On Full Aperture: Animation

The impetus for this Saturday’s Full Aperture: Animation program came during our trip to the Nitrate Picture Show this past April. One of the films that we watched was Oskar Fischinger’s An Optical… Continue Reading


Shotgun Cinema presents TICKLED

With our second edition of the True Orleans Film Festival coming up in September, we wanted to whet your appetite for more documentaries with one of our favorite docs of the year: David… Continue Reading


Full Aperture and the early U.S. avant-garde

We’re kicking off our first full season of Full Aperture, our ongoing program dedicated to experimental film, with three relatively well-known titles. While the series will dive into this world to great depth,… Continue Reading


Upcoming films

After a quiet spring of venue hunting, we are excited to announce our upcoming screenings this summer and fall. We’ve got a mix of new independent work and avant-garde repertory films on tap,… Continue Reading


On the Nitrate Picture Show

A couple of weeks ago, Shotgun Cinema attended the Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY. We’ve written in the past on this blog about nitrate, but to see… Continue Reading


Support Shotgun Cinema on GiveNOLA Day

GiveNOLA Day is happening this Tuesday, May 3, and we’re excited to be participating for the third year. We’ve used funds from previous years to restore a legendary Eastman film projector, and we… Continue Reading