Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge

09/05/2026

Zeitgeist has been screening films in the New Orleans area for nearly 40 years. Year end and day out has been an ongoing struggle to survive. Although Zeitgeist isn’t one of the theatres featured in this documentary. It is our story too.

7:00 pm nightly (except Sunday @ 5:00 pm)
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving.

09/05/2026

7:00 pm nightly (except Friday & Sunday @ 5:00 pm)
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving.

09/04/2026

TONIGHT!!!!!

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Friday, September 4:

Zeitgeist Theatre:

5:00 pm - THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving

7:00 pm - BEACON OF FLESH by visiting filmmaker Biff Hartwell and actress Robin Pleasure. Beacon of Flesh is an all-original rock opera (shot on Super 8!) about a doomed transgender creature who becomes psychically entangled with the ghost of a medieval nun.

Zeitgeist Lounge:

7:00 pm - DR. JIMBO WALSH's Annual Birthday Concert featuring THE EARTHLINGS

09/04/2026

TOMORROW!!!!! Friday, September 4 @ 7:00 pm
BEACON OF FLESH by visiting filmmaker Biff Hartwell and actress Robin Pleasure
Beacon of Flesh is an all-original rock opera (shot on Super 8!) about a doomed transgender creature who becomes psychically entangled with the ghost of a medieval nun.

09/04/2026

Friday, September 4 @ 7:00 pm
BEACON OF FLESH by visiting filmmaker Biff Hartwell and actress Robin Pleasure
Beacon of Flesh is an all-original rock opera (shot on Super 8!) about a doomed transgender creature who becomes psychically entangled with the ghost of a medieval nun.

09/04/2026

TOMORROW!!!
Friday, September 4 @ 7:00 pm
in the Zeitgeist Lounge
DR. JIMBO WALSH’s Annual Birthday Concert
featuring THE EARTHLINGS

09/04/2026

Opening September 4:

7:00 pm nightly (except Friday & Sunday @ 5:00 pm)
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving.