This motel is a primary filming location in the 2014 drama film Hateship Loveship starring Kristin Wiig, Nick Nolte, Hailee Steinfeld, Guy Pearce, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
In the story, this motel is set in Chicago. Ken (Pearce) is an ex-convict and drug user who runs this motel. Johanna Parry (Wiig) is a socially-awkward caretaker who moves in with him after being duped by several phony love letters.
Other scenes in the movie were also filmed in the New Orleans area.