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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 [...]
An Interview with Kenneth Branagh
By JBFC Marketing Manager Lori Zakalik Film and stage actor Kenneth Branagh‘s new theater company is coming to the Burns!…sort of. We’re showing three of Branagh’s upcoming productions, starting with his adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale on Thursday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 29 at noon and Tuesday, January 5 at 6:30 pm. Tickets for those [...]
Laurie Anderson on Death, Love, Art, and Dogs
From multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog is now showing at the Burns! Anderson was here for a special screening of the film on November 3. Hear what she had to say about her “philosophically astute, emotionally charged meditation on death, love, art and dogs.” (A.O. Scott, New York Times) and get your tickets today!
The Childhood of a Leader
By JBFC Board Member Jonathan Demme In my many years of involvement with the Burns, I have never been more excited about an upcoming JBFC screening than I am about our October 25th screening of 27-year-old Brady Corbet’s mind-blowing directorial debut, The Childhood of a Leader. When I try to trace my way back to other [...]
Announcing Our Two New Theaters
We are so excited to share the news that today we opened our two new theaters at the Jacob Burns Film Center. We now have 5 screens, which means more opportunity for programming to schedule a diverse array of films, events, and even experiment with some new programs! So stay tuned. For now, you can [...]
