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 to share a selection of films that, for whatever reason, didn’t get the attention or audiences they deserved this past year. Using the series as a jumping-off point, co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré sit down with JBFC Senior Programmer Andrew Jupin for a conversation about their favorite overlooked films from the past year and beyond.

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Heard us mention a film you want to check out? Here’s a list of everything we covered:

• Dolemite is My Name (Craig Brewer, 2019)
• Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019)
• Her Smell (Alex Ross Perry, 2018)
• Sword of Trust (Lynn Shelton, 2019)
• The Beach Bum (Harmony Korine, 2019)
• Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
• The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
• An Elephant Sitting Still (Bo Hu, 2018)
• Bliss (Joe Begos, 2019)
• One Cut of the Dead (Shin’ichirô Ueda, 2017)
• The Wind (Emma Tammi, 2018)
• The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)
• The Dead Don’t Die (Jim Jarmusch, 2019)
• Long Day’s Journey into Night (Bi Gan, 2018)
• Jay Myself (Stephen Wilkes, 2018)
• C.H.U.D. (Douglas Cheek, 1984)
• Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
• Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, 1984)

The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and distributed by Mike Towndrow, and produced by Paige Grand Pré. Support for this podcast comes from the Jacob Burns Film Center, a nonprofit five-screen cinema and education center located in Pleasantville, NY. Have a question, episode idea, top ten list, or suggestion you want to share? Let us know at jbfilmcast@gmail.com, and stay tuned for Episode Four—an Oscars recap episode—coming Feb. 12, 2020.

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