Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

Opening June 12:

7:00 pm nightly (5:00 pm Saturday)
MAGIC HOUR by Katie Aselton
Charlie and Erin escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship. A Duplass Brothers Production starring Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) and Katie Aselton (The League). Also starring Brad Garrett, Susan Sullivan, Leonora Pitts, etc.

06/08/2026

Saturday, June 13 @ 7:00 pm
UNIPOOPER presented by filmmakers Paul Dale, Cast and crew.
Part true-crime parody, part immersive theater, and part midnight-movie spectacle, UNIPOOPER arrives at Zeitgeist Theatre for a one-night-only interactive screening unlike anything else currently playing in New Orleans. Directed by independent filmmaker Paul Dale, UNIPOOPER transforms a real unsolved high school mystery into a wildly interactive cult-film experience. Inspired by an actual incident from Dale's teenage years—in which an unknown culprit repeatedly left mysterious deposits in school urinals and was never identified—the film follows a team of determined investigators as they search for the elusive “Unipooper." Presented as a faux true-crime documentary, UNIPOOPER combines horror, comedy, absurdist storytelling, and audience participation into a uniquely immersive cinematic event. But this isn't a traditional movie screening. Audience members receive participation kits filled with props and interactive prompts, allowing them to play along with the film as the mystery unfolds. Costume contests, audience call-backs, drinking-game elements, and surprise appearances from live performers ensure that no two screenings are exactly alike. Previous screenings have featured audience participation kits, costume contests, drinking-game elements, live performers, and interactive surprises that transform the film into a communal midnight-movie experience. Throughout the evening, performers may emerge from the audience, interact with attendees, and blur the line between screen and reality, creating an experience that owes as much to cult midnight movies and immersive theater as it does to traditional cinema. Dale and members of the filmmaking team will be on hand before and after the screening to meet audiences, discuss the making of the film, and celebrate the strange and wonderful world of independent genre filmmaking.​ [TRAILER]

"UNIPOOPER is part true-crime parody, part audience-participation event, and part glorious disaster,*" said Dale. "We wanted to create something that feels like a movie, a live show, and a party all happening at the same time.”

06/06/2026

JAMES SINGLETON'S MALABAR
TUESDAY, JUNE 16 @ 7:30PM

06/06/2026

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 7:30pm

06/04/2026

7:00 pm nightly
AMRUM by Fatih Akin
It is the Spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, a remote outpost in the North Sea. The front is far away, and 12-year-old Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) spends his days working the nearby farm and his nights fishing, helping his mother to feed their family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept isle seems idyllic. When their anti-fascist neighbor Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over, the boy – too young to understand the political implications – is pleased to imagine that his father, a N**i officer, might soon be coming home. But his mother Hille (Laura Tonke) is a true believer, and word of Germany’s imminent defeat sends her into decline. One day from her sick bed, she wishes for white bread, butter and honey, near impossible luxuries on Amrum which Nanning innocently tries to find for her. But as he sets off on his quest, he learns from his neighbors that the enemy is far closer than he imagined. From Golden Globe Award-winning filmmaker Fatih Akin (In the Fade, Head-On), Amrum is a tender coming-of-age tale about the loss of innocence set against the waning days of the Second World War.