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COUP DE CHANCE
Jun
28

COUP DE CHANCE



COUP DE CHANCE - MOVIE TRAILER

2023 /PG-13 / 93 min / Comedy, Crime, Drama

WOODY ALLEN’S LATEST FILM!

Fanny and Jean have everything of the ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.


Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen (screenplay)

Producers: Erika Aronson | Letty Aronson

Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro

Editor: Alisa Lepselter

Casting Directors: Patricia DiCerto | Sandie Galan Perez

Production Designer: Véronique Melery

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COUP DE CHANCE
Jun
29

COUP DE CHANCE



COUP DE CHANCE - MOVIE TRAILER

2023 /PG-13 / 93 min / Comedy, Crime, Drama

WOODY ALLEN’S LATEST FILM!

Fanny and Jean have everything of the ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.


Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen (screenplay)

Producers: Erika Aronson | Letty Aronson

Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro

Editor: Alisa Lepselter

Casting Directors: Patricia DiCerto | Sandie Galan Perez

Production Designer: Véronique Melery

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COUP DE CHANCE
Jun
30

COUP DE CHANCE



COUP DE CHANCE - MOVIE TRAILER

2023 /PG-13 / 93 min / Comedy, Crime, Drama

WOODY ALLEN’S LATEST FILM!

Fanny and Jean have everything of the ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.


Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen (screenplay)

Producers: Erika Aronson | Letty Aronson

Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro

Editor: Alisa Lepselter

Casting Directors: Patricia DiCerto | Sandie Galan Perez

Production Designer: Véronique Melery

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Hundreds of Beavers
Jul
5

Hundreds of Beavers



HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS - MOVIE TRAILER

2022 |108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.


Director: Mike Cheslik

Writers: Mike Cheslik | Ryland Brickson Cole Tews

Producers: Sam Hogerton | Kurt Ravenwood | Matt Sabljak | Ryland Brickson Cole Tews

Composer: Chris Ryan

Cinematographer: Quinn Hester:

Editor: Mike Cheslik

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Hundreds of Beavers
Jul
6

Hundreds of Beavers



HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS - MOVIE TRAILER

2022 |108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.


Director: Mike Cheslik

Writers: Mike Cheslik | Ryland Brickson Cole Tews

Producers: Sam Hogerton | Kurt Ravenwood | Matt Sabljak | Ryland Brickson Cole Tews

Composer: Chris Ryan

Cinematographer: Quinn Hester:

Editor: Mike Cheslik

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FIRST LOOK FILM SERIES
Jul
10

FIRST LOOK FILM SERIES


FILM INTRODUCTION BY SCOTT SIEGEL AND Q&A FOLLOWING THE FILM.

See today’s cutting edge movies before they open and take part in Q&A sessions with the exciting personalities associated with those films (Actors, Directors, Writers or Producers). Get the inside stories the public doesn’t yet know about these movies. Each week’s surprise selection is guaranteed to be a film to remember.

About Scott Siegel


INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ARE SOLD ONLY AT THE BFC BOX OFFICE BEFORE THE FILM


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The Night of the Hunter
Jul
12

The Night of the Hunter


THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER - MOVIE TRAILER

1955 | Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

THRILLER WEEKEND!

A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.


Director: Charles Laughton

Writers: Davis Grubb (from the novel by) | James Agee (screenplay by)

Producer: Paul Gregory

Composer: Walter Schumann

Cinematographer: Stanley Cortez (photography by)

Editor: Robert Golden

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Odd Man Out
Jul
13

Odd Man Out


ODD MAN OUT - MOVIE TRAILER

1947 | Not Rated |116 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

THRILLER WEEKEND!

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.


Director: Carol Reed

Writers/Screenplay: F.L. Green, R.C. Sherriff

Producer: Carol Reed

Composer: William Alwyn

Cinematographer: Robert Krasker

Editor: Fergus McDonell

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The Third Man
Jul
13

The Third Man



THE THIRD MAN - MOVIE TRAILER

1949 | Not Rated |104 min |Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

THRILLER WEEKEND!

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.


Director: Carol Reed

Writer/Screenplay: Graham Greene

Producer: Carol Reed

Cinematographer: Robert Krasker

Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter

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Ford v Ferrari
Jul
14

Ford v Ferrari



FORD v FERRARI - MOVIE TRAILER

2019 | PG-13 |152 min | Action, Biography, Drama

American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.


Director: James Mangold

Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller

Producers: Peter Chernin, James Mangold, Jenno Topping

Composers: Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael

Editors: Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker, Dirk Westervelt

Casting Director: Ronna Kress

Production Designer: François Audouy

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Manhattan
Jul
17

Manhattan



MANHATTAN - MOVIE TRAILER

1979 | Rated R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

WEDNESDAYS WITH WOODY!

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.


Director: Woody Allen

Writers: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Producer: Charles H. Joffe

Cinematographer: Gordon Willis

Editor: Susan E. Morse

Casting Director: Juliet Taylor

Production Designer: Mel Bourne

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Stardust Memories
Jul
24

Stardust Memories



STARDUST MEMORIES - MOVIE TRAILER

1980 | PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

WEDNESDAYS WITH WOODY!

While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

PRESENTED IN 35MM


Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Producer: Robert Greenhut

Cinematographer: Gordon Willis

Editor: Susan E. Morse

Casting Director: Juliet Taylor

Production Designer: Mel Bourne

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Suspicion
Jul
26

Suspicion



SUSPICION - MOVIE TRAILER

1941 | Not Rated |99 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

HITCHCOCK IN THE 1940s!

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.


Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville, Anthony Berkeley

Composer: Franz Waxman

Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Sr.

Editor: William Hamilton

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Shadow of a Doubt
Jul
27

Shadow of a Doubt



SHADOW OF A DOUBT - MOVIE TRAILER

1943 |Not Rated |108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

HITCHCOCK IN THE 1940s!

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.


Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville, Gordon McDonell

Producer: Jack H. Skirball

Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematographer: Joseph A. Valentine

Editor: Milton Carruth

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Notorious
Jul
27

Notorious



NOTORIOUS - MOVIE TRAILER

1946 | Not Rated |102 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

HITCHCOCK IN THE 1940s!

The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?


Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Ben Hecht

Composer: Roy Webb

Cinematographer: Ted Tetzlaff

Editor: Theron Warth

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Foreign Correspondent
Jul
28

Foreign Correspondent



FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT - MOVIE TRAILER

1940 | Not Rated |120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

HITCHCOCK IN THE 1940s!

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.


Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, James Hilton, Robert Benchley

Producer: Composer: Alfred Newman

Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté

Editor: Dorothy Spencer

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FIRST LOOK FILM SERIES
Jun
26

FIRST LOOK FILM SERIES


FILM INTRODUCTION BY SCOTT SIEGEL AND Q&A FOLLOWING THE FILM.

See today’s cutting edge movies before they open and take part in Q&A sessions with the exciting personalities associated with those films (Actors, Directors, Writers or Producers). Get the inside stories the public doesn’t yet know about these movies. Each week’s surprise selection is guaranteed to be a film to remember.

About Scott Siegel


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Tchaikovsky Ballet Gala
Jun
22

Tchaikovsky Ballet Gala


Fort Lee Club for Russian Speaking Community and the Barrymore Film Center present Tchaikovsky Ballet Gala - American Russian Ballet Theater, artistic Director Anastasia Fedorova. Masterpieces of choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov - `Swan Lake`, `Sleeping Beauty`. With participation of Petr Borchenkol from Bolshoi Theater of Belarus.



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THOMAS EDISON FILM FESTIVAL | 50th Anniversary of the NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival Premiere 2024 | FREE!
Jun
15

THOMAS EDISON FILM FESTIVAL | 50th Anniversary of the NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival Premiere 2024 | FREE!


What You Don’t Know About Greg The Artistic Puppet - Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Passaic High School - 5:15 by Hasan Garcia and Jessica Ruiz

Ghost Marriage – Jury’s Choice Award Animation - Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – 3:00 by Vivian Chung

Goofball – Jury’s Stellar Award Documentary – Princeton University, 2:52 by Paige Morton

Key Lime Pie - Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Princeton University – 10:00 by Allen Delgado

Vampire – Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Park Ridge High School – 4:59 by Caroline Sheridan

NR

A project of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, The 50th Annual NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival Presents 25 Award-winning Films

NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival is grateful for generous funding and support from…

New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University; The Charles Edison Fund – Edison Innovation Foundation; Lowenstein Sandler, LLC; The NBA; Big Sky Edit; Sonic Union; University of Delaware School of Art & Design; Fairleigh Dickinson University School of the Arts – Filmmaking; Digital Film East Brunswick Magnet School; Don Drelich – Limin’ House; and donations from the Thomas Edison Media Arts Consortium Board of Trustees in honor of the 50th Anniversary of NJYFF.

Jury’s Stellar Awards - College/University

I used to play bass – Jury’s Stellar Award Animation – Princeton University, 1:21 by Tyler Benson

Goofball – Jury’s Stellar Award Documentary – Princeton University, 2:52 by Paige Morton

No Birthday Party – Jury’s Stellar Award Experimental – Princeton University, 3:16 by Magnolia Adelle Wilkinson

Muted – Jury’s Stellar Award Narrative – Brown University, 6:15 by Chris Zou

Jury’s Choice Awards - College/University

Ghost Marriage – Jury’s Choice Award Animation – Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – 3:00 by Vivian Chung

The Salute – Jury’s Choice Award Narrative – Rowan University – 7:32 by Adam Reim

 Jury’s Citation Awards - College/University

Key Lime Pie - Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Princeton University – 10:00 by Allen Delgado

River Construction – Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Princeton University – 2:33 by Miriam Beams

Spiral  – Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Ramapo College of NJ – 2:46 by Mia J. Schutz

The Evil Wizard and the Lizard - Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Princeton University – 1:59 by Austria Merritt

Transformation Matrix - Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Princeton University – 1:38 by Lana Glisic

Director’s Choice Awards – College/University

Have My Heart – Director’s Choice Award Animation – Princeton University – 2:36 by Minh Truong

Theo the Phone Charger – Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Princeton University – 2:41 by Jae-Kyung Sim

Jury’s Stellar Awards – High School

Tellurium vs Gold – Jury’s Stellar Award Animation – East Brunswick Magnet School – 2:37 by Josias Ortiz

Cisneros – Jury’s Stellar Award Documentary – East Brunswick Magnet School – 4:21 by Traysten L. Korpi

Circulo – Jury’s Stellar Award Experimental – East Brunswick Magnet School – 2:04 by Marlee Marte

You’re Gonna Pay for That – Jury’s Stellar Award Narrative – Park Ridge High School – 5:00 by Michael DeMar

Jury’s Choice Awards – High School

Grief – Jury’s Choice Award Animation – Middletown High School South – 4:00 by James Ketley and Alex Miller

Someday is Today – Jury’s Choice Award Experimental - Middletown High School South – 2:47 by Zoey Ness, Morgan Scasny, Gigi Maiorana, and Kate Cashion

The Great Escape – Jury’s Choice Award Narrative - Middletown High School South – 3:30 by Andie Kershner

Jury’s Citation Awards – High School

Solitary – Jury’s Citation Award Experimental - Middletown High School South – 2:42 by Michael Puma and Ethan Castro

Vampire – Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Park Ridge High School – 4:59 by Caroline Sheridan

Director’s Choice Awards – High School

At Odds – Director’s Choice Award Narrative - The Pingry School – 2:33 by Anthony Truncale

Escape - Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Millburn High School - 4:21 by Aari Desai

What You Don’t Know About Greg The Artistic Puppet - Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Passaic High School - 5:15 by Hasan Garcia and Jessica Ruiz


FREE TO THE PUBLIC


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THOMAS EDISON FILM FESTIVAL | 50th Anniversary of the NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival Premiere 2024 | FREE!
Jun
15

THOMAS EDISON FILM FESTIVAL | 50th Anniversary of the NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival Premiere 2024 | FREE!


What You Don’t Know About Greg The Artistic Puppet - Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Passaic High School - 5:15 by Hasan Garcia and Jessica Ruiz

Ghost Marriage – Jury’s Choice Award Animation - Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – 3:00 by Vivian Chung

Goofball – Jury’s Stellar Award Documentary – Princeton University, 2:52 by Paige Morton

Key Lime Pie - Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Princeton University – 10:00 by Allen Delgado

Vampire – Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Park Ridge High School – 4:59 by Caroline Sheridan

NR

A project of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, The 50th Annual NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival Presents 25 Award-winning Films

NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival is grateful for generous funding and support from…

New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University; The Charles Edison Fund – Edison Innovation Foundation; Lowenstein Sandler, LLC; The NBA; Big Sky Edit; Sonic Union; University of Delaware School of Art & Design; Fairleigh Dickinson University School of the Arts – Filmmaking; Digital Film East Brunswick Magnet School; Don Drelich – Limin’ House; and donations from the Thomas Edison Media Arts Consortium Board of Trustees in honor of the 50th Anniversary of NJYFF.

Jury’s Stellar Awards - College/University

I used to play bass – Jury’s Stellar Award Animation – Princeton University, 1:21 by Tyler Benson

Goofball – Jury’s Stellar Award Documentary – Princeton University, 2:52 by Paige Morton

No Birthday Party – Jury’s Stellar Award Experimental – Princeton University, 3:16 by Magnolia Adelle Wilkinson

Muted – Jury’s Stellar Award Narrative – Brown University, 6:15 by Chris Zou

Jury’s Choice Awards - College/University

Ghost Marriage – Jury’s Choice Award Animation – Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – 3:00 by Vivian Chung

The Salute – Jury’s Choice Award Narrative – Rowan University – 7:32 by Adam Reim

 Jury’s Citation Awards - College/University

Key Lime Pie - Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Princeton University – 10:00 by Allen Delgado

River Construction – Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Princeton University – 2:33 by Miriam Beams

Spiral  – Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Ramapo College of NJ – 2:46 by Mia J. Schutz

The Evil Wizard and the Lizard - Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Princeton University – 1:59 by Austria Merritt

Transformation Matrix - Jury’s Citation Award Animation – Princeton University – 1:38 by Lana Glisic

Director’s Choice Awards – College/University

Have My Heart – Director’s Choice Award Animation – Princeton University – 2:36 by Minh Truong

Theo the Phone Charger – Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Princeton University – 2:41 by Jae-Kyung Sim

Jury’s Stellar Awards – High School

Tellurium vs Gold – Jury’s Stellar Award Animation – East Brunswick Magnet School – 2:37 by Josias Ortiz

Cisneros – Jury’s Stellar Award Documentary – East Brunswick Magnet School – 4:21 by Traysten L. Korpi

Circulo – Jury’s Stellar Award Experimental – East Brunswick Magnet School – 2:04 by Marlee Marte

You’re Gonna Pay for That – Jury’s Stellar Award Narrative – Park Ridge High School – 5:00 by Michael DeMar

Jury’s Choice Awards – High School

Grief – Jury’s Choice Award Animation – Middletown High School South – 4:00 by James Ketley and Alex Miller

Someday is Today – Jury’s Choice Award Experimental - Middletown High School South – 2:47 by Zoey Ness, Morgan Scasny, Gigi Maiorana, and Kate Cashion

The Great Escape – Jury’s Choice Award Narrative - Middletown High School South – 3:30 by Andie Kershner

Jury’s Citation Awards – High School

Solitary – Jury’s Citation Award Experimental - Middletown High School South – 2:42 by Michael Puma and Ethan Castro

Vampire – Jury’s Citation Award Narrative – Park Ridge High School – 4:59 by Caroline Sheridan

Director’s Choice Awards – High School

At Odds – Director’s Choice Award Narrative - The Pingry School – 2:33 by Anthony Truncale

Escape - Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Millburn High School - 4:21 by Aari Desai

What You Don’t Know About Greg The Artistic Puppet - Director’s Choice Award Narrative – Passaic High School - 5:15 by Hasan Garcia and Jessica Ruiz


FREE TO THE PUBLIC


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1776 (1972)
Jun
14

1776 (1972)


G | 141 min

A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.

Director: Peter H. Hunt

Writers: Peter Stone (book: play) (screenplay), Sherman Edwards (based on a conception of)

Producer: Jack L. Warner

Composer: Sherman Edwards

Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Jr.

Editors: Florence Williamson, William H. Ziegler

Casting Director: Michael Shurtleff

Production Designer: George Jenkins




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FIRST LOOK FILM SERIES
Jun
12

FIRST LOOK FILM SERIES


FILM INTRODUCTION BY SCOTT SIEGEL AND Q&A FOLLOWING THE FILM.

See today’s cutting edge movies before they open and take part in Q&A sessions with the exciting personalities associated with those films (Actors, Directors, Writers or Producers). Get the inside stories the public doesn’t yet know about these movies. Each week’s surprise selection is guaranteed to be a film to remember.

About Scott Siegel


INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ARE SOLD ONLY AT THE BFC BOX OFFICE BEFORE THE FILM


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The Goldman Case (2023) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
10

The Goldman Case (2023) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


NR | 115 min | In French with English subtitles

Cédric Kahn’s riveting courtroom drama, a hit at Cannes last year, is set in Paris in 1975, depicting the real case of Jewish activist Pierre Goldman. Sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robberies, one of which resulted in the death of two women, Goldman pleads not guilty to murder. The court proceedings transform Goldman into a hero of the intellectual left. Ever the agitator, the mercurial Goldman throws his own trial into chaos, risking a death sentence. The Goldman Case paints a portrait of a militant revolutionary, but also of a society torn apart by patterns of racism and injustice that are still virulent today. 

Director: Cédric Kahn

Writers: Nathalie Hertzberg, Cédric Kahn

Producer: Benjamin Elalouf

Cinematographer: Patrick Ghiringhelli

Editor: Yann Dedet

Casting Director: Antoine Carrard

Production Designer: Guillaume Deviercy


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN



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SHTTL (2022) | Featuring Guest Speaker Moshe Lobel | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
9

SHTTL (2022) | Featuring Guest Speaker Moshe Lobel | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


A native Yiddish speaker from Chasidic Brooklyn, Moshe Lobel debuted on the New York stage as the lead in New Yiddish Rep's Awake and Sing. In 2018, he joined the cast of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, directed by Oscar and Tony Award-winner Joel Grey. The show won the Drama Desk award for best revival. Before starring in SHTTL, Moshe also appeared on HBO's High Maintenance, Blumhouse's The Vigil, and worked on Netflix's Unorthodox. As a filmmaker, he co-created Untold Genius, an original comedy series featuring Emmy-nominated Jackie Hoffman and Stephen Tobolowsky, as well as Leibniz's Law, a sci-fi drama.

NR | 114 min | In Yiddish and Ukrainian with English subtitles

Featuring Guest Speaker Moshe Lobel from the cast of SHTTL 

A Jewish village in Ukraine, bordering Poland, is on the verge of being taken over by Nazis. While drawing a vibrant canvas of a community that has many differing reactions to the impending tragedy, this astonishing film is made in what appears to be one continuous shot, the camera never stopping as it explores the rich world that it creates. The dialogue is almost entirely in Yiddish, and the film is mostly in black-and-white. SHTTL features a top-notch cast, led by Moshe Lobel, who was a featured cast member in Joel Grey's recent Yiddish stage production in New York of Fiddler on the Roof.

Director: Ady Walter

Writers: Samuel Fischler, Ady Walter

Producers: Yuriy Artemenko, Olias Barco, Jean-Charles Levy, Grebenchikova Ryta

Composer: David Federmann

Cinematographer: Volodymyr Ivanov

Editor: Jérémie Bole du Chaumont

Casting Director: Tatyana Vladzimirskaya

Production Designers: Iuliia Antykova, Ivan Levchenko


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN

Featuring Guest Speaker Moshe Lobel from the cast of SHTTL 



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The Other Widow (2022) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
9

The Other Widow (2022) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


NR | 83 min | In Hebrew with English subtitles

Nominated for nine Ophir Awards (the Israeli “Oscars), including Best Director and Actress, The Other Widow is about a theater costume designer and mistress (played by the great Israeli actress Dana Ivgy) who is shocked to hear of the sudden death of her lover. She attends his Shivah while keeping her identity under wraps, entering a world once forbidden to her. Through encounters with his brother, parents, and his wife, she examines her place in his life and eventually demands her legitimate right to mourn. Sharply observed and nuanced, The Other Widow is an impressive debut for writer-director Ma’ayan Rypp. 

Director: Ma'Ayan Rypp

Writers: Anat Gafni, Ma'Ayan Rypp

Producers: Christophe Audeguis, Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait

Composer: Adam Weingrod

Cinematographer: Moshe Mishali

Editors: Yann Dedet, Clémence Diard


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN



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The Ancient Law (1923) | Silent Film with Live original music by pianist Donald Sosin and violinist Alicia Svigals | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
8

The Ancient Law (1923) | Silent Film with Live original music by pianist Donald Sosin and violinist Alicia Svigals | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


NR | 128 min | New Restoration

With Support of the Sunrise Foundation

With live original music composed and performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin

Composer and pianist Donald Sosin is one of the world’s foremost silent film accompanists, and Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Klezmatics. They will perform their score for the recently restored 1923 Weimar-era classic The Ancient Law, about a rabbi’s son who leaves the shtetl to become an actor in Vienna. (The story is reminiscent of Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer, which was made four years later.) With its exquisite visual style that evokes Rembrandt, it is an outstanding example of the creativity of Jewish filmmakers in 1920s Germany. It was directed by E. A. DuPont (Variety, Piccadilly).

Director: Ewald André Dupont

Writers: Heinrich Laube (memoirs), Paul Reno

Composers: Donald Sosin, Alicia Svigals

Cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl

Production Designers: Alfred Junge, Kurt Kahle


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN

Featuring live original music composed and performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin


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We Were So Beloved (1989) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
8

We Were So Beloved (1989) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


NR | 145 min | New Restoration

In 1936, at the age of five, Manfred Kirchheimer fled Nazi Germany with his parents and struggled to make a new home in New York. Fifty years later, he draws upon interviews with family and friends (and uses quotes from Hitler’s Mein Kampf) to make this deeply personal and evocative documentary about the 20,000 German Jewish emigrants who similarly escaped the Holocaust and took refuge in Washington Heights, creating a thriving community under the shadow of the George Washington Bridge known as Frankfurt-on-the-Hudson. Kirchheimer’s masterful film is born of intimate experience and anguished reckoning, a shared sense of fear, guilt, and hope.

Director: Manfred Kirchheimer

Cinematographer: James Callanan


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN


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The Plot Against Harry (1989) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
8

The Plot Against Harry (1989) | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


NR | 81 min | New Restoration

Small-time ex-con Harry Plotnick (Martin Priest), just released from prison, has a chance reunion with his ex-wife. He is suddenly immersed in middle-class normality and goes into the catering biz with his ex-brother-in-law (Ben Lang). What follows is a wild plot involving call girls, bar mitzvahs, lingerie fashion shows, Cuban-Chinese mobsters, subway parties, Mafia barbecues, dog training classes, Congressional hearings, and hotel pajama parties. Unreleased when it was made, the film was discovered more than 20 years later, and became a hit at the New York Film Festival. It was finally released theatrically and became an established comedy classic.

Director: Michael Roemer

Writer: Michael Roemer

Producers: Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young

Composer: Frank Lewin

Cinematographer: Robert M. Young

Editors: Georges Klotz, Terry Lewis


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN



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Hester Street (1975) | Featuring Guest Speaker Ira Deutchman | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
7

Hester Street (1975) | Featuring Guest Speaker Ira Deutchman | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


Guest Speaker Ira Deutchman

PG | 89 min | 4K Restoration

Featuring Guest Speaker Ira Deutchman

In New York’s Lower East Side in the 1890s, Jewish immigrant Jake (Steven Keats) has assimilated seamlessly into the American community…until his wife from back home (Carol Kane) arrives on his doorstep. Jake has a job in a sweatshop and an English-speaking girlfriend. Meanwhile, Gitl clings to her old country ways. Joan Micklin Silver’s debut feature, a beautifully detailed American independent classic that was sumptuously photographed in black-and-white, became an unexpected hit. Carol Kane garnered an Oscar nomination for her heartbreaking but ultimately empowering performance. This gorgeous new restoration is presented by the Cohen Film Collection.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver

Writers: Joan Micklin Silver (screenplay) | Abraham Cahan (novella "Yekl")

Producer: Raphael D. Silver

Cinematographer: Kenneth Van Sickle

Editor: Katherine Wenning

Casting Director: Jay Wolf

Production Designer: Stuart Wurtzel


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN

Featuring Guest Speaker Ira Deutchman, Producer of a new stage production of Hester Street  that just premiered in Washington, D.C.



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I Like It Here (2022) | Featuring Guest Speaker - Director Ralph Arlyck | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Jun
6

I Like It Here (2022) | Featuring Guest Speaker - Director Ralph Arlyck | JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024


Featuring Guest Speaker - Director Ralph Arlyck

NR | 88 min

Featuring Guest Speaker - Director Ralph Arlyck

People talk or laugh about aging, its irritations and relentless progression, but rarely confront the reality of dying or being left alone. Nor do they consider the lightness and calmness that can come when the race seems not so crucial. I LIKE IT HERE is about all those things and, finally, about the pleasures of being alive. A figurehead of American independent documentary film, Ralph Arlyck conveys how it feels to look back on your own life, to contemplate your place in an ever-changing world, and what to make of the time that remains.

Director: Ralph Arlyck

Writer: Ralph Arlyck

Producers: Ralph Arlyck, Emmet Dotan, Steve Leiber

Composer: John K. Stone

Editor: Emmet Dotan


BFC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWIN & DORIS COHEN

Featuring Guest Speaker - Director Ralph Arlyck



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Life is Beautiful (1997) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES
Jun
2

Life is Beautiful (1997) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES


PG-13 | 116 min

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Director: Roberto Benigni

Writers: Vincenzo Cerami (story by) (screenplay by) | Roberto Benigni (story by) (screenplay by)

Producers: Gianluigi Braschi, John M. Davis (version: English language), Elda Ferri

Composer: Nicola Piovani

Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli

Editor: Simona Paggi

Casting Director: Shaila Rubin

Production Designer: Danilo Donati


SERIES SPONSORED BY ARMAND POHAN & NANCY RIEGER



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The Godfather Part II (1974)
Jun
1

The Godfather Part II (1974)


R | 202 min

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay by), Mario Puzo (screenplay by) (based on the novel by)

Producer: Francis Ford Coppola

Composer: Nino Rota

Cinematographer: Gordon Willis

Editors: Barry Malkin, Richard Marks, Peter Zinner

Casting Directors: Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Vic Ramos

Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis




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The Godfather (1972)
May
31

The Godfather (1972)


R | 175 min

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Mario Puzo (screenplay by) (based on the novel by), Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay by)

Producer: Albert S. Ruddy

Composer: Nino Rota

Cinematographer: Gordon Willis

Editors: William Reynolds, Peter Zinner

Casting Directors: Louis DiGiaimo, Andrea Eastman, Fred Roos

Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis




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The Birth of Korea (2024-Documentary)
May
30

The Birth of Korea (2024-Documentary)


Not Rated| 101 min

Deog Young Kim's documentary, The Birth of Korea, provides an informative exploration of the contrasting evolutions of South and North Korea post their split in 1945. The film meticulously delves into North Korea's journey towards a communist dictatorship, characterized by the suppression of freedom and human rights. Simultaneously, it outlines South Korea's pursuit of economic growth and democracy. It further sheds light on the noteworthy obstacles and achievements of President Syngman Rhee and other founding figures in maintaining the Republic of Korea for over seven decades. The documentary delivers a thorough understanding of the region's historical progression.

Director: Deog Young Kim

Writer: Deog Young Kim



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Death in Venice (1971) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES
May
26

Death in Venice (1971) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES


Not Rated | 130 min

While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.

Director: Luchino Visconti

Writers: Thomas Mann (from the novel by), Luchino Visconti (screenplay by), Nicola Badalucco (screenplay by)

Producer: Luchino Visconti

Cinematographer: Pasqualino De Santis

Editor: Ruggero Mastroianni


SERIES SPONSORED BY ARMAND POHAN & NANCY RIEGER



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Platoon (1986)
May
25

Platoon (1986)


R| 120 min

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

Director: Oliver Stone

Writer: Oliver Stone

Producer: Arnold Kopelson

Composer: Georges Delerue

Cinematographer: Robert Richardson

Editor: Claire Simpson

Casting Directors: Pat Golden, Warren McLean, Bob Morones

Production Designer: Bruno Rubeo




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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
May
24

The Birth of a Nation (1915)


PG| 195 min

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Director:D.W. Griffith

Writers: Thomas Dixon Jr. (adapted from his novel: "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan") (as Thomas F. Dixon Jr.) (play "The Clansman") (as Thomas F. Dixon Jr.) (novel "The Leopard's Spots") (as Thomas F. Dixon Jr.), D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods

Producer: D.W. Griffith

Composers: Joseph Carl Breil, D.W. Griffith

Cinematographer: G.W. Bitzer

Editors: D.W. Griffith, Joseph Henabery, James Smith, Rose Smith, Raoul Walsh




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The Birth of Korea (2024-Documentary)
May
23

The Birth of Korea (2024-Documentary)


Not Rated| 101 min

Deog Young Kim's documentary, The Birth of Korea, provides an informative exploration of the contrasting evolutions of South and North Korea post their split in 1945. The film meticulously delves into North Korea's journey towards a communist dictatorship, characterized by the suppression of freedom and human rights. Simultaneously, it outlines South Korea's pursuit of economic growth and democracy. It further sheds light on the noteworthy obstacles and achievements of President Syngman Rhee and other founding figures in maintaining the Republic of Korea for over seven decades. The documentary delivers a thorough understanding of the region's historical progression.

Director: Deog Young Kim

Writer: Deog Young Kim



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Bicycle Thieves (1948) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES
May
19

Bicycle Thieves (1948) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES


Not Rated | 89 min

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Writers: Cesare Zavattini (story) (screenplay), Luigi Bartolini (novel), Oreste Biancoli (screenplay), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Producer: Giuseppe Amato

Composer: Alessandro Cicognini

Cinematographer: Carlo Montuori

Editor: Eraldo Da Roma

Production Designer: Antonio Traverso


SERIES SPONSORED BY ARMAND POHAN & NANCY RIEGER



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ASBURY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (2024)
May
18

ASBURY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (2024)


For the second year in a row, the Barrymore Film Center is proud to host the Asbury Shorts Film Festival. Asbury Shorts USA is New York City's longest running short film exhibition & touring show. Since 1980 their short film "Concerts" have been presented at venues across the US, Canada, Great Britain and Germany. The mission is to screen world renowned, festival award-winning shorts - from all years - in cinemas, art museums, performing arts centers & cool outdoor locations - on real cinema screens (as opposed to You Tube, smart phones or computers). The program features a fast paced and highly entertaining line up of the best in short film Comedy, Drama and Animation. This unique showcase includes Oscar Nominees, US film festival 'Best of Show' winners and international honorees.



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Footloose (1984)
May
17

Footloose (1984)


PG| 107 min

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Director: Herbert Ross

Writer: Dean Pitchford

Producers: Lewis J. Rachmil, Craig Zadan

Cinematographer: Ric Waite

Editor: Paul Hirsch

Casting Directors: Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Marci Liroff

Production Designer: Ron Hobbs




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The Birth of Korea (2024-Documentary)
May
16

The Birth of Korea (2024-Documentary)


Not Rated| 101 min

Deog Young Kim's documentary, The Birth of Korea, provides an informative exploration of the contrasting evolutions of South and North Korea post their split in 1945. The film meticulously delves into North Korea's journey towards a communist dictatorship, characterized by the suppression of freedom and human rights. Simultaneously, it outlines South Korea's pursuit of economic growth and democracy. It further sheds light on the noteworthy obstacles and achievements of President Syngman Rhee and other founding figures in maintaining the Republic of Korea for over seven decades. The documentary delivers a thorough understanding of the region's historical progression.

Director: Deog Young Kim

Writer: Deog Young Kim



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8 1/2 (1963) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES
May
12

8 1/2 (1963) | CINEMA ITALIANO! SERIES


Not Rated | 138 min

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini (story) (screenplay), Ennio Flaiano (story) (screenplay), Tullio Pinelli (screenplay), Brunello Rondi (screenplay)

Producer: Angelo Rizzoli

Composer: Nino Rota

Cinematographer: Gianni Di Venanzo

Editor: Leo Catozzo

Production Designer: Piero Gherardi


SERIES SPONSORED BY ARMAND POHAN & NANCY RIEGER



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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
May
10

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)


Not Rated | 88 min

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Director: Orson Welles

Writers: Booth Tarkington (from the novel by), Orson Welles (script writer)

Cinematographer: Stanley Cortez

Editor: Robert Wise




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Shakespeare’s Macbeth (2024)
May
5

Shakespeare’s Macbeth (2024)


Not Rated | 150 min

Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler's List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Game of Thrones, Luther) star in a brand-new ‘full-voltage visceral’ (★★★★ Daily Telegraph) production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Filmed live at Dock X, a custom-built theatre space in London, this critically acclaimed staging of Macbeth ‘that quickens the pulse, then goes for the jugular’ (★★★★ Financial Times) will be released in cinemas across the UK and selected international territories from 2 May.

Directed by Simon Godwin (Antony & Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, Hansard) with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw (Jerusalem, Blues for an Alabama Sky), this is a cinematic and ‘beautifully staged’ (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) production that brings ‘Shakespeare’s tragedy pulsing into the present day’ (★★★★★ The I).

Macbeth is coming. A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Witness the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception, and superstition on the big screen for a limited time only. Once you cross the line, you can never turn back.




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