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JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 27: Valentine's Day Vibes
by JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno originally curated JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 27: Valentine’s Day Vibes to accompany the dessert reception after our Valentine’s Day screening of It [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 26: Soundtrack to 2023
by JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 26 comes to us from JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno, who originally compiled this mix to provide 3+ hours of tunes for the Burns’ year-end [...]
The Best of 2023: JBFC Staff's Favorite Films
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré Between Barbenheimer and the writers and actors’ strikes, it’s been a wild year for the film industry! In celebration of the cinematic medium that weathered it all, we’ve compiled “Best of 2023” lists from staff members across the Jacob Burns Film Center. Featuring a wide range of titles [...]
📽️ Rewinding 2023: The Year in Review
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Coming Soon: New Cinema Studies Course on Alfred Hitchcock in Collaboration with NYU Tisch
Pleasantville, NY – September 22, 2023 – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is thrilled to further its collaboration with New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts this fall through the launch of a new Cinema Studies course, Beyond Suspicion: Alfred Hitchcock. Led by a rotating roster of distinguished NYU faculty and PhD [...]
Cats of the JBFC
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré The world’s number-one cat video festival is coming to the JBFC! Screening Sunday, August 20 at 2:00 pm, CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest is [...]
Summer Sizzles with Spectacular Cinema: Jacob Burns Film Center Unveils Unmissable Lineup
James Baldwin Abroad on Juneteenth, centennial celebration of Safety Last! with live accompaniment, new releases including Barbie, Oppenheimer on 35mm, Asteroid City, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, along with fan favorite series such as Pride, Sounds of Summer, Community Matters, and Life on Stage are among major programs coming this summer. Pleasantville, NY – May [...]
The Best of 2022: JBFC Staff's Favorite Films
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré As awards season kicks into high gear, what better way to celebrate the cinematic medium than by highlighting all the films that moved us in 2022? We’ve compiled “Best of 2022” lists from staff members across the Jacob Burns Film Center. Featuring a wide range of titles that [...]
Taking Stock of TIFF
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré Eight days. 22 films—four docs and 18 narratives—across four venues. 148,987 steps (at least according to my fitbit). Two boxes of blister bandaids. One unforgettable experience! This September, I was fortunate enough to accompany the programming team to TIFF, The Toronto International Film Festival, which marked the first [...]
An Interview with Michael Roemer, director of The Plot Against Harry
By Vincent Abbatecola, guest writer I was recently given the opportunity to interview writer-director Michael Roemer, whose 1969 film, The Plot Against Harry will be screened in new 4K restoration at the Jacob Burns Film Center for the 2022 Jewish Film Festival. In the interview, Roemer talks about what influenced him to become a filmmaker [...]
