This is a guest post by JBFC Programmer Andrew Jupin. Feeling lost? Worried about what the future holds? Just plain tired? If so, you’d probably fit right in with the characters in Noah...
Read More →“If you don’t act, the dangers become stronger” These words were spoken by the internationally acclaimed Chinese artist and media-savvy social activist Ai Weiwei, perhaps best known for his “bird’s nest” stadium for...
Read More →It’s play time at the Burns….theatrical play time with the live broadcast of This House from The National Theatre in London on May 16th at 2:00. “This House” turns out to be one...
Read More →Happy Mother’s Day from the JBFC! To celebrate, take a minute to listen to Tamara Rabil’s story! She was a stay-at-home mom who decided to start taking classes at our Media Arts Lab...
Read More →This is a guest post from JBFC Programmer Andrew Jupin: In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. In...
Read More →Exploration! Adventure! Excitement! Danger! – Are all coming to the Burns when we open Kon-Tiki (Academy Award-nominee for Best Foreign Film) on Friday, May 10th. After trying unsuccessfully to convince the world that...
Read More →Attention all foodies, this post is for you! What office doesn’t love food? There is nothing better than seeing the subject line “snacks in the kitchen!” in your email inbox. Here at the...
Read More →“Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die” Each of the films in our Movies for Kids series this month is a legend. They’ll live on forever,...
Read More →“Jazz Sessions: The Greats on Camera” returns with (trumpets please!) live music. Four of the five events in this series have a live musical component.….we have twins, a trio, a quartet, and a...
Read More →Part of our philosophy here at the JBFC is to be an informative and transparent organization, which is why we put a lot of time and energy into publishing our Annual Report. The...
Read More →Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion is coming to the JBFC this weekend for one night only, Sunday, May 5 at 5:00pm! I can’t wait to see Lisa Kudrow (Michele) and Mira Sorvino (Romy) on...
Read More →On Sunday, April 28, we had the brothers Aidan, Declan, and Paul Quinn visit our theater with their film This is My Father, the story of a Chicago schoolteacher (James Caan) who travels to Ireland...
Read More →And take a journey to Italy May 3-23 via our annual “Classic Italian Cinema” series. This year we are screening two Fellini’s, two Visconti’s, one Rossellini and one Germi….so you see, you will...
Read More →If you’re like me, when you hear the name Matthew McConaughey, “serious film actor” is not the first thing that comes to mind. Instead, images of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and The Wedding...
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