Searching the Psyche Through Cinema

Signature Event
Big Night

Big Night

Sunday, March 2, 2025 1:30pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
In Big Night, two Italian immigrant brothers struggle to keep their restaurant open in 1950s New Jersey. Psychiatrist Manuel Morales and filmmaker and...
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Babette's Feast

'Babette’s Feast'

Sunday, February 16, 2025 1:30pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
Babette’s Feast features an eye-opening French banquet in a remote 19th-century Danish village. Psychiatrist John Whipple and film critic Abby Olcese...
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Julie & Julia

'Julie & Julia'

Sunday, February 2, 2025 1:30pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
In Julie & Julia, a food blogger's ambition to prepare all the recipes in Julia Child’s landmark cookbook is intertwined with Child’s own passion for...
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three people around table with plates and food

'The Taste of Things'

Sunday, January 19, 2025 1:30pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
The 2025 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series explores our relationship with food as a way of understanding ourselves. Food is the language...
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'The Matrix'

Sunday, February 18, 2024 1:30pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
The 2024 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series, which looks to the arts (and this year, to science fiction) to illuminate our understanding...
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