Tag Archive: Documentary

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

This is a post by Nancy Rubini, Manager, Institutional Giving Mumbling, laughing, gasps of surprise, cheering, and whispers among strangers – that’s what was happening during a Sunday afternoon screening of She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, a new documentary about the history of the modern women’s movement. With nostalgic 70’s music and stirring archival footage of [...]

Wednesday
Apr 08

{JBFC International Fellow} Guy Reid and PLANETARY

Today, former JBFC International Fellow, filmmaker Guy Reid, will debut his feature length documentary film Planetary at SXSW. Planetary is a call to action, asking us to change our perspective and reconsider our relationship to each other and the world around us. Check out the trailer: [vimeo width=”600″ height=”365″ video_id=”60234866″] While at the JBFC in the Fall of [...]

Tuesday
Mar 17

Welles and the Magician

This is a post by JBFC Programmer Andrew Jupin The further we get from a director’s final film, the easier it is to take that artist for granted. It’s easy to lose sight of how influential a filmmaker was, especially when the most recent examples of that person’s presence in pop culture are outtakes from [...]

Friday
Feb 27

No Need to Fly “Across the Pond” to See London’s National Gallery

This is a post by Abby Popper, JBFC Public Relations You can sit, not stand in line, avoid crowds, AND have the best tour ever both in front of and behind the scenes of London’s National Gallery in this richly detailed film by the great documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Crazy Horse, Titicut Follies, Boxing Gym). [...]

Monday
Feb 09

{Cinemania Student Critics} Maidentrip

This is a post by JBFC Cinemania Student Critic Caleb Feinstein Imagine leaving home to make a 27,000-mile, two year long journey around the world on a small boat by yourself. I know I couldn’t, but 14 year old Laura Dekker could. Maidentrip, directed by Jillian Schlesinger, is the adventurous story of a Dutch girl [...]

Friday
Feb 06

On the Short List

This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern Stacy Zakalik Are you tired of always having to listen to the Best Picture talk? Usually, when I watch the Academy Awards ceremony, Best Picture is all I know, but watching the Oscars every year can be more fun if you’ve seen all the films. It isn’t always [...]

Wednesday
Feb 04

Art Houses at a High Altitude

This is a post by JBFC Education Director Emily Keating Every year, a growing network of cinemas gathers in Midway, UT before the Sundance Film Festival for the Art House Convergence to talk exhibition, distribution, and all things independent movie-going. The entirely volunteer-run entity began as an initiative of the Sundance Institute in 2005 with [...]

Monday
Jan 26

Special Guests at the JBFC in 2014

We welcomed over 200 guests to the JBFC Theater in 2014. From Jon Stewart to David Byrne to Anjelica Huston to Neil deGrasse Tyson, we hosted filmmaker, musicians, actors, authors, scientists, and more! Check out the video below and our Recent Guest gallery to see who visited the Burns this past year, and see who’s coming to visit [...]

Monday
Jan 12

Fuel Your Imagination

This is a post by JBFC Volunteer Dotty Battel Ask yourself why you lack the freedom of choice when it comes to what you put in your car when we know that oil is not even close to being the best fuel for an automobile. So what gives?  Pump, a compelling and illuminating doc, raises [...]

Monday
Jan 05
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