Court 13′s “Death to the Tinman” will be playing before Dr. Strangelove at the New Orleans Drive-in screening! When: Friday, July 15 – Doors at 7:00, films at 8:30 Where: In the parking lot of the First Schwegmann’s Giant Super Market at the corner of St. Claude and Elysian Fields in the Marigny. Admission to [...]

As I’m sure you’ve heard, the Mississippi is reaching historic and disastrous levels, and the good of one populace (Baton Rouge & New Orleans) has been pitted against that of another (the farmers in the Mississippi flood plain) with the opening of the Morganza spillway. To help his students make sense of this, a professor [...]

This just premiered online, and we couldn’t be prouder to say it’s a Court 13 Production. Big Freedia – “Y’all Get Back Now” from stereogum on Vimeo. Bob Weisz and Josh Ente directed, as Casey Coleman and Michael Gottwald produced– all hard core/corps/Court members. The video also features the talents of innumerable Court 13 cast [...]

Ahoy loyal readers, and go Packers (RIP Saints). We just blasted out this sprawling update to our email listserv – if you follow the blog, you probably know most of it, but it always helps to refresh yourself!: ———— Hello Long Lost Court 13 Nation! Here’s to 2011. We hope that the dawn of the [...]

Feliz Navidad, On this day of all days, we at Court 13 would like to tap in to our holiday cheer to give a collective clap on the back to some of our friends who recently had the delightful news that their films will be premiering at the lovely Sundance Film Festival this January. Way [...]

It’s less than 50 degrees out, we’re 12 games in and the Saints have only lost 3, and Canal Street is lit up like an underage college kid on Bourbon. This can only mean it’s the holidays in New Orleans. And what better time for a little throwback high-minded quasi-academic media discourse? This chap right [...]

Greetings from the Bywater. A side item of interest for you today: featured player in the upcoming Court 13 film “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Miss Gina Montana, was recently inducted into the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame. Read the write-up and see the technicolor bead get-up HERE. Gina also recently celebrated her 50th [...]

Okay, so this actually happened back in early May. But early May was precisely the time when we spent every day from 6 AM to 8 PM battling mosquitos, 90 degree heat, and the temperment of both brackish tides and pre-teen girls, so you’ll forgive me when I say that I slightly lost my mind [...]