Did you know New Orleans was home to the world’s first indoor movie theater? Vitascope Hall, located in the 600 block of Canal Street, opened 125 years ago this week. Motion pictures were still a ...

For almost as long as film has existed, New Orleans has been a movie town. Filmmakers love to shoot here, stars love to bask in the city’s mystique and residents love to see their beloved Big Easy ...

Whether to escape the heat or something else, New Orleanians have long flocked to movie theaters. The first films were shown at West End amusement park in 1896 as an exhibition. Soon after, William T.