A stranded boat, nuclear power plants, anniversaries, and more in today’s Bwoglines!

For the 13th year in a row, Barnard will host the Athena Film Festival to highlight the work of women in media. This year, the lineup includes nearly three-dozen features, shorts, and documentaries “dedicated to elevating complex and deeply thoughtful stories of women’s leadership.” The festival will run from Thursday, March 2 to Sunday, March […]

This week’s events include movie nights, jazz performances, a Columbia Undergraduate Law Review panel, and the world premiere of Something about the Weather!

Columbia and New York City are packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, and there’s never been a better time to experience it first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Staff writer Rachel Suleymanov attended the New York premiere of Darren Aronofsky’s new film at Lincoln Center Tuesday night. 

Staff Writer Rachel Suleymanov attended a discussion and screening of Alejandro Iñárritu’s new film Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths at the Lenfest Center of the Arts yesterday.

Staff Writer Kate Mekechuk attended Columbia Maison Française’s film screening of The Story of a Three-Day Pass (La Permission), written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles.

March 12th’s screening did not disappoint.

A portly microbiologist, a starving child-laborer, and a mono-pedal Santa impersonator walk into a party. But this isn’t a bad joke. It’s the inciting incident for Celebration, a 2019 black comedy set and filmed—and then banned—in Russia.

Staff Writer and perennial Dune fan Boluwatife Oshuntolu attempts to explain the monolith of a book without seeming rude.

“Radium Girls” made me feel things, just not the right things.

It’s like the Bwog Book Club, but with movies! In this first edition, Staff Writer Victoria Borlando reviews the new film, Harriet.

New Bwogger Donna Qi attended a Columbia Global Center event hosting queer Arab filmmakers to discuss the challenges they face in exploring LGBTQ identities within their films and other work.

Over the weekend, Bwog Staffer Maya Corral spent most of her time eating Skinny Pop, wearing a bright blue volunteer beanie, and watching films at the Athena Film Festival.

A “career criminal” with a meat cleaver was shot yesterday in Midtown by NYPD members after they confronted him and strapped a boot to his car, causing him to go into a “blind rage.” (NY Daily News) Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, narrated a short film, released yesterday, for the New York Times on […]