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Crime and Punishment
EPPC Summer Movie Series
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
5:30 PM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
5:30 PM
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Ethics and Public Policy Center
1015 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
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Follow the evolution of crime in the movies from James Cagney to Fargo. EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman, film and cultural critic of the American Spectator and author of the books Honor: A History and Media Madness, will host a summer movie series with commentary by Leon Kass (of the American Enterprise Institute and the University of Chicago) and Amy Kass (of the Hudson Institute and the University of Chicago). The series will take place on successive Tuesday evenings between June 16, 2009 and August 4, 2009 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be provided. TO REGISTER:
E-mail your name and phone number, along with a list of the dates you would like to attend, to events@eppc.org or call 202-715-3515.
Attendance is limited. Preference will be given to those who plan to attend all eight weeks. [EPPC's past summer movie series are archived online: "Isn't it Romantic" (2008) and "The American Movie Hero" (2007).]
MOVIE SERIES SCHEDULE: - June 16: The Public Enemy (1931)
directed by William Wellman, starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- June 23: Double Indemnity (1944)
directed by Billy Wilder, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- June 30: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
directed by Tay Garnett, starring John Garfield and Lana Turner
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- July 7: A Place in the Sun (1951)
directed by George Stevens, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- July 14: A Touch of Evil (1958)
directed by Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles, Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- July 21: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Gene Hackman
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- July 28: Body Heat (1981)
directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
- August 4: Fargo (1996)
directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring William H. Macy, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]
Note: Some movies may not be appropriate for children and younger teens.
More Information
Schuyler Smith
1730 M Street N.W.
Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-682-1200
Fax: 202-408-0632
E-mail: ssmith@eppc.org
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Give the Gift of Ideas
Gift subscriptions to EPPC's journal 'The New Atlantis' now available
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| Technology and Society |
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The Age of Neuroelectronics
For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics.
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.
Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:
 From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."
From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog: "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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