Dear Moviegoers,

Turkey Day this year was absolutely stuffed with food. I’m honestly unsure how I or my family are going to finish everything that we made and received.

The same kind of stuffed sensation goes for my awards season screener selections, which have been plentiful thus far. I’m absolutely thankful for the food and the flicks!

Moviegoing with Bill

New Orleans Film Festival, 2022: "Causeway"

(Note: Please excuse any background TV noises in the audio voiceover - I probably should’ve re-recorded, but maybe it’s livelier with the mistakes in it. Maybe.) Dear Moviegoers, Causeway, the new film from critical darling studio A24 and streaming service Apple TV+ (where it is now available to subscribers) is not so surprisingly not about …

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3 months ago · Bill Arceneaux

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Believe it or not, I still have a few more movies to get to before finishing my review coverage of this year’s New Orleans Film Festival. One, You Resemble Me, is beginning a theatrical run in the area at Zeitgeist tonight.

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New Orleans Film Festival, 2022: A Q&A with Jason Foster

Dear Moviegoers, The 2022 New Orleans Film Festival ran from November 3 - 13 (with both in-person and virtual showings). The following is a Q&A with filmmaker Jason Foster, on his short film In Search of…Pregame - a personal docu-essay piece that moves through home videos, past movie projects, present anxieties, and…

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2 months ago · Bill Arceneaux

I’ll have that review sent and posted soon, but until then, I did do a guest spot on fellow SEFCA member/local critic Brandon Ledet’s podcast over at Swampflix, where we chatted about the festival and more. It’s always fun discussing films with him, and I highly recommend listening in below.

Coming soon:

Women Talking + Bones and All
Albert Pyun’s Brain Smasher…A Love Story
Episode 1 of Joe Badon’s The Wheel of Heaven

And more.

I hope y’all’s Turkey weeks went great!

Sincerely Yours in Moviegoing,