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Embrace of the Serpent: A Hypnotic Journey Through the Amazon
By JBFC Marketing Assistant Sarah Soliman Embrace of the Serpent, Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s captivating new film, draws you in from its first frame. This cinematic expedition through the Amazon places the viewer in the action with shots that make you feel as though you’re the one paddling a boat down the Amazon, or sitting [...]
{Cinemania Student Critic} When Marnie Was There
By JBFC Cinemania Student Critic Shea Stevenson When Marnie Was There is an Oscar-nominated animated film made by Studio Ghibli, a studio you may recognize as the studio behind movies like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and many more, but this film is special in the fact that it is the last film [...]
Created Equal: Image, Sound, and Story
By JBFC Education Director Emily Keating In many ways, this feels like the second in a series- a follow up to a post I wrote last July that shared my experience representing the JBFC at the Turnaround Arts National Leadership Retreat in Airlie, VA. But it’s not the type of sequel that requires having read [...]
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at the JBFC! Enjoy this adorable, stop motion animated popcorn love story, made by fourth graders at the <a href="http://tae nolvadex online canada.portchesterschools.org/” target=”_blank”>Thomas A. Edison School in Port Chester as part of our Minds in Motion program. Last year nearly 1,000 fourth graders in schools and community organizations [...]
Wim Wenders: A Curious Adventurer with Great Soundtracks
By JBFC Programmer Andrew Jupin If I had to list my favorite director to come out of the New German Cinema–a film movement that ran for two decades starting in 1962 and was born out of a group of young filmmakers’ reaction to the lackluster economic and artistic climate of post-war Germany–it would not be [...]
Saddle Up Saturdays: A Conversation About Westerns
By JBFC Marketing Assistant Sarah Soliman From now until June 11, we’re all about Westerns at the JBFC. Saddle Up Saturdays with Jonathan Demme got started on February 6, with a screening of Sam Peckinpah’s 1965 film, Major Dundee. Before that screening I sat down with the JBFC’s Development Associate, Genevieve Oliver, to discuss some [...]
A Lesson in Folk History Comes to the Burns
By JBFC Programmer Karen Sloe Goodman Like so many of us who grew up in the wake of the 60’s folk revival, I shared the joys of the folk song tradition with fellow musicians, exploring Appalachian roots and the history of our country through the lens of American stories made popular by Pete Seeger and [...]
The Lady in the Van: Maggie Smith Triumphs Again!
By JBFC Volunteer Dotty Battel The Lady in the Van, the new British dramedy starring the remarkable Dame herself in the title role, is a “mostly true story.” It tells the tale of Mary Shepherd, an irascible, sharp-tongued, eccentric old lady who squatted in a dilapidated van, filled to the brim with all her worldly [...]
Celebrating the Master of Suspense in Hitchcock/Truffaut
By JBFC Marketing Assistant, Sarah Soliman In 1962, a 30 year old François Truffaut wrote to Alfred Hitchcock; the young director wanted to tell the elder how much he admired his films. The result of that letter was an interview, taking place over several days, in which the two men discussed each of Hitchcock’s films [...]
Programmers' Picks: A Look at the Lesser Known Best Films of 2015
By JBFC Marketing Assistant, Sarah Soliman Every December, movie fans find themselves going through Best Of lists. It’s a ritual that gives us a chance to take stock of the year, but also gives us suggestions for the year ahead. It’s a way to learn what’s still out there for us to discover. This month [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now