Tag Archive: Foreign Films
Wim Wenders: A Curious Adventurer with Great Soundtracks
By JBFC Programmer Andrew Jupin If I had to list my favorite director to come out of the New German Cinema–a film movement that ran for two decades starting in 1962 and was born out of a group of young filmmakers’ reaction to the lackluster economic and artistic climate of post-war Germany–it would not be [...]
Son of Saul: A Harrowing and Intense Tale
By Stacy Zakalik, JBFC Marketing Intern The Academy Award nominated Son of Saul, directed by László Nemes, opens at the Burns Friday, January 29. An uncompromising look at the Nazi death camps in World War II, this film follows the struggles of Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig), a Jewish concentration camp worker and member of the Sonderkommando, the group of [...]
ThanksGIFing with DysFUNctional Film Families
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we all know what that means–spending time with your family. Everyone’s family is a little crazy, but this year, just be thankful you’re not a member of a dysfunctional family in one of these 14 films: 1. Star Wars 2. The Addams Family 3. Harry Potter Movies 4. This [...]
Laugh, Cry, Think!
By Dotty Battel, JBFC Volunteer These are just a few of the responses you will have to the films in this 10th anniversary edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema, Dec. 3-8. The series, hailed by The New York Times as an “annual treasure,” showcases a rich and varied selection of the finest contemporary Romanian filmmaking, [...]
A New Kind of Thriller
This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern Stacy Zakalik Phoenix, directed by Christian Petzold (Barbara), opens at the Burns July 31 as a Westchester Exclusive. A noir thriller rich with ties to Alfred Hitchcock, it is a film that surprises, intrigues, and makes for some interesting postscreening discussion. Nelly Lenz (Nina Hoss) has just [...]
Introducing Champ Ensminger: Summer 2015 Emerging Artist Fellow
This is a post by Champ Ensminger, Summer 2015 JBFC Emerging Artist Fellow [vimeo width=”600″ height=”365″ video_id=”100431797″] When I left New York last year for my birthplace of Chiang Mai, Thailand, I thought I had stepped away from my career and artistic practice in film for a while to enjoy some time traveling the other side [...]
Deadly SINema
This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern Stacy Zakalik The Burns is proud to present “Deadly SINema,” a film series running from June 23 through June 29. The series explores the Seven Deadly Sins through seven different films, rediscovering lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride on the big screen. We are working [...]
{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, [...]
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 [...]
Is it Possible to Pick a Winner?
This is a post by Abby Popper, JBFC Public Relations I don’t know how they do it – the Oscar judges that is! Watching the Live Action Shorts that the Burns is showing over the next two weeks, you run the gamut of emotions (happy, sad, teary, laughing, thoughtful…you can add your own feelings after viewing) [...]
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