Labor Goes to the Movies, a committee of the Executive Council, plans and organizes the PSC’s long-running film series. As a committee, we select the annual theme and films, usually after spirited discussion, and arrange for a speaker with expertise in the film’s subject to lead discussion. The committee is open to all, and includes film studies faculty as well as members who just love movies. We meet during the spring and summer to choose the following year’s films and stay in touch by attending the screenings each month.
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Long ago, Marx famously wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte that history repeats itself, “first as tragedy, then as farce.” Recent developments in the US suggest that farce can lead seamlessly to tragedy. The earliest screen comedy has deep roots in the churning class antagonisms of Chaplin, and appreciating comedy often depends on an interpretive frame. Is Do the Right Thing a comedy? This year’s series samples cinema comedy as an opportunity to assess comedy as a moving picture form as well as its relation to social critique.
Doors open at 6 PM. Light refreshments provided.
There is a $4 suggested donation.
To download a flyer, click here.
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Wag the Dog (Levinson, US 1997)
Friday, September 13, 2019
Watch the trailer here.
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Tampopo (Itami, Japan 1985)
Friday, October 18, 20019
Watch the trailer here.
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Buñuel, France 1972)
Friday, November 8, 2019
Watch the trailer here.
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Airplane! (Abrahams, D. Zucker, J. Zucker, US 1980)
Friday, December 13, 2019
Watch the trailer here.
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Xala (Sembène, Senegal 1975)
Friday, February 21, 2019
Watch the trailer here.
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His Girl Friday (Hawks, US 1940)
Friday, March 13, 2019
Watch the trailer here.
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Water Cooler Moments (A selection of clips from TV comic and political commentaries)
Friday, April 3, 2019
More info here.
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Strictly Ballroom (Luhrmann, Australia 1992)
Friday, May 15, 2019
Watch the trailer here.
