With the explosion of film festivals over the past two decades, no specialized genre has been more potent, and had more loyal audiences, than the Jewish film festival, which has become a cultural staple in communities across North America, Europe and South America. In all, there may be almost 300 of these events in a given year.....each a mix of film appreciation and something more fundamental, an opportunity for the Jewish community (and those involved with them) to sample an international mix ...

 Friday, January 11-------With the explosion of film festivals over the past two decades, no specialized genre has been more potent, and had more loyal audiences, than the Jewish film festival, which has become a cultural staple in communities across North America, Europe and South America. In all, there may be almost 300 of these events in a given year.....each a mix of film appreciation and something more fundamental, an opportunity for the Jewish community (and those involved with them) to s...

Thursday, February 15----While most Americans will spend Presidents' Day Monday either shopping, sleeping late or lounging at a pool, intrepid New Yorkers can bathe in the glorious spectacle of a silent film classic, with musical accompaniment, at the Jacob Burns Film Center.....Swedish director Victor Sjostrom's 1921 classic THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE. Sjostrom (later dubbed Victor Seastrom in Hollywood), who directed some early silent classics in both his native Sweden and eventually in Holl...

SILENT CLOWNS FILM SERIES BEGINS EIGHTH SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 19Live Music to Accompany Classic Silent Films The Silent Clowns Film Series, New York's longest running, regularly scheduled showcase for classic silent film comedy with movies featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy, and more, kicks off on September 19, 2004. Every show in the series will feature live musical accompaniment by Ben Model, along with an introduction and Q&A with film historian Bruce Lawton...