Jacob Burns FilmCast

The Jacob Burns FilmCast brings the best of the big screen to your podcast stream! Join co-hosts (and fervent film fans) Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré for conversations covering everything from new releases and awards buzz to cult classics and film history. Indulge your cinemania with the JBFC’s new podcast for film lovers, by film lovers. Listen to each episode as it’s uploaded here!

SEASON ONE

Episode One: Best of the Decade

Start the New Year off with a look back at the past decade. Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré count down their top ten of the decade lists, hear from JBFC staffers on their favorites, and present the JBFC staff’s cumulative list.

Episode Two: Let’s Predict the Oscars

Oscar nominations are out—and we have a lot of thoughts. Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré offer their take, and sit down with JBFC Staffers Charlotte Exton, Sarah Soliman, and Adrienne Frank for their predictions.

Episode Three: Criminally Overlooked Films

Annual JBFC series Programmers Picks offers us the chance to share a selection of films that, for whatever reason, didn’t get the attention or audiences they deserved this past year. Using the series as a jumping-off point, co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré sit down with JBFC Senior Programmer Andrew Jupin for a conversation about their favorite overlooked films from the past year and beyond.

Episode Four: And The Winner Is…

Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré discuss the big wins, surprises, and ceremony of the 2020 Oscars with JBFC Staffers Charlotte Exton, Sarah Soliman, and Adrienne Frank, then check to see how our predictions played out.

Episode Five: Viva Varda!

Inspired by the Jacob Burns Film Center’s Varda retrospective series, JBFC Staffer Kerry LeVielle joins Paige Grand Pré for a wide-ranging conversation on the life and legacy of trailblazing filmmaker Agnès Varda.

Episode Six: Apollo 11

Episode Six of the Jacob Burns FilmCast takes the first of many deep dives into the JBFC archives, sharing audio from a March 10, 2019 JBFC Live event. Tune in to hear filmmaker Guy Reid and Astronaut Nicole Stott discuss the documentary Apollo 11 in front of a sold-out crowd at the JBFC Theater.

Episode Seven: The Biggest Little Farm

We take another dive into the JBFC archives for Episode Seven, this time to revisit a 2019 Q&A featuring Jack Algiere—Farm Director at the world-famous Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture—who joined JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman for a discussion on the fascinating documentary The Biggest Little Farm.

Episode Eight: The Best of 2020 (Part 1)

We’re barely three months into 2020, but co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré are already building their year-end lists. Join us for a rundown of which movies are worth watching—or skipping—this year to date.

Episode Nine: What is Democracy?

Throughout the year, JBFC documentary series Global Watch: Crisis & Social Action works to untangle the stories behind the headlines, shed light in dark corners, and introduce us to the people working to make the world a better place. In Episode Nine of the Jacob Burns FilmCast, we dive into a conversation between filmmaker Astra Taylor and JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman, who discussed Taylor’s riveting—and highly relevant—documentary What is Democracy? following a Global Watch screening in January 2019.

Episode Ten: The Stay at Home Film Club

Join FilmCast Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré for a discussion of what we’re watching, playing, reading, and doing in this time of social distancing. A podcast a day keeps the cabin fever at bay!

The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published by Mike Towndrow, and produced by Paige Grand Pré. Support for this podcast comes from the Jacob Burns Film Center, a nonprofit five-screen cinema and education center located in Pleasantville, NY. Have a question, episode idea, top ten list, or suggestion you want to share? Let us know at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.