Tag Archive: Jacob Burns
Brooklyn: A Tale of Two Countries
By Stacy Zakalik, Marketing Intern Brooklyn, a new drama directed by John Crowley (Boy A, Intermission), opening at the Burns Friday, November 13, tells the story of a young woman torn between two men and two countries. Based on the best-selling novel by Colm Toibin, Saoirse Ronan stars as the main character, Eilis, a young [...]
A Documentary Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
By Sean Gallagher, JBFC Lead Content Producer The Global Watch documentary series has always been about sharing “the stories behind the headlines†and there is no finer example of that than Cartel Land, a raw and compelling new documentary about the ongoing Mexican drug war. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival where [...]
Laurie Anderson on Death, Love, Art, and Dogs
From multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog is now showing at the Burns! Anderson was here for a special screening of the film on November 3. Hear what she had to say about her “philosophically astute, emotionally charged meditation on death, love, art and dogs.†(A.O. Scott, New York Times) and get your tickets today! [...]
Media Literacy Week: what to do?!
By Emily Keating, Director of Education Congratulations to the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) on its FIRST EVER US Media Literacy Week. I was honored to join NAMLE’s Leadership Council last year as this initiative was just an idea and I can’t be more proud of my colleagues in following through and soaring above every [...]
Pumpkin Revenge
Pumpkin Revenge is a short film made by our third and fourth grade Experiments in Media workshop. The focus of the workshop was isolating color. The students shot the film in black and white and then picked one object to convert to color. The result? This spooky Halloween treat!
Put Your Dancing Shoes On!
By Abby Popper, JBFC Public Relations It’s that time of year again–our annual Dance on Film series opens on October 29 for a little over a week’s worth of films and shorts that run the gamut from flamenco to Fred Astaire to tap and even a Free Member Event. (And that’s only a taste of what’s in store!) I can’t [...]
The Childhood of a Leader
By JBFC Board Member Jonathan Demme In my many years of involvement with the Burns, I have never been more excited about an upcoming JBFC screening than I am about our October 25th screening of 27-year-old Brady Corbet’s mind-blowing directorial debut, The Childhood of a Leader. When I try to trace my way back to other [...]
Home Movie Celebration
This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern Stacy Zakalik On Saturday, October 17, from noon to 4:00 pm, we are celebrating Westchester’s second annual Home Movie Day at the Theater’s Jane Peck Gallery. We’re the only place in Westchester where you can participate in Home Movie Day, which is free and open to the public, and [...]
Not Your Typical Grandmother
This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern Stacy Zakalik Lily Tomlin stars in Grandma, directed by Paul Weitz (American Pie, Admission), which arrives at the Burns September 4. Lily Tomlin is Elle Reid, a 75 year-old former poet, who has just lost the love of her life, Violet. A poet, feminist, grouchy old woman, [...]
Infinite Quest (For Answers)
This is a post by JBFC Marketing Intern Stacy Zakalik The End of the Tour, opening August 14 at the Burns, is about the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and the acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), writer of the famous novel, Infinite Jest. Though the film revolves around a 1996 interview [...]
Season's Screenings
Peruse our holiday lineup, stacked with festive fan favorites!
Wicked: For Good
Now Showing
Immigration Nation
Dec. 15-18: Hester Street & Yentl