Tag Archive: Pleasantville

JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 21: Social Distancing Sing-Along

by JBFC Digital Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré JBFC Mixtapes is an initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. Vol. 21 comes to us from JBFC Digital Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré, who compiled a list of the all-time best cinematic sing-alongs. She writes: “I know [...]

Tuesday

Mar 24

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Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode 9: What is Democracy?

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 Nine: What is Democracy? Throughout the year, JBFC documentary series Global Watch: Crisis & [...]

Wednesday

Mar 18

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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, [...]

Wednesday

Mar 11

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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 [...]

Wednesday

Mar 04

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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 [...]

Friday

Feb 28

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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 [...]

Wednesday

Feb 26

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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, [...]

Wednesday

Feb 19

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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 [...]

Tuesday

Feb 18

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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 [...]

Wednesday

Feb 12

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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 [...]

Tuesday

Feb 11

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