thesis | Marginalia

CM Burroughs, Graduate Faculty

By the time this post goes live, I’ll likely know who my thesis advisor for the spring is. I’ve talked ..

It’s always a bad sign when the Director needs to get in front of the camera.

It’s that time of year when all the Cinema Arts + Scienc..

So…Many…Drafts.

Development serves as one of the most important factors in creating a good film. It is of the utmost importance to..

Liz Forsythe (Poetry MFA 2016) in the spring Department of Creative Writing reading series

When people ask me what exactly an MFA is a..

Easier said than done. (Image via University of Chicago)

With a little less than a month into my final semester, I’ve officially trans..

Ahh, that sweet sweet “Screenplay by” credit

In the Cinema Directing program, we almost always write our own scripts. But not every di..

A view of my thesis exhibition, “Out of the Dark/Into the Water.”

Well, it’s finally happening: my three-year stint at Columbia is fin..

My mom recently asked how grad school was going, and while “okay” or “good” or “great” are all fine and appropriate answers for how I’..

WHYYYYY?

This being my third spring, I’ve grown somewhat accustomed to the unpredictability of the weather, BUT that still doesn’t mea..

The most interesting houseplants are the ones which survive everything, bearing the marks of their survival on their leaves. This week I f..