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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
Arts & Humanities

Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia

In 1972, film-studies professor Stefan Sharff brought his idol Alfred Hitchcock to campus to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters

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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All
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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All

The improbable tale of Santa Claus, Columbia, and Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas"

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections
Sissy Spacek in Carrie

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections

These haunting tales are perfect for a morbid movie night at home

Columbia in the Movies
Jeff Bridges and Barbara Streisand on Columbia University campus in The Mirror Has Two Faces

Columbia in the Movies

21 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

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A Book-Sized World
Photo by Thomas Roma from "Enduring Justice"
Arts & Humanities

A Book-Sized World

A new exhibition this winter will feature a selection of Professor Thomas Roma's modest and intimate photographs

Shoot Shoot, Bang Bang
Kathryn Bigelow with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd and script supervisor Aslaug Konradsdottir in the Madaba Refugee Camp near Amman, Jordan
Arts & Humanities

Shoot Shoot, Bang Bang

The visceral cinema of Kathryn Bigelow ’79SOA has heady theoretical roots

Dance Party
Photo of film reels
Arts & Humanities

Dance Party

Columbians at the Sundance Film Festival

High Art
Illustration by Philippe Lechien of Philippe Petit walking tightrope between Twin Towers with an Oscar statue on his head
Arts & Humanities

High Art

Man on Wire, the 2008 documentary coproduced by film professor Maureen Ryan '92SOA, wins an Oscar

Fiction: "Here or There"
Painting of outdoor cafe by Joe McKendry
Arts & Humanities

Fiction: "Here or There"

By Jay Neugeboren '59CC

Politics for Grown-Ups
Illustrated portrait of Barack Obama by Andrea Ventura (2008)
Arts & Humanities

Politics for Grown-Ups

Revisiting Richard Hofstadter’s “Paranoid Style” in the Age of Obama

Matinee Hero
Video cassette over yellow background
Arts & Humanities

Matinee Hero

Mr. Kim's Video says goodbye to Morningside Heights

Stage Flight
Bass Wilbur Pauley at Miller Theatre
Arts & Humanities

Stage Flight

The Miller Theatre's 20th season takes off with a bold U.S. premiere. Impresario George Steel discusses the Miller's commitment to the original and the adventurous

The Modest Virtuoso
Emanuel Ax photographed by Sarah Shatz
Arts & Humanities

The Modest Virtuoso

Pianist Emanuel Ax has scaled astonishing musical heights. But his feet are still very much on the ground

The Undying Animal
Sir John Gilbert's 1873 watercolor Cordelia in the Court of King Lear
Arts & Humanities

The Undying Animal

A critic reminds us why literature still matters

Back to Black
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Arts & Humanities

Back to Black

An exhibition of paintings by Ad Reinhardt '35CC at the Guggenheim

The Grateful Undead
Collage illustration of Vampire Weekend band in car
Arts & Humanities

The Grateful Undead

Vampire Weekend is staking its claim as one of the hottest and most original bands around — and having a bloody good time

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