School of Film and Media Studies

Register Today! This immersive event features general campus tours, facilities tours, and information sessions with faculty and staff from each of the schools/conservatories, a community fair with student services offices, and optional financial aid and “how to apply” workshops.

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Interested in the Film BFA program?

Join us for a  live taping of the podcast ‘Critical Listening’ with co-hosts  Liz Pelly (author of Mood Machine) and Max Alper. 

‘Critical Listening’ is a podcast of music, technology and culture criticism from journalist Liz Pelly and composer-educator Max Alper, two lifers of the Northeast underground and independent scholars of streaming era dystopia. On each episode, Liz and Max offer no-punches-pulled takes on the contemporary music and culture industries, featuring deep dives into contemporary music business headlines and longform interviews with fellow writers and musicians.

Here at Purchase they will record their November Headlines episode live and take audience questions.

When artists and organizers combine forces, new forms of political mobilization follow—which shape lasting social change. And yet few people appreciate how much deliberate strategy often propels this vital social change work. Behind the scenes, artists, organizers, political activists, and philanthropists have worked together to hone powerful strategies for achieving the world we want and the world we need. 

Join us for a very special Halloween Screening of the cult classic Ginger Snaps, a collaboration between FMS Screening Series and Cinemaroll Journal.

This evening, Cinemaroll will have copies of their brand new zine on hand to sell, pay as you wish, starting at $1!

The School of Film and Media Studies hosts Erin Blake, Production Designer and Set Decorator, whose art department credits include Ripley, A Quiet Place, American Horror Stories and Marriage Story. After a screening of the stunning opening episode of Ripley, Blake will talk about the role of the art department in making worlds come to life on film.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s terrifying and enormously influential thriller Jaws. The first feature film to be heavily promoted through television advertising and then released to hundreds of theaters simultaneously, Jaws was a smash hit that—for better or worse—created the blueprint for the summer blockbuster release strategy that still dominates Hollywood today.