Podcasts about Jacob Burns Film Center

Ep. 314: Eric Hynes on Cannes 2025: Two Prosecutors, Case 137, Two Critics Week Highlights Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 2025 Cannes Film Festival has begun and I'm back to talk about movies with another all-star cast of guests. For this episode I sit down with Eric Hynes of the Jacob Burns Film Center to talk about movies in the early part of the festival, including Two Prosecutors (Sergei Loznitsa), Case 137 (Dominik Moll), and two highlights from Critics' Week, Reedland (Sven Bresser) and Left-Handed Girl (Shih-Ching Tsou). Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

The latest film releases include The Amateur, Drop, Warfare, and One to One: John & Yoko. Weighing in are Witney Seibold, contributor to SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center.

Karina Dandashi is a Syrian-American Muslim filmmaker born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work has been featured in numerous Oscar-Qualifying festivals around the U.S. and programs at The Museum of Modern Art and The American Cinematheque. Karina was a 2020 Creative Culture Fellow at The Jacob Burns Film Center and a 2021 Sundance Ignite Fellow. She was featured in Marie Claire's inaugural Creators Issue as one of the “Top 21 Creators to Watch” in 2022. Her feature script OUT OF WATER was selected by Film Independent for their 2023 Screenwriting Lab and was awarded three grants from MPAC, The Heinz Endowments, and The Jerome Foundation. Her short film COUSINS is available on The New Yorker and is a Vimeo Staff Pick.Connect with Karina:➡️ Instagram: @KarinaDandashiwww.karinadandashi.comAbout The Lot1 Podcast ✨The Lot1 Podcast is designed for anyone who is interested in or working in filmmaking. Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned veteran, we hope you gain the knowledge you need to improve your craft, achieve your filmmaking goals, or simply get an understanding and appreciation for the roles and duties of your peers and colleagues.☕Tourist Hat Coffee Companyhttps://touristhatcoffeecompany.com/

The latest film releases include Captain America: Brave New World, Paddington in Peru, Universal Language, and Sly Lives! Weighing in are Christy Lemire, writer for RogerEbert.com and co-host of the podcast Breakfast All Day, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center.

The latest film releases include Y2K, The Return, Get Away, and Nightbitch. Weighing in are Katie Walsh, film reviewer for the Tribune News Service and The Los Angeles Times, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center.

The latest film releases include Heretic, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point, and Small Things Like These. Weighing in are Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center, and Shawn Edwards, an award-winning film critic for FOX-TV in Kansas City.  

The latest movie releases include Piece by Piece, The Apprentice, We Live in Time, and The Last of the Sea Women. Weighing in are Katie Walsh, film reviewer for the Tribune News Service and The Los Angeles Times, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center.

The latest film releases are Twisters, Oddity, Crossing, and Skywalkers: A Love Story. Weighing in are Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center, and Tim Grierson, senior U.S. critic for Screen International and author of This Is How You Make a Movie.

Humanizing the other - challenging narratives of violence - practicing peace and forgiveness - finding commonality with our enemies - Stephen travels through the West Bank filming the stories of former militants on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides who have transformed their lives and chosen not only to walk peacefully but also to walk peacefully with other former militants from the opposing side, as a unified force to end occupation, bring love, compassion, and peace to a region of consumed with hatred and violence. His film, Disturbing the Peace, was critically-acclaimed by the New York Times and Robert Ebert, receiving the Ebertfest Humanitarian Award amongst numerous other awards by various film festivals around the world   Stephen and his partner, Marcina, are also well known for the acclaimed film "Fantastic Fungi" and have created a beautiful center devoted to healing, psychedelics, and community building only 15 minutes from my house in the Catskills called Reconsider. My sound healing group, Dream Seed, has been a regular music guest at their retreats offering immersive sound meditation experiences for first-responders, student groups, therapists, and members of MAPS - multi-disciplinary association of psychedelic studies   This was one of my favorite podcasts to date - Stephen's humanitarian work, films, and philosophical understanding of conflict, peace, and healing is profound and revelatory - recommended for anyone who looks out at the world today and wonders how we can steer humanity back on track. Fortunately, it begins with ourselves Stephen Apkon is an award-winning filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. He is the Founder and former Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center, a non-profit film and education center located in Pleasantville, NY. Stephen is the Director and Producer of Disturbing the Peace. He is also an Executive Producer of Fantastic Fungi and Planetary, and Producer of I'm Carolyn Parker, and Enlistment Days, and Co Producer of Presenting Princess Shaw. He is the author of The Age of the Image: Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux – foreword by Martin Scorsese. Stephen lives in the Hudson Valley with his partner Marcina, their dog Osa, and the flora, fauna and fungi they share this corner of the planet with.

"For brief periods, when life breaks our way, it can feel as if we are finally getting somewhere. We may feel that we are finally becoming someone who understands this crazy life. With this self-image securely in place, we may decide that we are good and life is good and that we can share this with others. But things change. A voice or relationship or job or health is lost." One morning in 2018, writer and meditation teacher Tracy Cochran woke up with little audible voice and just a faint, breathy whisper. In a matter of hours, she was supposed to tell a story and teach mindfulness meditation at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan. Concerned about how she would be able to lead on stage, the moment became another one for Tracy to take refuge in her practice of the past fifty years - to return home to the present moment with an open heart and mind through the sensation of breath. She accepted the circumstances, proceeding with the scheduled engagement. "I told people to lean in, as if I was on my deathbed and about to tell them the secret of life, and they did. All but one person stayed." In her blog post "Speechless", Tracy reflects, "Meditation and spiritual practice have been called death in life. We die to the hope that our life is taking us somewhere. We let go and allow ourselves to open to a new life, a shared life." In fact, Tracy learned to let go and open to new life many decades ago during her twenties, when a near-death experience turned into a pivotal turning point. While being mugged by three men on a deserted street in Manhattan one night, her heart opened to "a kind of feeling that cannot be created or destroyed by anyone, only received." "Behind the abandoned tenements, behind my attackers, behind all the appearances in this world, there was a gorgeous luminosity," Tracy wrote in "The Night I Died ". "It was clear to me that this light was the force that holds up the world, into which all separation dissolves." In her recently released book Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself , Tracy shares stories and suggested practices for taking refuge in moments of presence even in the midst of difficult challenges, thus illuminating deeper truths, grounding us, and making deeper connection possible. The book has been acclaimed by people as diverse as Martin Scorsese (famous Hollywood director who is a regular reader of Tracy's writings), to Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, and including several meditation teachers like Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Sharon Salzberg, and Jack Kornfield. Tracy is the editorial director of Parabola, an acclaimed quarterly magazine that draws on the world's cultural and wisdom traditions to explore the deeper questions all humans share. She has taught and led workshops at the Getty Museum in addition to the Rubin Museum of Art, New York Insight Meditation Center, the Jacob Burns Film Center, and at corporations, schools, and medical facilities. She is the founder of the Hudson River Sangha, which is now online and open to all. She also offers one-on-one mindfulness mentoring and teaching. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, O Magazine, New York magazine, Boston Review, and many book anthologies and podcasts. Her essays and offerings can be found on parabola.org and tracycochran.org. "One of the most liberating things that's happened is that I've gotten over the aspiration to be special. The more I embrace my common, flawed humanity, the happier I am. And the more awake and aware I am." Then she adds, with a laugh, "I've discovered that I love being totally average. Even in the slow end of average. I love it. I'm so happy." Our upcoming guest believes that we all have within us, "an enormous capacity" to heal and open our lives, by tapping into presence - "the wellspring of our deepest wisdom and compassion". Join us for a dialogue with this presence activist, writer, and meditation teacher on July 6th, in conversation with Richard Whittaker and Rahul Brown .

The latest film releases include The Fall Guy, I Saw the TV Glow, Evil Does Not Exist, and Mars Express. Weighing in are William Bibbiani, film critic for the Wrap and co-host of the Critically Acclaimed Network, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center. 

The latest film releases are Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Shirley, The American Society of Magical Negroes, and Carol Doda Topless at the Condor. Weighing in are Shawn Edwards, film critic for FOX 4 News in Kansas City, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center.

The latest film releases include The Taste of Things, Lisa Frankenstein, Skeletons in the Closet, and Suncoast. Weighing in are William Bibbiani, film critic and co-host of the podcast Canceled Too Soon and The Critically Acclaimed Network, and Monica Castillo, freelance film critic and senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center.

The CDC does not recognize the existence of chronic Lyme disease, and yet many Americans claim to suffer from it. The new documentary, "The Quiet Epidemic," explores the stories of those struggling with the aftermath of Lyme disease, and the doctors determined to get to the bottom of what might be happening. Directors Winslow Crane-Murdoch and Lindsay Keys join us to discuss the film, which will be screening with a Q&A tonight at 7 at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY.

In this episode, we're talking to Gina Duncan, who I met when she ran BAM Film in Fort Greene Brooklyn, and while there partnered with my husband's film organization Luminal Theater. It always made me feel at home at BAM to walk in and know that a Black woman was behind the scenes and making me feel seen. I don't know when we went from Black girl head nods across the room to sister-friends texting each other about the absurdities of the work, but I am so glad we have each other these days. As Producing Director of Sundance Institute, Gina integrates the artistic vision of the Festival with its practical elements as well and managing year-round programming and engagement among the industry and artist communities. Duncan previously served as V.P. of Film and Strategic Programming at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and was Director of Industry Engagement and Special Programs at the Jacob Burns Film Center. This episode was recorded on April 9, 2021 Produced by Lauren Francis Music by audionautix.com

Tune in this week to discover what makes Pleasantville so unique, and why the Jacob Burns Film Center is such an integral part of the community. You'll hear the history of the Jacob Burns Film Center and learn about its upcoming initiatives, and why the residents here consider it the ideal location to live. If you like an urban feel, charming older houses, and a vibrant culture, Pleasantville is your town! Get full show notes and more information here: https://connectnorthofnyc.com/7

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today we talk about Pittsburgh's own Michael Keaton. Born Michael Douglas, then forced to change his name because there was, ahem, already a Michael Douglas in the Screen Actors Guild, Keaton sparked to stardom immediately in Ron Howard's Night Shift, then quickly followed it up with the surprise hit Mr. Mom. His harnessing of chaotic energy within the body of an every-man is a true wonder to behold. To delve in Keaton's career we bring in the big guns: Andrew Jupin, one of the co-hosts of the We Hate Movies podcast and the senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center. The B-Sides we cover today include: The Squeeze from 1987, Speechless from 1994, and Game 6, which premiered at Sundance in 2005. There's also two heavy and welcome detours into discussion about the 1998 thriller Desperate Measures and the 2005 January hit(!) White Noise. There's also Keaton's upcoming Netflix film Worth, which we reviewed coming out of Sundance 2020. We dish on that poster for The Squeeze and why one would release that picture in the summer, the iconic lips on display in Speechless, and the tragic rise and fall (and disappearance) of Game 6, a good movie written by the great novelist Don DeLillo! This could be it! Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook at @TFSBSide. Also enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher. Enjoy!

Meet one of the best documentarians on the planet! Joe Berlinger!   Emmy-winning and Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a leading voice in nonfiction film and television for over two decades. A pioneer in the genre of true crime documentaries, Berlinger draws attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad with such landmark documentaries as Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, and Crude. Highlighting the issue of oil pollution in the Amazon rainforest, Crudewon 22 human rights, environmental, and film festival awards and triggered a high profile First Amendment battle with oil-giant Chevron, while Brother’s Keeper and Paradise Lost influenced a generation of documentary filmmakers and are routinely studied in numerous film and law schools across the country. The New York Times included Brother’s Keeper in its guide to the 1000 best movies ever made, a list that represents all genres of film. Berlinger has received multiple awards from the Directors Guild of America, the National Board of Review and the Independent Spirit Awards. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, is a feature-length documentary produced by CNN Films and theatrically released by Magnolia in 2014. Berlinger’s film captures notorious crime boss Whitey Bulger’s sensational trial, using it as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. The film was one of six Berlinger features to have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.In addition to social justice filmmaking, Berlinger has explored cultural icons in such documentaries as Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, a film that redefined the rockumentary genre, and Under African Skies, about the 25th Anniversary of Paul Simon’s Graceland album. The film was nominated for three primetime Emmy awards after its 2012 Sundance Film Festival premiere, including Outstanding Nonfiction Special. In the summer of 2016, Netflix released Berlinger's Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru, a riveting vérité film that goes behind the scenes of renowned life and business strategist Tony Robbins and his mega once-a-year “Date With Destiny” seminar. Also for Netflix, Berlinger directed and produced Hank: 5 Years From the Brink, a dissection of the actions taken by then Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson to stave off a global meltdown during the financial collapse of 2008.In 2017, Berlinger completed Intent to Destroy, which pulls back the curtain on the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century. The film won numerous film festival awards after its Tribeca Film Festival world premiere and was broadcast on Starz. In 2018 Berlinger executive produced Paris to Pittsburgh for Bloomberg Philanthropies and National Geographic. The film highlights the impassioned efforts of individuals across the United States who are battling climate change despite the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement. The film debuted in December of 2018 and aired globally in 172 countries.In addition to his feature documentary work, Berlinger, a two-time Emmy and Peabody award winner (with five additional Emmy nominations), has created hundreds of hours of television as both a producer and director, including the Emmy-winning History Channel series 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America and the Emmy-nominated Gray Matter. He directed and produced six seasons of the critically acclaimed Sundance Channel series Iconoclasts and directed/executive-produced the first two seasons of the Emmy-nominated Master Class, a series for the Oprah Winfrey Network. His numerous HBO productions include Addiction, Judgment Day andVirtual Corpse, and he has created series for VH1 and Court TV. Berlinger’s dramatic television directorial credits include NBC's acclaimed hit drama Homicide: Life on the Street, as well as the short-lived UPN/Dick Wolf series D.C.Berlinger’s multiple Emmy-winning Paradise Lost series for HBO helped spawn a worldwide movement to free the “West Memphis Three" from wrongful murder convictions, ultimately resulting in a death sentence and two life-without-parole sentences being vacated, allowing the men to finally be released from prison on August 19, 2011. The last film in the trilogy, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory was nominated for an Oscar and two primetime Emmys in 2012.In 2015, the filmmaker finished directing and executive producing The System with Joe Berlinger, an eight-part series examining systemic problems within the American justice system for Al Jazeera America. Berlinger also directed and produced Judgment Day: Prison or Parole, an investigative series for Investigation Discovery that takes viewers inside the high stakes decisions made by parole boards everyday. Killing Richard Gossip, another Investigation Discovery series, tells the haunting story of a former motel manager sentenced to die for orchestrating a murder that he swears he had nothing to do with.In the summer of 2017 Berlinger’s eight-part docuseries for Spike TV premiered. Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio, about the deaths and disappearances of six young women in southern Ohio, is a tragic saga shrouded in a mystery that includes a dark underbelly of a struggling Midwest region plagued by drug and sex trafficking, and a system that seems to have failed to protect these women. In the fall of 2017 Berlinger’s four-part true crime documentary series Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders reexamined the crime chronicled in Truman Capote’s landmark book and Oscar- nominated film.In 2018, Berlinger produced and directed Wrong Man, a documentary series for Starz. An investigation into three separate cases of wrongful conviction, the show seeks to bring three innocent people the justice that the American criminal justice system has denied them. Wrong Man has been greenlit for a second season, where Berlinger and his team will examine three new cases. His most recent series, Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers, is an investigative look into the brutal murder of a Mississippi teenager, which Berlinger directed and executive-produced. It debuted as Oxygen’s highest rated show since its true crime rebrand in 2017.Berlinger directed two projects which premiered days apart in early 2019. Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, a four part series for Netflix, examines notorious serial killer Ted Bundy through exclusive interviews with the killer himself after being sentenced to death in Florida. The series debuted on January 24, just two days before the Sundance premiere of Berlinger’s narrative feature film on the same subject: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The film chronicles the life of Ted Bundy through the eyes of Liz Kloepfer, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years. Starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario and Angela Sarafyan, Extremely Wicked made its world premiere at the Eccles Theater in Park City on January 26. Netflix also aquired the film and released it globally in May of 2019. Berlinger’s articles and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, ArtForum, Film Comment, and Aperture magazines. His book, Metallica: This Monster Lives, The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster, was published in 2004 by St. Martin’s Press.Berlinger’s film and television development company, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, has had a long-standing unscripted production output deal with RadicalMedia, which also represents the director for commercial and branded-content production.Berlinger is a member of the DGA, PGA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and the National Board of Review. He serves on the boards of the International Documentary Association, The Bedford Playhouse and the wrongful conviction nonprofit Proclaim Justice. Berlinger is on the Advisory Boards of the Jacob Burns Film Center, The Woodstock Film Festival and Rehabilitation Through the Arts.  Welcome to Monday Morning Critic Podcast! Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Twitter: @mdmcritic Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast Email: MondayMorningCritic@gmail.com Website: www.mmcpodcast.com  

In the third of my “socially distanced” episodes - shorter episodes in which I touch base with former guests to see what they are up to during the quarantine - I talk to violin maker Brian Skarstad. He tells me about some of the advantages of socially distancing for him, such as taking on projects he normally doesn’t have the time for, as well as the challenges. Together, we reflect on the way this unusual time is changing our relationship to music.A few links you might find useful. In our chat, Brian mentions The Jacob Burns Film Center. I reference a YouTube video featuring actress Ali Ewoldt filmed in our town of Pleasantville, New York. I also share a song my husband Dave Larzelere recently recorded at home, "Snap Back Mama." I've been needing to thank him for letting me use a piece of "Sweet Long Odds," from his album, Sweet Science, in my intro and outro. Thank you, darling.

Join FilmCast Co-hosts Mike & Paige for a discussion of what we’re watching, playing, reading, and doing in this time of social distancing. A podcast a day keeps the cabin fever at bay! Thank you so much for your support of our first season. We'll catch you in a few weeks for season two of the Jacob Burns FilmCast! 'STAY AT HOME' FILM FESTIVALS: TCM Classic Film Festival: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/special-home-edition/ Ann Arbor Film Festival: https://www.aafilmfest.org/58aaff-live-stream Boston ReelAbilities Film Festival: http://www.bostonjfilm.org/reelabilities/ DC's Environmental Film Festival: https://dceff.org/2020online/ Aspen Shortsfest: https://aspenfilm.org/aspen-shortsfest-2020/2020-aspen-programs/ My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival: https://talkingshorts.com/festivals/my-darling-quarantine-short-film-festival The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

Throughout the year, JBFC documentary series Global Watch: Crisis & Social Action works to untangle the stories behind the headlines, shed light in dark corners, and introduce us to the people working to make the world a better place. In Episode Nine, we dive into a conversation between filmmaker Astra Taylor and JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman, who discussed Taylor’s riveting—and highly relevant—What is Democracy? following a Global Watch screening in January 2019. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

We’re barely three months into 2020, but co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré are already building their year-end lists. Join us for a rundown of which movies are worth watching—or skipping—this year to date. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

We take another dive into the JBFC archives, this time to revisit a 2019 Q&A featuring Jack Algiere—Farm Director at the world-famous Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture—who joined JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman for a discussion on the fascinating documentary The Biggest Little Farm. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

Episode Six of the Jacob Burns FilmCast takes the first of many deep dives into the JBFC archives, sharing audio from a 2019 JBFC Live event. Tune in to hear filmmaker Guy Reid and Astronaut Nicole Stott discuss the documentary Apollo 11 in front of a sold-out crowd at the JBFC Theater. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

Inspired by the Jacob Burns Film Center’s Varda retrospective series, JBFC Staffer Kerry LeVielle joins Paige Grand Pre for a wide-ranging conversation on the life and legacy of trailblazing filmmaker Agnès Varda. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré discuss the big wins, surprises, and ceremony of the 2020 Oscars, then check in with JBFC Staffers Charlotte Exton, Sarah Soliman, and Adrienne Frank to see how our predictions played out. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

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. 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. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

Oscar nominations are out—and we have a lot of thoughts. Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré offer their takes, and sit down with JBFC Staffers Charlotte Exton, Sarah Soliman, and Adrienne Frank for their predictions and impressions. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

Start the New Year off with a look back at the past decade. Co-hosts Mike Towndrow and Paige Grand Pré count down their top ten of the decade lists, hear from JBFC staffers on their favorites, and present the JBFC staff’s cumulative list. The Jacob Burns FilmCast is mixed, edited, and published 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. Learn more at burnsfilmcenter.org, or contact us at jbfilmcast@gmail.com.

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show offered a sneak peek at this year's Westchester Jewish Film Festival taking place at the Jacob Burns Film Center from Tuesday, April 2nd through Wednesday, April 17th. AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman welcomed Film Festival Programmer Bruni Burres to the show, along with Liz Schonfeld, AJC Film Festival Committee Co-Chair. The show also highlighted the film "Who Will Write Our History?" The film is based on a book by the same name written by Sam Kassow who was also interviewed on this 108th AJC Live radio show. This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, March 4, 2018 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-live-radio-show-archive.

On episode sixteen of Full Exposure, we met Sean Weiner and several filmmakers from the Creative Culture program at the Jacob Burns Media Center in New York. On today’s show, we caught up with some of the filmmakers in Park City Utah at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Sean and our crew spoke with them to get their thoughts as they attended one of the biggest film festivals on the circuit. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guests: Sean Weiner https://twitter.com/sweinerspeak/ https://burnsfilmcenter.org/creative-culture-fellowship-program/ Jalena Keane-Lee - http://www.jalenakeanelee.com/ @jalena.kl Moira Fett - http://www.mfettproductions.com/ @moirafett.film Brit Fryer http://www.britfryer.com/ César Martínez http://www.cmphoto84.com/ Lydia Cornett https://www.lydiacornett.com/ Jacob Burns Film Center https://burnsfilmcenter.org/ Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

The Jacob Burns Film Center, north of New York City is a growing hub for cinema education and media literacy giving a platform to emerging filmmakers within its Creative Culture Fellowship program. Graduate-level students are mentored in developing their storytelling skills as they produce two film projects during their time at Creative Culture. The program and its sponsors have invested in furthering the careers of 22 promising filmmakers. The week of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, we stopped by to chat with Sean Weiner, the Director of Creative Culture —the key mentor for the fellows— and three of the young filmmakers in the program: Jalena Keane-Lee, Moira Fett and Maya Cueva about the development of their projects and their skill sharing experiences at the Burns Media Center. Host: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/ @kampjames Today's Guests: Sean Weiner https://twitter.com/sweinerspeak/ https://burnsfilmcenter.org/creative-culture-fellowship-program/ Jalena Keane-Lee - http://www.jalenakeanelee.com/ @jalena.kl Moira Fett - http://www.mfettproductions.com/ @moirafett.film Maya Cueva - https://www.mayamcueva.com/ @maya.cueva_ Jacob Burns Film Center https://burnsfilmcenter.org/ Follow us @zeiss_fullexposure

Greetings, friends of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie! The final two episodes of our four-episode arc, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” are here! In this second installment, Courtney continues her fascinating conversation with Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. These episodes continue examining Edie’s journey through her multifaceted career in the arts and arts education. Even more, they delve into a fascinating chat about the arts as a conduit for community-building, collaboration and a beacon for social justice and much-needed calls to action, particularly in today's socio-political climate. Don’t miss these thoughtful episodes of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie!

Greetings, friends of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie! The final two episodes of our four-episode arc, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” are here! In this second installment, Courtney continues her fascinating conversation with Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. These episodes continue examining Edie’s journey through her multifaceted career in the arts and arts education. Even more, they delve into a fascinating chat about the arts as a conduit for community-building, collaboration and a beacon for social justice and much-needed calls to action, particularly in today's socio-political climate. Don’t miss these thoughtful episodes of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie!

In our newest two-episode series, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” Courtney has an illuminating chat with the one and only Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. This episode dives deep inside Edie’s journey through her multifaceted career in the arts and arts education, including her time at Creative Arts Team, developing public education arts curriculum in Ireland, what “access to the arts” really means, how her core values were formed and how they’ve helped shape her views of the intrinsic impact of the arts on the human soul and psyche. Don’t miss this thoughtful episode of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie! #artsmatter #artseducation #TeachingArtistry

In our newest two-episode series, “The Sphere of Cultural Responsibility,” Courtney has an illuminating chat with the one and only Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center and former Director of Education at The New Victory Theater. This episode dives deep inside Edie’s journey through her multifaceted career in the arts and arts education, including her time at Creative Arts Team, developing public education arts curriculum in Ireland, what “access to the arts” really means, how her core values were formed and how they’ve helped shape her views of the intrinsic impact of the arts on the human soul and psyche. Don’t miss this thoughtful episode of Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie! #artsmatter #artseducation #TeachingArtistry

Susanna Styron, filmmaker, writer and director, has made meaningful films that reflect people’s resilience to hardship. From her feature film “Shadrach”, documentaries of her relief work in New Orleans, Ground Zero or Haiti, to a short film of life after divorce, as well as her most recent film “Out of My Head” about the mysterious disease migraine, Susanna covers natural disaster, social/political injustice, life transitions and personal illness. She is inspired by courageous people who are driven by integrity and value family (be it biological or created). Speaking of valuing family, Susanna integrates both of her daughters in her recent movies; Emma Larson is featured in the movie "Out of My Head" and Lilah Larson wrote a song for the sound track of "House of Teeth". “Out of My Head” will be shown at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY on Monday May 21st at 7:00pm. If you or someone you love suffers from migraine, I urge you to see it. Susanna and the film's producer, Jackie Ochs will be there for a Q & A after the screening. Susanna has been on the directing faculty at Columbia University for over a decade, while also teaching TV and film in both undergraduate and graduate schools at Columbia University, NYU and Princeton. She is currently working on a film about Roxcy Bolton, an American feminist, civil and women's rights activist. Enjoy the podcast! Films: “Shadrach” “9/12: From Chaos to Community" “Many Hands” (Haitian American Nurses Association) "House of Teeth" "Out of My Head" Links: www.outofmyheadfilm.com Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY The Migraine Project IMDB

Nichole Sobecki is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is represented internationally by the photo agency VII. Nichole graduated from Tufts University before beginning her career in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, focusing on regional issues related to identity, conflict, and human rights. From 2012-2015 Nichole led Agence France-Presse’s East Africa video bureau, and was a 2014 Rory Peck Awards News Finalist for her coverage of the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya. Her work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the One World Media Awards, the Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism, The Magenta Foundation, and The Jacob Burns Film Center, among others. Nichole sits on the board of Tufts University’s Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice, founded by Gary Knight. She is also a contributor to Everyday Africa, a collection of images shot on mobile phones across the continent, and an attempt to showcase the moments missing from dramatic news images — everyday life that is neither idealized nor debased. Nichole aims to create photographs and films that demand consideration for the lives of those represented – their joys, challenges, and ultimately their humanity. She has completed assignments throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Newsweek, Time, Foreign Policy, The Financial Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Le Monde, and her work has been exhibited internationally. In episode 077, Nichole discusses, among other things: Diversity within the industry South Sudan Climate For Conflict Westgate Mall terrorist attack SoThe story behind the image above Income Pie Chart Working in Africa and resisting visual clichés Tips on funding work Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram “To be successful today, in this moment, in this field, I think you have to have a deeper understanding that this is your business. That while you are a creative person in this space this is also your business and to think about it in those terms. But then you also have to shift away from that and say what stories do I want to be telling and how do I want to be telling them... ” THIS EPISODE OF THE PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY THE CHARCOAL BOOK CLUB - THE LATEST AND GREATEST PHOTOBOOKS, EXPERTLY CURATED AND DELIVERED TO YOU DOOR WITH FREE SHIPPING AND NO HASSLES. **VERY SPECIAL LISTENER OFFER** USE CODE 'ASMALLVOICE' TO CLAIM A FREE BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE WHEN YOU JOIN!!! https://charcoalbookclub.com - INFORM THE MIND, INSPIRE THE SOUL

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show offered a sneak peak at this year's Westchester JEwish Film Festival taking place at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville from March 13 to March 29. Jacob Burns Film Center Festival Programmer Bruni Burres and AJC Westchester/Fairfield Film Festival Committee Co-Chair Liz Schonfeld were interviewed on this show by AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman. They discussed the background, highlights, programs and other special events that make up the 17th Annual Festival. This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, March 5th, 2018 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-live-radio-show-archive.

An interview about Ana Contemporary Arab Cinema, the annual film series at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville in Westchester County, New York since 2012. We interviewed Lina Matta who is the Curator of Ana contemporary Arab cinema and discussed it’s history and current interaction as well as the state of festivals, series and other film viewing situations. Lina talked about how she goes about finding films, selecting the films and creating a film series, as well as discussing with us the cinema experience in general. You can find more about the film festival on their website: www.anaarabcinema.com as well as additional info on their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ANAarabcinema/ twitter: @AnaArabCinema insta: @anaarabcinema pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anaarabcinema/

On this week's episode, the gang goes back to Craven Country to discuss the bloated sequel, Scream 2! What's with all the emotional scenes reuniting characters from the first movie? How are we supposed to believe that Laurie Metcalf lifted Jamie Kennedy up off the ground? And why does David Warner insist on this college theater production continue despite the multiple murders? PLUS: Terminator 2: Budnick Day!Scream 2 stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O'Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Liev Schreiber, Omar Epps, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Duane Martin; directed by Wes Craven.Be sure to catch our live commentary over I Know What You Did Last Summer, October 27th at the Jacob Burns Film Center's fourth annual Halloween Marathon! Get your tickets here—the early bird passes are available until 10/18!

On this week's episode, the 2017 Halloween Spooktacular takes a sick day with the ridiculously fun 90's slasher, Dr. Giggles! What's with this veteran cop wearing NFL merchandise? Who's responsible for that horrendous prop vanilla ice cream? How did this film never get a sequel—direct to DVD or otherwise? And what's with this kid and his mom's underwear? PLUS: Dr. Mario is actually just Mario Mario's 1970's drug dealer persona!Dr. Giggles stars Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff De Young, Glenn Quinn, Keith Diamond, Richard Bradford, and Doug E. Doug; directed by Manny Coto.Be sure to catch our live commentary over I Know What You Did Last Summer, October 27th at the Jacob Burns Film Center's fourth annual Halloween Marathon! Get your tickets here—the early bird passes are still available until 10/18!

On this week's episode, we kick off the 2017 Halloween Spooktacular by tackling the super-silly, super-stupid, Freddy sequel, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare! Why did they stop trying to make these movies scary? What's with those quotes at the beginning? And did anyone really care to learn this much about Freddy's back story? PLUS: We play another round of the classic game: Ponytail or Rat Tail? Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare stars Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane, Ricky Dean Logan, Breckin Meyer, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Arnold, Roseanne Barr, and Oprah Noodlemantra; directed by Rachel Talalay.Be sure to catch our live commentary over I Know What You Did Last Summer, October 27th at the Jacob Burns Film Center's fourth annual Halloween Marathon! Get your tickets here!

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show focused on the 2017 Westchester Jewish Film Festival, taking place at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville from March 16 - April 2. AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman interviewed Jacob Burns Film Center Festival Programmer Bruni Burres and AJC Westchester/Fairfield Film Festival Co-Chairs Susan Rose and Liz Schonfeld. This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, March 6, 2017 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at www.ajc.org/westfair/ajclive.

Image, Sound, and Story is a professional development program from the Jacob Burns Film Center preparing teachers in grades 5-10 to integrate viewing and creating media into their classroom culture and literacy instruction. The curriculum will eventually expand to reach Pre-K – 12. In addition to sharing excerpts of the unique and innovative approach of Image, Sound, and Story, the webinar shares some brief case studies of how it is being implemented in 5th-10th grade classrooms. Teachers’ lesson plans and student work illustrate how visual thinking skills can influence reading and writing literature, nonfiction, and persuasive texts, all while supporting the Common Core Standards. With accessible technology, engaging content, and seamless integration amongst traditional and contemporary meaning-making, participants will understand how close-reading and critical thinking skills can be developed and applied in a culture dominated by the moving image.

On this week's terrifying episode, the gang dives deeper into the Halloween Spooktacular as they take a look at the wretched sequel, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers! Look how terrible this mask is! Is Michael Myers the only movie monster that can drive a van? And who's responsible for cleaning up that bloody bus station?! PLUS: Several wishy-washy Donald Pleasence impressions! Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers stars Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan, Kim Darby, and George P. Wilbur as The Shape; directed by Joe Chappelle. And be sure to catch us at the Jacob Burns Film Center on October 21st as we talk over the cult classic Death Spa as part of the third annual Halloween Movie Marathon! Get your tickets before noon on 10/12 to receive an early bird discount on your marathon pass! Other films screened that night are: Phantasm, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Jigoku, The Greasy Strangler, a totally twisted preview right out of the Sundance Film Festival, and more!

This edition of the AJC Live Radio Show focused on this year's 3-week Westchester Jewish Film Festival, opening at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville on March 30th. This annual Festival is the largest anunal Jewish event in Westchester County and is sponsored by AJC Westchester/Fairfield. AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman interviewed Bruni Burres, Film Festival programmer, as well as AJC Westchester/Fairfield Film Festival Co-Chairs Susan Rose and Liz Schonfeld. This show aired live on Wednesday, March 23rd from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on WVOX 1460 AM and was streamed live on www.wvox.com. Note that there was construction in the studio at that time of the broadcast which resulted in some background noise.

Stephen Apkon highlights how storytelling is an underlying influence of new media and technology. Images are powerful because of the physiology of our brains that make the act of seeing a constant creative experience. Stephen Apkon is the Founder and Executive Director of The Jacob Burns Film Center, a non-profit film and education organization located in Pleasantville, N.Y. The JBFC presents a wide array of documentary, independent and foreign film programs in a three theater state-of-the-art film complex, and has developed educational programs focused on 21st century literacy.

Every hour, 72 more hours of video are uploaded onto Youtube. The moving image has become the literature of our time. Perhaps not since the development of moveable type has the context of our world and our understanding of it, changed so dramatically. But what do we really know and understand about the “grammar” and the structure of visual communication?  How are stories and our appreciation of them, different when we watch them, as opposed to reading them? How will this new realm of visual literacy shape our children and how they see and set out to change the world? These are some of the issues examined by Stephen Apkon, the Founder and Executive Director of The Jacob Burns Film Center, in his book The Age of the Image: Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens; var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6296941-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} My conversation with Stephen Apkon:

David Mathison is taking your calls!Get your Twitter questions answered tonight on a special edition of Be The Media radio.You will learn how to build a base of active and engaged Twitter fans and followers.Your host, David Mathison, was featured in the New York Times after pre-selling 5,000 books to one new Twitter follower - in just 11 days.Learn how Mathison used Twitter to brand himself, how he quickly accumulated over 28,000 quality followers, how his fans helped him sell out an event at the Jacob Burns Film Center in under 3 days using Twtvite, and much more.Mathison has spoken about Twitter and social networking everywhere from the United Nations to Columbia University, from Germany to Croatia.Best of all, there will be a live question and answer session.Follow Be The Media on Twitter here.If you want to know how to maximize your use of Twitter, this is the show for you!Want to learn more? Announcing BE THE MEDIA University:We are now offering webinar courses for Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.In our courses, you will learn everything you need to know, from building a solid foundation to advanced-level tools and strategies.We'll show you techniques and tools used to build successful Twitter accounts.Learn more and enroll in classes here NOW!Class size is limited to 100-seats, at a special $99 discounted price for our True Fans and listeners.WE MAJOR IN SUCCESS!

David Mathison is taking your calls!Get your Twitter questions answered tonight on a special edition of Be The Media radio.You will learn how to build a base of active and engaged Twitter fans and followers.Your host, David Mathison, was featured in the New York Times after pre-selling 5,000 books to one new Twitter follower - in just 11 days.Learn how Mathison used Twitter to brand himself, how he quickly accumulated over 28,000 quality followers, how his fans helped him sell out an event at the Jacob Burns Film Center in under 3 days using Twtvite, and much more.Mathison has spoken about Twitter and social networking everywhere from the United Nations to Columbia University, from Germany to Croatia.Best of all, there will be a live question and answer session.Follow Be The Media on Twitter here.If you want to know how to maximize your use of Twitter, this is the show for you!Want to learn more? Announcing BE THE MEDIA University:We are now offering webinar courses for Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.In our courses, you will learn everything you need to know, from building a solid foundation to advanced-level tools and strategies.We'll show you techniques and tools used to build successful Twitter accounts.Learn more and enroll in classes here NOW!Class size is limited to 100-seats, at a special $99 discounted price for our True Fans and listeners.WE MAJOR IN SUCCESS!