Tag Archive: Retro Revival
Revisit Classic Hollywood with Retro Revival
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel As most of you know, we show remastered and/or rereleased versions of film classics each month in our Retro Revival series. Now that Christmas is almost here, it seems like the perfect time to let you know about the fantastic films that we will be screening this winter. We [...]
Rediscovering Those Celluloid Greats
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel As many of you know by now, we show remastered versions of classic films each month as part of our Retro Revival program. This series satisfies two principles to which we are strongly committed: preserving great cinema and giving our audience the opportunity to see these movies on the big [...]
From Stage to Screen: The Lion in Winter
by Andrew Jupin, Senior Programmer There are few things riskier in the world of filmmaking than adapting a stage play to the screen. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve dreaded sitting for something I know in advance is based on a play. Often it feels like what you’re watching is so much better [...]
The Surreal Animation of Fantastic Planet
By Andrew Jupin, Senior Programmer Whenever possible, I love to highlight the great work that’s been done—or is being done—in the world of, let’s call it “not for kids” animation. I think the movie-going public tends to associate animated films with things being made with younger audiences in mind, and rightfully so. How many animated [...]
Fargo and Its Place in Retro Revival
By Andrew Jupin, Senior Programmer A few weeks back, a colleague asked me why I’d select a film like Fargo to be part of Retro Revival. The track record for the series so far had been, as they saw it, “old” movies—It Happened One Night (1934), I Knew Her Well (1965), Band of Outsiders (1964), [...]
Retro Revival–Fall 2016
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel As you may recall, we introduced this on-going series over the summer. It is our salute to the world of retrospective cinema, and hopefully you had a chance to catch one or two screenings. Thanks to the dedication of film preservationists who have become, according to New York Times [...]
They're Back
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Beginning this month, we will be screening some oldies but goodies, great films that have endured the test of time, in our new ongoing series Retro Revivals. So get ready to travel back in film history with us each month and be reacquainted with some marvelous classics in their [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All JBFC Kids tickets are now just $5!
Wes Anderson Abroad
May 31–June 5: Tickets on Sale Now
Restored and Rediscovered: A Film Preservation Festival
May 15–22: Tickets on Sale Now