Haroula Rose, AB’02, MAT’02, put the work of Bonnie Jo Campbell, AB’84, on the big screen. Last fall the two brought the film to Chicago.

The Cry of Jazz started a conversation about race and music that continues today.

Here’s what we’re adding to our watch lists.

A new book celebrates the leading ladies who reshaped Hollywood.

A miscellany of movie recommendations from the Magazineʼs editors.

How Soviet citizens made Western culture their own.

An early story of transition comes to the screen in the documentary Framing Agnes.

In Star Wars and Religion, Russell Johnson, AM’15, PhD’19, uses the famous franchise to teach comparative religious ethics.

The work of Ron McAdow, AB’71, who found levity in legumes, had a recent screening at the Museum of Modern Art.

The Magazine lists a selection of general interest books, films, and albums by alumni. For additional alumni releases, browse the Magazine’s Goodreads bookshelf.

This cinematic lip-lock made history.

Matinee idol and Oscar nominee Sessue Hayakawa is widely remembered as a UChicago alumnus. But was he? We tried to separate fact and myth in the storied actor’s biography.