Recent Events
Screening and Lecture with Dana Polan, Chair of the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies at NYU
Dana Polan is Martin Scorsese Professor and Chair of the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies at NYU. He is the author of 11 books in film and media, including most recently Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the British Film Institute’s Film Classics series. With Caryl Flinn at the University of Michigan, he [...]
Q&A with writer and NYU professor Matt Prigge
Matt Prigge is a writer and professor based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, Vulture, The Guardian, Filmmaker Magazine, Metro, Philadelphia Weekly, and Uproxx. He teaches at NYU.
Q&A with Director Steve Pink, moderated by Addie Morfoot
Steve Pink was born in Evanston, Illinois and is now based in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the screenplays for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and High Fidelity (2000), and directed Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and The Wheel (2021). The Last Republican is his latest film. Addie Morfoot has been covering the entertainment industry for the last 18 years. [...]
Book Talk with David Browne
David Browne is a senior writer at Rolling Stone and the author of Fire and Rain and biographies of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; the Grateful Dead; Sonic Youth; and Jeff and Tim Buckley. He lives in Manhattan. Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Music Capital: The definitive history of the rise and heyday of [...]
*SOLD OUT* Wine tasting curated by Marshall Tilden III, Chief Revenue and Education Officer at Wine Enthusiast
From his first sips of wicker basket Chianti at his grandfather’s dinner table to a 1986 Premier Cru Gevrey-Chambertin, Marshall Tilden III knew that there was something magical about wine. He earned his Diploma in Wine and Spirits from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) and is a Certified Specialist of Wine with the [...]
9/23: Panel discussion with filmmaker Rebecca Davis, Volunteer New York! executive director Jeanette Gisbert, and writer Allison Gilbert
Rebecca Davis has produced for HBO, VICE, Al Jazeera and A&E — and was the supervising producer for Season 2 of Vox’s hit Netflix show, Explained. She was a senior producer with NBC News for nearly a decade, where her work focused on social movements, environmental and economic justice, and community innovators. Join or Die [...]
Q&A with reproductive justice advocates Galen Sherwin and Niharika Rao, moderated by Plan C advisor Allison Fine
Allison Fine (she/her) is a trailblazing force in the area of technology for social good. She is a passionate advocate for reproductive justice, is the former Chair of the national board of Reproductive Freedom of America (formerly NARAL), and is an advisor to Plan C. Her non profit and tech expertise, plus captivating speaking style, [...]
Q&A with James Ivory, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin
James Francis Ivory is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won seven Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated [...]
Q&A with film critic Vikram Murthi
Vikram Murthi is a contributing writer for The Nation and the managing editor of Downtime Magazine. He has written for several publications like Filmmaker Magazine, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Vulture, Vanity Fair, Criterion, IndieWire, Reverse Shot, and The A.V. Club. He’s originally from Chicago but is currently based in Brooklyn.
Rocky Horror Shadowcast Performance
Double Feature Productions is a group of passionate Rocky Horror shadowcasters who want to keep this iconic and timeless experience going in the city that never sleeps. Find them on Instagram and Facebook!
Q&A with Griffin Dunne, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin
While beloved for his starring roles in iconic films like An American Werewolf in London and Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, Golden Globe Award nominee Griffin Dunne continues to charm audiences and critics alike almost 30 years later. Griffin can currently be seen on the HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus. Before that he was [...]
Q&A with JJ Velazquez, member of the film's ensemble, moderated by JBFC Founder and Board Member Stephen Apkon
JJ Velazquez is a dedicated Justice Policy Consultant and Partnership Coordinator, committed to advocating for communities affected by crime, incarceration, and wrongful convictions. His impactful journey includes a meeting at the White House in 2021, where he discussed legal reform with President Biden and received a public apology “on behalf of society” for his wrongful [...]
Q&A with film critic Sheila O'Malley
Sheila O’Malley is a film critic for RogerEbert.com. She also has written for Film Comment, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Sight & Sound, and other outlets. She has contributed numerous booklet essays and video essays for The Criterion Collection.
Q&A with actor/director Justin Baldoni
*This event is SOLD OUT. There will be a standby line starting one hour before showtime in person at the box office. Justin Baldoni is an actor, director, producer, and New York Times bestselling author, whose efforts are focused on creating impactful media and entertainment. He is co-founder of Wayfarer Studios, an independent production studio [...]
Q&A with Martin Scorsese, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin
Martin Scorsese is an Oscar-winning director and producer whose films include Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Age of Innocence, The Departed, and most recently, Killers of the Flower Moon. In the documentary Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Scorsese shares a personal journey through the life and movies of [...]
Q&A with Kathleen Motes Bennewitz and Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, moderated by Farris Wahbeh
Kathleen Motes Bennewitz earned art history degrees from Princeton University and the University of Delaware. After curatorial positions at the Amon Carter Museum and Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, and in education at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, she served as Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Greenwich Historical [...]
Performance by the John Pizzarelli trio and Catherine Russell
John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” The Toronto Star pegged him as “the genial genius of the guitar,” and the Seattle Times saluted him as “a rare entertainer of the old school.” He has recorded over 20 solo albums and has appeared on [...]
Performance by Duduka da Fonseca, Maucha Adnet, and Leo Traversa
Duduka Da Fonseca, born Eduardo Moreira Da Fonseca (Rio de Janeiro, March 31, 1951) is a Brazilian jazz drummer who is a founding member of Trio da Paz with Romero Lubambo and Nilson Matta. He leads the Duduka da Fonseca Trio, with David Feldman and Guto Wirtti. Duduka is a resident of New York City. [...]
Q&A with director Melissa Haizlip, actor Renée Elise Goldsberry, and producer Leonard Joseph
Melissa Haizlip is a filmmaker born in Boston and raised in the US Virgin Islands, New York and Connecticut, where she attended Yale University. Her work responds to pressing social issues at the intersection of racial justice, social justice, activism, and representation. Melissa’s film Mr. SOUL! won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best First Documentary [...]
*SOLD OUT* Q&A with actor Clarence Maclin, moderated by Charles Moore of RTA
Charles Moore is the Director of Programs & Operations. He is the first RTA alumnus to be hired to work full time for the organization. He oversees program planning and management in all the facilities where RTA operates. He audits workshops, coordinates alumni projects, and manages the organization’s in-prison steering committees. Charles holds a Bachelor’s [...]
A post screening conversation with Executive Producers Stephen Apkon and Marcina Hale and retired NYPD Detective Ethan Abend
Marcina Hale LMFT grew up in Ashtabula Ohio, a adventurous tomboy who loved to climb trees, bike, swim, play sports and ponder life. She studied psychology at Ohio University, Media at Long Island University and Systems Therapy (Marriage and Family) at Fairfield University. She is enamored with the mystery of life and loves to play [...]
Q&A with directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, moderated by Addie Morfoot
Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s creative partnership began with McQueen (2018), the theatrical feature documentary they wrote and directed about the iconic fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Described as “supremely engrossing and elegant” by Variety, the film was nominated for two BAFTAs (Best British Film and Documentary). Rising Phoenix (2020) told the thrilling story of the [...]
An Evening with Sunny Hostin, moderated by Melissa Haizlip
Sunny Hostin is a four-time Emmy Award-winning legal journalist, two-time New York Times bestselling author, and co-host of The View. On May 2, 2023, Sunny released the second book in her “Summer” trilogy, Summer on Sag Harbor, which became an instant New York Times bestseller. In May 2021, Hostin released her debut novel, Summer on the Bluffs (William Morrow), which skyrocketed to [...]
Q&A with director Bridgett M. Davis, moderated by Maya Cade
Maya S. Cade is the creator and curator of Black Film Archive and a scholar-in-residence at the Library of Congress. She has been awarded special distinctions by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics for the Archive. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Los [...]
Q&A with Dr. Dale Bredesen and Dr. Lucy Waletzky, moderated by JBFC board president Janet Maslin
Lucy Waletzky, MD, is a retired physician, Westchester resident and supporter of the Jacob Burns Film Center. In 2016 after more than a decade of being concerned about her increasing memory loss, a MRI revealed a diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s. She started working with Dr Dale Bredesen on a novel brain protocol that focused on [...]
Q&A with filmmaker Michael Gitlin
Michael Gitlin makes work about some of the intricate conceptual and ideological systems out of which ways of knowing the world can be constituted. His work has been screened at numerous venues, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Festival, the London Film Festival [...]
Pre-Recorded Q&A with director Josh Margolin and actor Fred Hechinger
Josh Margolin is a writer, director, editor and actor from Los Angeles. He co-wrote, edited and starred in the absurdist horror-comedy Deep Murder, which premiered at the LA Film Festival in2018 and ran theatrically before streaming on Paramount+. Previously, Josh co-created the digital series My Boyfriend is a Robot for Freeform, and has developed projects [...]
Extended Introduction with Viggo Mortensen
VIGGO MORTENSEN has earned acclaim for his acting work in a wide range of films. Some of these include Thirteen Lives, Crimes of the Future, Green Book, Captain Fantastic, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, The Road, Appaloosa, Far From Men, The Two Faces of January, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He achieved notable praise for his directorial debut, Falling, which he also wrote and produced. He [...]
*SOLD OUT* Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and Vicky Krieps, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin
VIGGO MORTENSEN has earned acclaim for his acting work in a wide range of films and is the director of The Dead Don’t Hurt. VICKY KRIEPS had her international breakout role opposite Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece about the couturier Reynolds Woodcock set in 1950s London. Krieps has just finished [...]