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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 [...]
What Malala Can Teach Us All About Education
By JBFC Student Critic Caleb Feinstein Most teens today don’t imagine themselves risking their lives to stand up for thousands of people they don’t even know, but that’s exactly what one girl in Pakistan did. Malala Yousafzai grew up in the Swat Valley of Pakistan, the daughter of a private school teacher, diplomat, and public [...]
Introducing Reweina Tessema: Fall 2015 Emerging Artist Fellow
By Reweina Tessema, Fall 2015 Emerging Artist Fellow My appreciation for film has been obvious from a young age. However, my direct involvement in filmmaking was developed much later. If you told me in 2009, when I graduated high school, that I’d be pursuing a career in filmmaking after college I’d most likely say, “Awesome! So [...]
