Programme: 'Compulsion' 2012

The programme for the 2012 mini-festival focuses on 'Compulsion' and compulsive disorders. Join us for discussions of compulsive avoidance in phobia, compulsive diet restriction in anorexia and compulsive gambling.

 

 

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 9am: Vertigo (PG)

USA | 1958 | Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | 128 min

Introduced by Dr Tim Dalgleish of the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge.

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Thursday, March 15th 2012, 6pm: Black Swan (15)

USA | 2010 | Dir: Darren Aronofsky | 108 min

Introduced by Ms Sigal Spigel from the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies.

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Sunday, March 18th 2012, 2pm (TBC): Croupier (15)

France / UK | 1999 | Dirs: Mike Hodges | 94 min

Introduced by Dr Luke Clark, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge.

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