The Jacob Burns Film Center is committed not only to presenting
a wide array of movies, but also to hosting a range of related experiences,
including art exhibitions, book signings, live performances and a
wealth of after-screening interviews and discussions.
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
Westchester County Executive Andy Spano and JBFC Executive Director Steve Apkon at the Westchester Arts Council luncheon that honored the Jacob Burns Film Center with the 2008 Arts Award. |
| |
|
 |
Actress Danai Jekesai Gurira, JBFC's Lois Dino, producer Mary Jane Skalski, and Joe Smithey (Overture Films) at a preview screening of their film, The Visitor. |
| |
|
 |
Prize-winning author/translator Curt Leviant spoke to an audience following a screening of The Golem. |
| |
|
 |
Film subject Lior with Gary Rosenblatt, editor/publisher of The Jewish Week during a Q&A which followed a screening of Praying with Lior. |
| |
|
 |
Film critic Kent Jones signing a copy his book Physical Evidence at a screening of John Carpenter’s They Live. |
| |
|
 |
Steal a Pencil for Me subjects Jack and Ina Polak, who came to speak to the audience about their experiences during the Holocaust. |
| |
|
 |
Eran Lerman, executive director of the AJC Isreal/Middle East office in Jerusalem came to speak following a screening of The Champagne Spy. |
| |
|
 |
Producer/director Laura Bialis, AJC Executive Director David Harris and JBFC Executive Director Stephen Apkon following a screening of Refusenik, which was shown as part of the Westchester Jewish Film Festival 2008. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Oren Jacoby answering questions following a screening of his film Constantine’s Sword. |
| |
|
 |
Steve Bayme, director of the AJC Contemporary Jewish Life Department at a Q&A following a screening of Rabin-Peres: Everything is Personal. |
| |
|
Photo by Ed Cody |
Filmmaker David Schwimmer with New York Times critic Janet Maslin at a preview screening of Run, Fat Boy, Run, his directorial debut. |
| |
|
Photo by Ed Cody |
(left to right) Filmmaker Bruce David Klein, New York Times critic Janet Maslin, and legendary rocker Meat Loaf following a screening of Klein’s new documentary Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Jennifer Fox and JBFC Associate Director of Programming Lois Dino at Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, shown as part of the monthly series "Celebrating Women Filmmakers." |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
New York Times critic Janet Maslin with legendary cinematographers Alan Daviau and Gordon Willis and restoration expert Robert A. Harris at An Evening with Gordon Willis. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Allie Humenuk at a Q&A following a screening of her film Shadow of a House as part of the series "FrameWorks: Art on Film." |
| |
|
 |
Director Roger Donaldson at a preview screening of his new film The Bank Job, which was shown in the " Journal News Film Club." |
| |
|
 |
Catherine Benamou, of the Film and Media Studies Department at UC-Irvine, spoke with JBFC faculty member Vicente Rodriguez Ortega following a screening of F for Fake as part of the series "FrameWorks: Art on Film." |
| |
|
 |
Following the screening of Billy the Kid, producer Chiemi Karasawa and editor Michael Levine pose with the film poster. |
| |
|
 |
Stranger than Fiction series host Thom Powers with filmmaker Nina Davenport, who screened her film Operation Filmmaker as part of the film series. |
| |
|
 |
Marco Maccioni, son of Le Cirque proprietor Sirio Maccioni, at the screening of A Table in Heaven as part of the "Stranger than Fiction" series. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
The members of e.y.e (erase your ego), a collaborate group of artists, in front of their work at the FrameWorks: Art on Film opening night reception. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
Michael Bierut, a partner at design firm Pentagram, with Peter Scherer, a partner at the H Plus design firm, at the FrameWorks: Art on Film series opening night screening of Helvetica, a documentary about the 50-year-old typeface. |
| |
|
 |
Katonah resident and film composer Marc Black performed live music at the screening of Stroke of Genius. |
| |
|
 |
Ester Robinson, filmmaker of A Walk into the Sea with Thom Powers, host of Stranger than Fiction series, following a screening of the film. The film was also part of JBFC’s FrameWorks: Art of Film series. |
| |
|
 |
After a screening of his film Music Made on Thursdays, filmmaker Simon Pinkhasov answered questions from audience members. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
Former TV talk show host Ricki
Lake and director/producer Abby
Epstein held a Q&A following a screening of their
film, The Business
of Being Born. Ms. Lake was the
executive producer of the documentary. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
(l. to r.) JBFC
Board of President Janet Maslin, two-time
Academy Award winning actress Hilary Swank,
and JBFC Programming Director Brian
Ackerman at the Silver Screen Circle
advanced screening of Swank’s
film P.S. I Love You. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
New York State Senator Andrea
Stewart-Cousins visiting JBFC’s third grade
education program See•Hear•Feel•Film. |
| |
|
 |
Julian
Schnabel, director
of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, signing the
movie poster following a preview screening of the film. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Jonathan
Demme and Tibetan Healer Tashi
Dolma, spoke after a screening of 10 Questions
for the Dalai Lama. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Frank
Cantor spoke
with world-renowned Icelandic sculptor Steinunn
Thórarinsdóttir (pictured) after a screening of Cantor’s Horizons. |
| |
|
 |
Dr.
Susan Rubin of Mt. Kisco,
co-founder of Better School Food, signing books after the screening
of 2 Angry Moms. |
| |
|
Photo by Carucha Meuse. |
(From L to R) Producer Richard
Abramowitz with filmmaker John
Turturro following a screening
of Turturro’s film, Romance and
Cigarettes.
|
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
JBFC Board President Janet
Maslin spoke with Academy Award nominated
actor Ryan Gosling and director Craig
Gillespie following
a preview screening of Lars and the
Real Girl.
|
| |
|
Photo by Ed Cody. |
(From l to r) Screenwriter David
Benioff, actor Khalid Abdalla,
novelist Khaled Hosseini and actor Homayoun
Ershadi spoke
with JBFC Board President Janet Maslin following
a preview screening of The Kite Runner.
|
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Susanne
Bier spoke with an audience about her latest
film, Things We Lost in the Fire.
|
| |
|
 |
Director Doug
Liman (left) joined filmmaker Jonathan
Demme for
a discussion following a screening of the cult classic, Go.
Academy-Award winning director Demme hosts the monthly series,
"Jonathan
Demme presents Rarely Seen Cinema."
|
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker James
Gray answered questions from the audience following
a preview screening of his most recent film, We
Own the Night.
|
| |
|
 |
Special guest Noah
Baumbach spoke with JBFC Board President Janet
Maslin following
a preview screening of Margot at the Wedding during the Journal
News Film Club. |
| |
|
 |
Sportswriter T.J.
Quinn (left)
and baseball All Star Al Leiter (right) spoke with an audience
of baseball fans following a special screening of the Hollywood
classic, Field of Dreams. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
JBFC Board President Janet
Maslin with music producer Elliot Goldenthal,
director Julie Taymor and JBFC Executive
Director Steve Apkon. Maslin spoke with
Goldenthal and Taymor following a sold-out screening of their
recent film, Across the Universe. |
| |
|
 |
Mark Urman,
head of THINKFilm’s U.S. Theatrical division, shared his
thoughts on In the Shadow of the Moon following a preview
screening. |
| |
|
 |
Legendary singer/songwriter
and author Judy Collins discussed her new book: The
Seven T's: Finding Hope and Healing in the Wake of Tragedy following
a screening of Robert Redford's Ordinary People. |
| |
|
Photo by Ed Cody |
Actors Dallas Roberts (left)
and Ben Foster (right) spoke with JBFC Board
President Janet Maslin following a preview screening
of their most recent film, 3:10 to Yuma. |
| |
|
 |
Toronto Film Festival Programmer,
Thom Powers (left) spoke with filmmaker Dan
O’Connor following a preview screening of his recent work-in-progress
film, Barney Rosset vs. Our Way of Life. |
| |
|
 |
Art historian and author
Simon Schama hosted a screening of the eight-hour adaptation
of War and Peace. |
| |
|
 |
Legendary filmmaker Frank
Oz spoke following a preview screening of his most
recent film, Death at a Funeral. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
Entertainment Weekly Senior
Writer Dave Karger moderated the Q&A following
the film Follow
My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig, the opening night film
of this year’s "Out at the Movies" film
series. Included in the discussion were (L to R) director Katherine
Linton, students Angelika Torres, Tenaja
Jordan, Mey Bun and
(not shown) film editor Jillian Buckley. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis |
Actress Sarah
Polley joins the
audience for a Q&A following the screening of her directorial
debut, Away from Her. |
| |
|
 |
(l to r) Korean actor Sung-kee
Ahn with filmmaker Jonathan Demme and
fellow Korean superstar
Joong-hoon Park at the opening night of the Joong-hoon
Park Retrospective for
the film Radio Star. Park and Ahn both starred in the
film. |
| |
|
 |
Robert
Klein signed copies of
his memoirs, The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue after
a screening of his latest film Ira & Abby. The
movie was part of this year’s Westchester Celebrates
Jewish Film 2007 series. |
| |
|
Photo: B.Becker-Parton |
51 Birch Street was
screened as a part of our Westchester Celebrates
Jewish Film 2007 series. (l to r) Rabbi
Jonathan Blake and filmmaker Doug
Block led a Q&A following the film with
the audience. |
| |
|
 |
Coproducers and directors
(L to R) Annie Sundberg and Ricki
Stern spoke after a screening
of the powerful film The Trials of Darryl Hunt. The
film was part of the JBFC’s "Celebrating Women Filmmakers"
series. |
| |
|
Photo: J. Hauser
|
Indie film producer Christine
Vachon, founder of Killer Films, spoke with an audience
about her career and sign copies of her book, A Killer
Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters
in Hollywood and Beyond. |
| |
|
Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis
|
The Collector, the
story of art gallery owner Allan Stone kicked off our "FrameWorks:
Art on Film" series. with (l. to r.) artist Lorraine
Shemesh,
moderator Christopher Beach, director Olympia
Stone and artist
James Grashow. A Q&A followed the screening. |
| |
|
 |
Actor Edward
Norton was our guest at the annual
Silver
Screen Circle Dinner in December. Before the dinner, he
previewed and discussed his new film, The
Painted Veil with the
JBFC's Janet Maslin. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Oliver
Stone spoke with an audience following a screening of his latest
film, World Trade Center and his classic film Platoon. |
| |
|
 |
Following a preview screening
of The Good German, filmmaker Steven
Soderbergh spoke
with the audience about the film. |
| |
|
 |
Director Byron
Hurt (seated) with
members of the White Plains Youth Bureau after a screening
and discussion of his film, Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A
Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture. |
| |
|
 |
Actress Debra
Winger joined Babel director Alejandro
González
Iñárritu and producer
Jon Kilik following a preview screening
and discussion of the film. |
| |
|
 |
Novelist/screenwriter Tom
Perrotta spoke to a JBFC audience
after the screening of his latest film, Little Children. |
| |
|
 |
Legendary filmmaker Woody
Allen joined us recently for a discussion
with New
York Times critic and JBFC
Board President, Janet Maslin following a preview
screening of his film Scoop.
Click
Here for highlights of the evening in
the Journal
News. |
| |
|
 |
Ruth Reichl kicked
off our "Four on Food" film series with a discussion and a book
signing following
the film The Real Dirt on Farmer John. |
| |
|
 |
The legendary actress Isabella
Rossellini opened our "Classic Italian Cinema" series
with a discussion following screenings of Roberto Rossellini’s
classic Flowers
of St. Francis and
her short tribute to her father, My
Dad is 100 Years Old. |
| |
|
 |
Angela Bassett spoke
with Janet
Maslin
following a preview screening of Akeelah and the Bee. |
| |
|
 |
Carlos Saldanha (left) the director
of
Ice Age: The Meltdown and Chris Wedge (right)
director of the first Ice Age show off their new
JBFC backpacks after a special screening
of the film Ice Age: The Meltdown. |
| |
|
 |
Following a preview of the film
Water, director Deepa Mehta spoke with an audience about the film. |
| |
|
 |
Mary Harron spoke
with our audience after a screening of her latest film,
The Notorious Bettie Page. The film was
shown as part of our monthly "Celebrating
Women Filmmakers" series. |
| |
|
 |
Janet Maslin spoke with legendary
folk
musician and psychedelic poet, Donovan during his recent visit. Donovan performed
several songs and signed copies of his book
The Autobiography of Donovan after a
screening of his documentary,
There is an Ocean. |
| |
|
 |
(l. to r.)
Silver Belles' manager Geri Kennedy, Silver
Belles Marion
Coles and Fay Ray and Been Rich All My Life director
Heather Lyn MacDonald spoke with our audience after a screening
of the film as part of our "Dance
on Camera" series. |
| |
|
 |
As a special treat for members
of the JBFC's Journal
News Film Club, Steve Buscemi talked
with host Bingham Ray about his latest film, Lonesome
Jim. |
| |
|
 |
Director Rian Johnson discussed
his new
film Brick following a preview screening. |
| |
|
 |
As part of our "FrameWorks:
Visual Artists on Film"
series, internationally renowned
artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude (pictured)
joined documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles to take questions
after screenings
of Christo in Paris and excerpts
from The Gates, a work in progress.
|
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Jason Reitman answered
questions
after a preview screening of his film Thank You
for Smoking. |
| |
|
 |
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme joined us for a screening of his latest
film Neil Young: Heart of Gold, and a discussion with New
York Times critic Janet Maslin. |
| |
|
 |
Author/screenwriter Richard
Price stopped
by the JBFC for a preview and discussion of his latest film,
Freedomland with New York Times critic Janet
Maslin. |
| |
|
