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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone: 25th Anniversary Screening
Aug
8

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone: 25th Anniversary Screening

Genre: Family, Fantasy

Rating: PG; Common Sense Media Age Rating 7+

Length: 2 hour 32 minutes

Bring your copy of the book or dress in costume for free popcorn!

An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

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I Love Boosters
Aug
8

I Love Boosters

Featuring a Meal and a Movie Option with Bayes Oyster Bar!

Genre: Comedy, Adventure

Rating: R

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven by stealing her clothes and reselling them at a lower price, what they call "fashion-forward philanthropy."

Free Artist Talk with Nathaniel Landry, the artist featured in the Gallery at Manship! Arrive at 6:00 p.m. for The Monsters we Sometimes Become Artist Talk and stay for the screening!

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The Birdcage
Aug
9

The Birdcage

Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ

Rating: R

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Proceeds from specialty cocktails sold at this event will go directly to Baton Rouge Pride.

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing, conservative parents.

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Funny Girl - $5 Movie + a MEAL and a movie option
Aug
16

Funny Girl - $5 Movie + a MEAL and a movie option

Featuring a Lunch & a movie option with Capital City Grill!

Genre: Musical, Comedy

Rating: G; Common Sense Rating 10+

Year: 1968

Ticket Price: $5

In this bittersweet, classic musical drama, the vibrant and beautiful young Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) starts out as a bit player on the New York City vaudeville stage, but works her way up to stardom on Broadway. Valued for her vocal and comedic talents by the renowned theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Fanny thrives, but her relationship with her suave, imprisoned businessman husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), is another story.

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Indepth Live! With Mark Mangini
Aug
29

Indepth Live! With Mark Mangini

Baton Rouge native Mike James Gallagher, an Emmy-nominated sound designer and creator of INDEPTH Sound Design, is bringing two-time Oscar winner Mark Mangini (Dune, Mad Max: Fury Road) to Baton Rouge to headline a live INDEPTH conversation at the Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival.

Individual tickets to this event are available, and all BRUFF Full Fest Pass and Saturday Day Pass holders receive free admission.

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Walter Anderson - Free Screening, Panel, and Reception with LSU Museum of Art
Sep
17

Walter Anderson - Free Screening, Panel, and Reception with LSU Museum of Art

Genre: Documentary

Rating: NR

Year: 2026

A FREE EVENT!

Meal and a Movie Option Available!

Join the LSU Museum of Art and Manship Theatre for Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the Islander, followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker Anthony Thaxton, the artist’s son, John Anderson, and Mattie Codling, the Director of the Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Film and panel in Manship Theatre. Reception and book signing to follow in the LSU Museum of Art.

Reserve your free tickets today!

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2001: A Space Odyssey - $5 Movie
Sep
17

2001: A Space Odyssey - $5 Movie

Genre: Sci-fi, Adventure

Rating: G; Common Sense Age Rating 12+

Year: 1968

Ticket Price: $5

Meal and a Movie Option!

An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Sep
25

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

In Partnership with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

PAGES TO POPCORN: Bring your library card for free popcorn!

Genre: Adventure / Comedy

Rating: PG; Common Sense Media 13+

Year: 1975

A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.

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Cat Video Fest with Cat Haven
Sep
27

Cat Video Fest with Cat Haven

Genre: Cat Videos; Shorts

Rated: PG

Ticket Price: $12.50, including fees, call for discounts.

Meet your new best friend! Enjoy on-site cat adoptions with Cat Haven, and know that a portion of every ticket sold supports their mission of finding loving homes for cats in need.

Cat Video Fest is a compilation of the latest and best cat videos pulled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.

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Manhattan Short Film Fest: You Be the Judge!
Sep
30

Manhattan Short Film Fest: You Be the Judge!

Showtimes: 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote for Best Film and Best Actor in the 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screening. You'll join film lovers simultaneously in over 500 venues across the globe gathering to see the Ten Finalist in this year's event. With past finalists garnering Oscar nominations and short films continuing to move into the Hollywood mainstream, come see this entertaining program featuring the best short films in the world today! Ballots supplied upon entry.

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Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (Documentary)
Oct
11

Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (Documentary)

Proceeds from ticket sales go directly to Live after Five!

Genre: Music, Documentary

Rating: NR

Length: 1 hr 36 min

This visionary music documentary traces the turbulent, transcendent life of Gregg Allman — from a childhood ruptured by his father’s murder to the soulful emergence that reshaped American music. Through archival recordings, candid interviews, and electric performances, the film follows Gregg’s musical awakening amid the blues he worshipped, the creation of the Allman Brothers Band with his brother, Duane, that would birth Southern Rock, and the grief that followed Duane’s fatal motorcycle crash.

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Corpse Bride - $5 Movie
Oct
16

Corpse Bride - $5 Movie

Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).

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The Room & Big Shark Double Feature with Greg Sestero
Oct
17

The Room & Big Shark Double Feature with Greg Sestero

Double Feature + Baton Rouge Premiere

Stay after the film for a Q&A with Greg Sestero!

Genre: Drama

Rated: R

Experience the ultimate cult phenomenon on the big screen! The Room follows Johnny, a successful banker living what seems to be the perfect life in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. But when Lisa suddenly grows tired of Johnny and begins an affair with his best friend, Mark, a whirlwind of betrayal, melodrama, and unforgettable moments unfolds.

Stick around after the screening for the Baton Rouge premiere of Tommy Wiseau's latest cinematic adventure, Big Shark! When a colossal shark terrorizes New Orleans, three firefighters become the city's last hope in an outrageous action-comedy that only Tommy Wiseau could create.

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New Orleans Film SOciety  Presents: Louisiana Shorts On Tour
Nov
8

New Orleans Film SOciety Presents: Louisiana Shorts On Tour

In Partnership with the New Orleans Film Society

Genre: Louisiana Short Films

Rating: NR

Year: 2026

Ticket Price: $20

Celebrate local filmmaking with a curated Louisiana shorts festival at Manship Theatre in partnership with New Orleans Film Society. Featuring the 2026 NOFS Louisiana Shorts selections, this special event includes screenings of outstanding short films, a panel discussion with participating filmmakers, and a lively reception in The Gallery at Manship featuring a New Orleans DJ.

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Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration + Art Exhibit, Reception, & Q&A
Nov
14

Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration + Art Exhibit, Reception, & Q&A

Art exhibit & reception, art documentary screening, and artist Q&A

Rating: NR

Length: 1 hour

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Produced by WLAE-TV, an LPB-affiliated station in New Orleans, and 6th Street Studios, the award-winning team behind Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue, Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans, and Fats Domino: Walking Back to New Orleans, the film captures the evolution of Michalopoulos’ artistic vision and the profound impact his work has had on Louisiana’s cultural landscape. 

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Backrooms + Tick Short film
Jul
10

Backrooms + Tick Short film

This listing is for Friday, July 10, 6:30 p.m.
These films also have screenings on July 5 at 2:00 p.m. Those tickets are here.

Genre: Sci-fi, Horror

Ticket Price: $9.50, including fees.

Rating: R

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.

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Spirited Away + Short Film- $5 Movie + Happy Hour set by DJ Buktooth
Jul
9

Spirited Away + Short Film- $5 Movie + Happy Hour set by DJ Buktooth

Genre: Anime, Fantasy

Rating: Rated PG; Common Sense Media Age Rating: 9+

In this animated feature by noted Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, 10-year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku, who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents.

Arrive early for a free Happy Hour set by DJ Buktooth!

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Backrooms + Tick Short film
Jul
5

Backrooms + Tick Short film

This listing is for Sunday, July 5, 2:00 p.m.
These films also have screenings on July 10 at 6:30 p.m. Those tickets are here.

Genre: Sci-fi, Horror

Ticket Price: $9.50, including fees.

Rating: R

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.

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Paris Is Burning - $5 Movie + A Short Film After the Screening
Jun
28

Paris Is Burning - $5 Movie + A Short Film After the Screening

Rated R.

In Partnership with Baton Rouge Pride.

This documentary focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their "house" culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned performers. Groups from each house compete in elaborate balls that take cues from the world of fashion. Also touching on issues of racism and poverty, the film features interviews with a number of renowned drag queens, including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija and Dorian Corey.

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The Big Lebowski
Jun
27

The Big Lebowski

Rated R

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski, which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug peed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity.

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Sunset Boulevard - $5 Movie
May
30

Sunset Boulevard - $5 Movie

Rated PG; Common Sense Rating 13+

An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriters ambivalence about their relationship and her unwillingness to let go leads to a situation of violence, madness, and death.

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Love Acting Reelcase 2026: Showcasing short original film scenes 
Apr
29

Love Acting Reelcase 2026: Showcasing short original film scenes 

Baton Rouge film acting school, Love Acting, presents “Reelcase”— a premiere of 3 minute scenes written by local screenwriters to showcase their film actors’ talent. Come see the young, bright film actors of Louisiana shine on the big screen. Scenes were directed by local directors Jency Hogan, Bill Martin Williams, Alaina Canaday Durocher, and Toby Nichols 

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Science on Screen: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Apr
8

Science on Screen: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Rated R.

About Science on Screen: creatively pairs film with lively introduction lessons by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine.

About the film: After a painful breakup, Clementine (Kate Winslet) undergoes a procedure to erase memories of her former boyfriend Joel (Jim Carrey) from her mind. When Joel discovers that Clementine is going to extremes to forget their relationship, he undergoes the same procedure and slowly begins to forget the woman that he loved.

About the Speaker: Emily M. Elliott, PhD., is a Professor of Psychology at Louisiana State University. Throughout her career, she has studied the theoretical underpinnings of working memory and attention, as well as how attention and memory interact.

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The Godfather (1972) - $5 Movie)
Apr
7

The Godfather (1972) - $5 Movie)

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.

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Pulp Fiction (1994) - $5 Movie
Mar
15

Pulp Fiction (1994) - $5 Movie

Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is interwoven with those of their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) ; his actress wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) ; struggling boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) ; master fixer Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel) and a nervous pair of armed robbers, Pumpkin (Tim Roth) and Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer).

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Natchez (Featuring a Q&A)
Mar
12

Natchez (Featuring a Q&A)

NATCHEZ captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.

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Sinners
Mar
10

Sinners

Ryan Coogler’s 2025 supernatural horror film Sinners follows twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” Moore (Michael B. Jordan), WWI veterans and former Chicago gangsters returning to 1932 Mississippi to open a juke joint. They seek a fresh start, but their plans are thwarted by supernatural evil—vampires—and the harsh realities of the Jim Crow South. 

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