Film

Artivist brings grassroots films to Miller

The Artivist Film Festival closes its 2012 tour at Columbia's Miller Theater. Now in its eighth year, the festival promotes the documentary work of filmmakers concerned with an array of international issues.

PODCAST: Behind the Scenes of Shutter Island

Inside the minds of the film's director and stars

PODCAST: Discussing this year's Oscar nominations

Julia Alekseyeva, Daniel D'Addario, and Morgan Davies discuss the recent Oscar nominations and condense the ten best picture nominees to the three you must see before the ceremony.

Indie Cinema Opens in Harlem

In the past, Columbia students had to venture downtown to the IFC Center or Film Forum to see independent films and documentaries. But the opening of the small, non-profit Maysles Cinema on 128th Street in January 2008 brought underground flicks up north to Harlem.

Film Grads Nab Screenwriting Awards

For two Columbia alumni, a film class assignment has paid off in a big way.

Remembering A Forgotten Holocaust

When Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of AOL, was traveling in the Caribbean, he chanced upon a picture of Iris Chang in the obituary section of an old copy of the New York Times from 2004.