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Recognition and Restlessness in John Ford’s The Searchers
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Click Here to Read:   Recognition and Restlessness in John Ford’s The Searchers by Jeffrey Church.

This article originally appeared as Jeffrey Church (2009).  Recognition and Restlessness in John Ford’s The Searchers . Perspectives on Political Science 38(1);  47-61 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.

Click Here to Read: Men on the Threshold By David Brooks in The New York Times on July 15, 2013.

Click Here to Read:  What Is a Western? Politics and SelfKnowledge in John Ford’s The Searchers by Robert B. Pippin on the UChicago philosophy Website.

Emory Looks at Hollywood: A Psychoanalysis of Superman
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Click Here to Read: Emory Looks at Hollywood: A Psychoanalysis of Superman Jared DeFife, Ph.D. on the Emory Post website on July 2, 2013. In this episode of “Emory Looks at Hollywood”  Emory Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Jared DeFife, Ph.D., gives a psychoanalysis of one of the world’s most beloved and heroic fictional figures, Clark Kent…aka Superman.

 

Movie: “The Green Room” at NYPSI
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When: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 7:00 pm

What: New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and Friends of the Abraham A. Brill Library present a film screening and discussion of the much-admired 1978 Francois Truffaut film “The Green Room.” Dr. Francis Baudry and Henry James scholar Dr. Rita Charon will explore the role of death for Truffaut and James.

Francis Baudry     Rita Charon
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Larks on a line: Movie to be Shown in Prague
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“Larks on a line” (1969) screened simultaneously in two rooms (one with English subtitles, the other with French ones), will be followed by a dialogue between Antoine Corel and director Jiri Menzel and then with the public. At the Atlas Cinema. Places limited. With translation Czech/English.

The film Menzel made after his famous “Closely Observed Trains” has not found the recognition it deserves –among other reasons, because it was under censorship for 20 years. With subversive humour and deep Continue reading Larks on a line: Movie to be Shown in Prague

Portland Jewish Film Festival: “Out in the Dark”
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The Portland Jewish Film Festival into its 2nd week brings” Out in the Dark” to unsettle,make uncomfortable,make memorable the price the people of Israel and Palestine pay for the hell they find themselves in the ongoing hatred and war we dub the israeli/palestinian conflict.
There are thousands of painful stories. This one is about gay men…who in the midEast of the world find conflict anyhow..here made worse by the political account. Not a happy movie, but an exceedingly well told one. Continue reading Portland Jewish Film Festival: “Out in the Dark”