JBF Film Lists

All Meetings as  are held at 6:00 p.m. on the 4th Monday of the month in Meeting Room B, unless noted otherwise.
 

What We've Seen So Far...

JBF 2019 Film List

Mon. Jan.28th	Sideways	Cancelled  Due to Weather
Mon. Mar. 25th	Tulip Fever	Seen
Mon. May 20th	Documentary Night: "Tesla" & "Great Escape From Dunkirk"
Mon. June 24th	Sideways -- Re-scheduled from January
Mon. July 29th	Darkest Hour
Mon. Sept. 30th	Being John Malkovich
Mon. Nov. 25th	Crazy Rich Asians

JBF 2018 Film List

2018 is a year of experimentation for the group. We have moved to having discussions every other month, while also offering a Dinner and a Movie Night and a Family Film night later this year.

Mon. Jan.29th	Hidden Figures
Mon. Mar. 26th	Adventures in Babysitting
Mon. May 21st	Back to the Future
Mon. July 30th	Splash
Mon. Sept. 24th	Magic in the Moonlight
Mon. Nov. 26th	The Man Who Invented Christmas

JBF 2017 Film List

Documenting Our Culture: documentaries that explore groups and individuals who've influenced our society

Mon. Jan.30th	The Amish
Mon. Feb. 27th	Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
Mon. Mar. 27th	Frederick Law Olmstead: Designing America
Mon. April 17th	Superheroes: a Never-Ending Battle
The Range on the Western: a look at Western sub-genres(comedic, classic, & modern)
Mon. May 22nd	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Mon. June 26th	The Man Who Shot Liberty Vance
Mon. July 31st	The Quick and the Dead

August 28, 2017

Our Planning Meeting to Pick Films for 2018

Final Western

Mon. Sept. 25th

Blazing Saddles

We Didn't See It Coming: Films with a Twist!

Mon. Oct. 30th	Witness for the Prosecution
Mon. Nov. 27th	Shawshank Redemption
Mon. Dec.18th	Sleuth

JBF 2016 Film List

3rd Generation: From Book-to-Film-to-Remake

Mon. Jan. 25th	The 39 Steps (1935)
Mon. Feb. 29th	Day of the Jackal
Mon. Mar. 28th	True Grit (2010)

Never Work with Children or Animals

Mon. Apr. 25th	The Black Stallion
Mon. May 23rd	My Bodyguard
Mon. Jun. 27th	Stand By Me

Summer Break with a Documentary Great!

July 25, 2016

March of the Penguins

Lights! Camera! Film Picks!

In the Film Steps of Sherlock Holms

Mon. Sept. 19th	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Mon. Oct. 31st	Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Mon. Nov. 28th	Without a Clue
Mon. Dec. 19th	Mr. Holmes

JBF 2015 Film List

Rediscovering Robin Williams

Mon. Jan. 26th	August Rush
Mon. Feb. 23th	Cadillac Man	On Order
Mon. Mar. 30th	Good Will Hunting

Films Shot in Chicagoland

Mon. Apr. 27th	Groundhog Day
Mon. May 18th	Blues Brothers 35th Anniversary!
Mon. Jun. 29th	Public Enemies [Johnny Depp]

Classic & Contemporary Screwball Comedies

Mon. Sept. 28th	Some Like It Hot
Mon. Oct. 26th	It Happened One Night
Mon. Nov. 30th	One, Two, Three
Mon. Dec. 14th	A Fish Called Wanda

JBF 2014 Film List

Magical Realism

Mon. Jan. 27th	Being John Malkovich
Mon. Feb. 24th	Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Mon. Mar. 31st	Prelude to a Kiss
Mon. Apr. 28th	Life of Pi

JBF Documentaries: Take 2

Mon. May 19th	(Ken Burns) Mark Twain
Mon. Jun. 30th	(Ken Burns) Statue of Liberty
Mon. Sept. 29th	Cleanflix

JBF Director’s Study: on John Huston

Mon. Oct. 27th	The List of Adrian Messenger
Mon. Nov. 24th	The Night of the Iguana
Mon. Dec. 15th	Beat the Devil

Mon. Jan.29th	Hidden Figures
Mon. Mar. 26th	Adventures in Babysitting
Mon. May 21st	Back to the Future
Mon. July 30th	Splash
Mon. Sept. 24th	Magic in the Moonlight
Mon. Nov. 26th	The Man Who Invented Christmas

The group's older film selections are in our JBF Archived Blog.