Tuesday, Jan. 12; 11 a.m. PST
The World Is Full Of Terrible People: Shirley Jackson And Female Violence
The London branch of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies begins its 2021 spring lecture series with a focus on writer Shirley Jackson. The online session, presented by Bernice M. Murphy of Trinity College in Dublin, examines Jackson s life and work, including
The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962).
CAAM presents an online conversation with Carl L. Hart, author of Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. (Courtesy of CAAM)
Tuesday, Jan. 12; 5 - 6:30 p.m. PST
Film Independent Wed Location Online
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Directed by Paul Feig
Registration is free –
donations are welcome and appreciated
There are no leopards in Connecticut. Well, except for the one from Brazil. And the other one from the circus. OK, so there happen to be two leopards in Connecticut – also home to one of the greatest screwball comedies of the 1930s and the second pairing of Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant; the sharp-witted and charismatic pair from Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Bringing Up Baby, Howard Hawks’ absurdist comedy, remains a master class in comedic timing and heightening stakes through humor, as each scene becomes more far-fetched than the one before.