson’s...
