Tag Archive: Jacob Burns Film Center
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine’s Day from the JBFC! To celebrate, enjoy Fish in Love, a short, stop-motion animated video created by fourth graders in our Minds in Motion program. [youtube width=”600″ height=”365″ video_id=”iiv3_LC2ens”]
{Cinemania Student Critics} Favorite Snow Day Movie
We asked Cinemania Student Critic Andrew Torpie to share with us his favorite movie to watch on a snow day and tell us why he loves it so much. The film he chose is one that a lot of people will agree is a pop culture classic. See what Andrew has to say about Mean Girls, below: [...]
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) [...]
Image, Sound, and Story in the Classroom
This is a post by Brady Shoemaker, JBFC Director of Curriculum “Watch your framing,†I said as I looked over the student’s shoulder at the viewfinder of her camera. “Oh, right; rule of thirds,†she said as she adjusted her shot. It was a tough shot to get right–a reflection in a car’s side mirror–but [...]
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). [...]
BAMkids Making Animated Movies
This is a post by JBFC Faculty Member Darrel Swann This past Saturday, the JBFC was invited to Brooklyn to participate in BAM’s BAMkids Film Festival 2015. The JBFC had five animation stations set up for kids of all ages and visitors as young as 4 years old got a taste of paper animation, live-action stop motion, [...]
{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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Most Violent Year
This is a guest post by JBFC Member and Film Blogger Albert Vieira Director: J.C. Chandor/Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyeloyo, Albert Brooks and Alessandro Nivola Director J.C. Chandor, who helmed Margin Call and All is Lost, furthers his artistic ambitions with his new film A Most Violent Year. The film is already awash in [...]
Every 35mm Print Tells a Story
See what makes analog film so special
Eat, Shop, Catch a Film!
Take advantage of JBFC Member discounts at local restaurants, shops, and more.
Remembering Rob Reiner
Now Showing through July 29