Tag Archive: Film

Get Jazzed!

This is a post by JBFC Volunteer Dotty Battel “Ol Blue Eyes” beckons…..and we have answered the call!  Our sold out May 6 at 7:15 event Swinging with Sinatra, is fun-filled evening of storytelling, old clips, live music, and a reception celebrating “The Chairman’s” approaching 100th birthday, and it also happens be the opening night of our annual series, “Jazz Sessions: [...]

Friday
May 01

Former JBFC Student nominated for Emmy Award!

This is a post by  Aaron Mace, JBFC Senior Faculty / Program and Curriculum Developer Tonight one of our most exceptional former students is being honored by the Television Academy for the 36th College Television Awards. More commonly known as an Emmy. Rachael Lewis-Krisky was part of the team on the film, Fighter by Nature (trailer featured below), [...]

Thursday
Apr 23

Game of Tweets

This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern, Stacy Zakalik The three part web series, called Supreme Tweeter, directed by former Jacob Burn Film Center staff member Todd Sandler, is a joy to watch. A very meta look into the actor Harry Lloyd’s life, this web series brings both acting and social media to new [...]

Friday
Apr 17

(Adult) Lab Makers Showcase!

This is a post by Yolanda Pividal, Adjunct Faculty They are designers, teachers, painters, and sales agents from every corner of Westchester county. What do they have in common? The JBFC! Our adult students are a special group of makers. They all came with big projects and a great deal of passion in their minds [...]

Monday
Apr 13

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

{Featured Features} While We're Young

While We’re Young, starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, and Amanda Seyfried, opens at the JBFC this Friday! Check out the video below to hear from JBFC Programmer Andrew Jupin about why While We’re Young is not to be missed. Tickets are on sale now! [youtube width=”600″ height=”365″ video_id=”C1ZjOmN1HkY”]

Wednesday
Apr 01

{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

Live from SXSWedu in Austin, TX

This is a post by JBFC Senior Faculty / Program and Curriculum Developer Aaron Mace Here I am in Austin, Texas at the SXSWedu Conference! First of all, I have to admit that it is great to be away from the snow. It’s been chilly and raining here but there are palm trees outside. What a [...]

Tuesday
Mar 10

{Cinemania Student Critics} Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea, an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature, is screening at the Burns for two days only, at 3:00 pm on both Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15. Our Cinemania Student Critics visited the JBFC’s Media Arts Lab last week to screen the film. Read what they had to say, below, [...]

Friday
Mar 06

In Case of No Emergency

This is a post by film critic and former JBFC International Fellow Mihai Chirilov There is nothing more pleasing for a film programmer to be right there when a talent is born. I happened to see Ruben Ostlund’s debut back in 2004 (on a VHS) while I was putting together the line-up for my film [...]

Wednesday
Mar 04
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