Tag Archive: New Release
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Three: Criminally Overlooked Films
The Jacob Burns FilmCast brings the best of the big screen to your podcast stream! Join co-hosts (and fervent film fans) Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré for conversations covering everything from new releases and awards buzz to cult classics and film history. Episode Three: Criminally Overlooked Films Annual JBFC series Programmers Picks offers us the chance [...]
Step into Spring with a Riveting Slate of Events at the Jacob Burns Film Center
by Paige Grand Pré, JBFC Digital Marketing Associate Pleasantville, NY – Jan. 29, 2020 – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful art house theaters in the country, announced today a variety of unique, compelling, and one-of-a-kind events, series, and screenings for spring 2020. With [...]
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Two: Let's Predict the Oscars
The Jacob Burns FilmCast brings the best of the big screen to your podcast stream! Join co-hosts (and fervent film fans) Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré for conversations covering everything from new releases and awards buzz to cult classics and film history. As Season One continues, Episode Two: Let’s Predict the Oscars is now [...]
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode One: Best of the Decade
The Jacob Burns FilmCast brings the best of the big screen to your podcast stream! Join co-hosts (and fervent film fans) Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré for conversations covering everything from new releases and awards buzz to cult classics and film history. We’re pleased to announce that as of Jan. 22, 2020, Episode One: [...]
Your Most Watched Films of 2019
By Sarah Soliman, Marketing Associate/Series Curator; Adapted: Page to Screen It might be 2020, but with awards season in full swing, the films of 2019 are still on our minds. Burns audiences come see a lot of movies, and it made us wonder which films you came to see the most over the past year. [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
by David Sapp, 8th Grade Cinemania Student Critic Marielle Heller’s 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a drama about how a troubled journalist’s perspective on life is altered by renowned children’s show host Mr. Rogers. This film was much more dramatic and gripping than I initially assumed. It takes a story about a [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: Jojo Rabbit
by David Sapp, 8th Grade Cinemania Student Critic Taika Waititi’s 2019 film Jojo Rabbit is a film about a young boy who, influenced by the community he lives in, takes up being a Nazi. It is one of the few films I’ve seen that can balance a dark drama and a comedy perfectly. It will be funny [...]
Judy: Now Showing at the JBFC
by JBFC Programmer Karen Sloe Goodman Judy is in fact an unusual biopic of the iconic Hollywood star Judy Garland. Produced in the UK, the film had a hugely successful world premiere as the opening night selection the Telluride International Film Festival, where Oscar winner Renée Zellweger had the audience in tears, earned a 3 [...]
New Facebook Group for JBFC Members
by JBFC Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pre To further engage with our patrons beyond the screening experience at the JBFC Theater, we made a Facebook group exclusively for JBFC Members! Join our online community of cinephiles to be the first to hear about events at the JBFC, discuss happenings in the film industry, and connect [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center Releases Exciting Autumn Schedule
Pleasantville, NY – August 20, 2019 — Get ready for fall flicks and new picks at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country. JBFC announced today a variety of diverse and compelling film series launching and returning this fall. [...]
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