The “Miracle” of Fantasy “on 34th Street”

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Published in the PANY Bulletin Fall, 2009

For the past few winters, my teaching schedule has me reading Anna Freud’s monograph, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense at around the same time that I come  across the Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street. One wouldn’t think that they have much in common, but each year I am re-reminded of passages in the book that come to life in the film. Continue reading The “Miracle” of Fantasy “on 34th Street”

Keira Knightley signs up for The Talking Cure

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Click Here To  Read:  Keira Knightley signs up for The Talking Cure. Star joins Inglourious Basterds’ Michael Fassbender and Christoph Waltz in David Cronenberg’s film of Christopher Hampton’s psychoanalytical play on Guardian.co. uk website on December 23, 2009.

Click Here To Read:  Cronenberg’s ‘The Talking Cure’ Cast Update on the ScreenRant website on December 29. 2009.

In Her Own Image: Women’s Self-Representation in Twentieth-Century Art by Daniele Knafo

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Click Here To Read:  Flyer for In Her Own Image: Women’s Self-Representation in Twentieth-Century Art by Daniele Knafo.

Click Here to Read: Käthe Kollwitz: The Dead Mother, Chapter 1 of In Her Own Image: Women’s Self-Representation in Twentieth-Century Art by Daniele Knafo, Part 1.

Click Here to Read:  Käthe Kollwitz: The Dead Mother, Chapter 1 of In Her Own Image: Women’s Self-Representation in Twentieth-Century Art by Daniele Knafo, Part 2.

Click Here to Read:  Käthe Kollwitz: The Dead Mother, Chapter 1 of In Her Own Image: Women’s Self-Representation in Twentieth-Century Art by Daniele Knafo, Part 3.