Tag Archive: Film
The Big Shorts
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel One thing to love about Oscar season: we get to watch short films in theaters! And as always, these works are part of the 2016 Academy Awards action. The 15 films nominated this time around are being showcased in 4 separate film programs: Animation, Live Action, and Documentaries: Program [...]
Our Favorite Films of 2016 and Our Struggle to Explain Why We Love Them
By Sarah Soliman and Lori Zakalik, JBFC Marketing Department WARNING: We tried to make this post as spoiler-free as possible. To be safe, if there is a film on this list that you have not seen, trust us that it’s good, watch it, and then read what we had to say. American Honey Sarah: I [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center Welcomes Ja’Tovia Gary as Artist-in-Residence
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) announced that artist and filmmaker Ja’Tovia Gary will spend the month of January on the JBFC campus as REMIX Artist-in-Residence. JBFC will screen An Ecstatic Experience before Losing Ground, a 1982 film directed by Kathleen Collins, which inspired Ms. Gary during the making of her short. “[My] film is [...]
2016's Underseen Gems
By Sarah Soliman, Marketing Assistant “Best of” lists are a permanent fixture in film criticism towards the end of each year, and there is a ubiquity not just of the lists themselves, but of the specific titles found on those lists. In 2016 you know you are likely—and with good reason—to find Barry Jenkins’s exquisite [...]
JBFC Travels to New Orleans
On December 3, JBFC Executive Director Edie Demas, Director of Education Emily Keating, and Senior Faculty Member Aaron Mace traveled to New Orleans for an Image, Sound, and Story professional development workshop with three ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy schools, part of the national Turnaround Arts initiative. All of the schools participating in this workshop are [...]
La La Land: The Perfect Blend of Cinematic Escapism and Authenticity
By Pleasantville High School Student Michael Bloom On December 4, I had the privilege of attending an advanced screening of Damien Chazelle’s La La Land at the Jacob Burns Film Center. The film caught my attention earlier this year when I read that the writer and director of Whiplash was working on a new film starring [...]
A Reel Piece of History
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Have you had a chance to go to the Jane Peck Gallery on the third floor of the theater recently? If you have any interest in cinema history (or even if you just love film) we have a treat waiting for you! Two exquisite classic 35mm projectors, lovingly restored [...]
{Cinemania Student Critics} Fantastic Mr. Fox
By Cinemania Student Critic Emily Loza Fantastic Mr. Fox is a funny, family friendly, fundamentally FANTASTIC stop-motion film directed by, Wes Anderson. Mr. Fox, his wife, Mrs.Fox, his son Ash, and Kristofferson, Mr.Fox’s nephew who came to visit, all live a normal life in their home under a tree. But, after 2 years, Mr. Fox’s [...]
Fargo and Its Place in Retro Revival
By Andrew Jupin, Senior Programmer A few weeks back, a colleague asked me why I’d select a film like Fargo to be part of Retro Revival. The track record for the series so far had been, as they saw it, “old” movies—It Happened One Night (1934), I Knew Her Well (1965), Band of Outsiders (1964), [...]
JBFC Founder Stephen Apkon is Disturbing the Peace
JBFC Founder Stephen Apkon’s new film, Disturbing the Peace, opens Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Burns as a Westchester Exclusive and we’re incredibly excited to have him back in Pleasantville. JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman recently sat down with Steve to discuss his new documentary and what returning to the Burns community means to him. Read their [...]
JBFC and Southern Westchester BOCES Announce New Partnership
See how we're working together to expand access to arts in education.
Wicked: For Good
Opens Nov. 20—Tickets on Sale Now
Out There
A new series showcasing the vibrant spectrum of the LGBTQ+ experience in all its glory