Teenage Haru dives to save a stray cat on a busy road, and is surprised to learn that she rescued the Cat Prince. She is showered with rewards, and unexpectedly spirited away to the magical Cat Kingdom. Can Haru summon her courage and rely on her new cat friends to find her way back home?

The Wolf Reading Series presents Cornelius Eady.

How does one study memory? How do we use it to reconstruct the past in stories, memoir, and dramatic work? Playwright and Alan Kanzer Writer-in-Residence Sarah Ruhl in dialogue with Daphna Shohamy, Neuroscience, and Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita Carol Becker. Introduced by Brian Kulick, Chair of the MFA Theatre Program.

Join us for an evening with Olga Ravn as part of Columbia’s Art + Life series, a programme of intimate conversations with poets and writers organized by Columbia’s Undergraduate Creative Writing Program for majors and aficionados.

The Swimmer is a haunting, surreal journey through suburban America, starring Burt Lancaster as a man determined to swim his way home through a chain of backyard pools. As his odyssey unfolds, sunlit affluence exposes the fractures beneath a carefully constructed life. Adapted from John Cheever’s celebrated short story, this 1968 classic is a bold, unsettling meditation on identity, denial, and the cost of illusion.

A newcomer to a London alley is swept into a mysterious feline celebration, the Jellical Ball, in this live action adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway classic. This playful, high-energy spectacle is full of song, dance, and larger-than-life feline personalities, featuring an all-star cast including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Idris Elba and Taylor Swift.

Assistant Professor of Writing Jaquira Díaz discusses This is the Only Kingdom, her “powerful love letter to mothers, daughters, and the barrios that make them” with Edwidge Danticat, African American and African Diaspora Studies. Introduced by Sarah Cole, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature.

Join us for a screening and discussion of Daughter of the Light (2024), a deeply moving feature documentary by Tibetan filmmaker Khashem Gyal.

This is part of the two day event “Foundations of Mexican Independent Cinema.” Learn more.

Based on the novel by James Jones, Some Came Running is a sweeping, emotionally charged drama about a troubled WWII veteran returning home to confront family wounds, love, and his own restless soul.

This stunning animated film follows a lone cat navigating a flooded world, forming unexpected bonds with dogs, birds, lemurs, capybaras, and more as they struggle to survive their new world.

When all canines are banished to Trash Island, Atari sets out on a daring journey to find his lost dog, Spots. In this star-studded stop-motion animation adventure, a courageous pack of dogs proves that loyalty, courage, and teamwork can overcome even the most outrageous challenges.