Tag Archive: Foreign Films
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 29: The Best of 2024 Soundtracks & Scores
JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 29: The Best of 2024 Soundtracks & Scores comes to us from JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno, who reflected on a full year of film by pulling together her favorite [...]
The Best of 2024: JBFC Staff's Favorite Films
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré As we close out another year, we’re celebrating the cinematic medium with a compilation of “Best of 2024” lists from staff members across the Jacob Burns Film Center. Featuring a wide range of titles that made us laugh, cry, grow, think, reflect, and cheer, this best-of roundup is [...]
Artists-in-Residence: Lorena Luciano & Filippo Piscopo
As part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we caught up with filmmakers Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo earlier this month to discuss their current work-in-progress. Lorena and Filippo’s nonfiction project #NunsToo was selected for the 2024 Sundance Institute Documentary Edit Intensive, which was advised by filmmakers Mike Palmieri [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 27: Valentine's Day Vibes
by JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno originally curated JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 27: Valentine’s Day Vibes to accompany the dessert reception after our Valentine’s Day screening of It [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 26: Soundtrack to 2023
by JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 26 comes to us from JBFC Customer Service Manager Tara Bongiorno, who originally compiled this mix to provide 3+ hours of tunes for the Burns’ year-end [...]
The Best of 2023: JBFC Staff's Favorite Films
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré Between Barbenheimer and the writers and actors’ strikes, it’s been a wild year for the film industry! In celebration of the cinematic medium that weathered it all, we’ve compiled “Best of 2023” lists from staff members across the Jacob Burns Film Center. Featuring a wide range of titles [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 24: Sounds of Summer 2023
by JBFC Senior Film Programmer Monica Castillo JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 24: Sounds of Summer 2023 comes to us from JBFC Senior Film Programmer Monica Castillo, who writes: “Like a great song, summer never last as long [...]
The Best of 2022: JBFC Staff's Favorite Films
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré As awards season kicks into high gear, what better way to celebrate the cinematic medium than by highlighting all the films that moved us in 2022? We’ve compiled “Best of 2022” lists from staff members across the Jacob Burns Film Center. Featuring a wide range of titles that [...]
Taking Stock of TIFF
by JBFC Marketing Manager Paige Grand Pré Eight days. 22 films—four docs and 18 narratives—across four venues. 148,987 steps (at least according to my fitbit). Two boxes of blister bandaids. One unforgettable experience! This September, I was fortunate enough to accompany the programming team to TIFF, The Toronto International Film Festival, which marked the first [...]
The Best of 2021: JBFC Staff's Favorite Films
by JBFC Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré 2021 was truly a year unlike any other, especially in the film industry. After nearly 14 months of darkness, the JBFC Theater marquee lit up once again this May as we welcomed audiences back to the big screen. What’s kept the JBFC going over the last two years—and [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now