Tag Archive: Nonprofit
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode 8: The Best of 2020 (Part 1)
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 Eight: The Best of 2020 (Part 1) We’re barely three months into 2020, [...]
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Seven: The Biggest Little Farm
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 Seven: The Biggest Little Farm We take another dive into the JBFC archives for [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: Supa Modo
by David Sapp, Cinemania Student Critic The 2018 film Supa Modo, directed by Likarion Wainaina, tells the tale of Jo, a young Kenyan girl with a terminal illness and a desire to be a superhero along with her village’s efforts to make a film portraying her, as the superhero she idolizes. It is somber, yet playful [...]
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Six: Apollo 11
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 Six: Apollo 11 Episode Six of the Jacob Burns FilmCast takes the first [...]
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Five: Viva Varda!
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 Four: Viva Varda! Inspired by the Jacob Burns Film Center’s Varda retrospective series, [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
by David Sapp, Cinemania Student Critic All of the 2019 Oscar Nominated Animated shorts are brilliant, using unique techniques to make each one special. Memorable, the French short directed by Bruno Collet uses surreal imagery to portray a man slowly losing touch with reality and forgetting everything. Also, it applies styles of famous paintings such [...]
Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Four: And The Winner Is...
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 Four: And The Winner Is… Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré discuss [...]
Bong Joon-ho at the JBFC
by Digital Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré Congratulations to Director Bong on making history with Parasite at the 2020 Oscars! Back in 2015, long before the success of breakout hit Parasite, Bong Joon-ho was an International Artist-in-Residence at the JBFC. During his time here, Bong lived and worked on the JBFC campus as he worked on pre-production—including finalizing the script—for [...]
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 [...]
JBFC Announces Apple Bank as New Sponsor
Pleasantville, NY ― February 4, 2020 ― The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center, announced today that Apple Bank―which serves communities in the greater New York area―will be the exclusive sponsor of the ongoing feature News from our Neighbors. Appearing in JBFC’s weekly email to its 26,000 subscribers, News from our [...]
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