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CLASS, RACE, AND SEXUAL PREFERENCES CLASH IN A FRENCH FILM The School of Flesh, the English translation of the film L’Ecole de la Chair, is based on a novel not yet translated into English by Yukio Mishima, whose gay proclivities came to an end though suicide in 1970. The film, released in France in 1998 […]

NEWEST WORKING PAPER PUBLISHED From State and Local Censorship to Ratings: Substantive Rationality, Political Entrepreneurship, and Sex in the Movies, written by Richard A. Brisbin, Jr., of the University of West Virginia, is the latest publication in the Political Film Society’s Working Paper Series. To obtain a copy, contact the Political Film Society’s website. QUEEN

NEWSLETTER BECOMES POLITICAL FILM REVIEW The continuing effort to professionalize the Political Film Society has turned up yet another innovation:  From now on, the newsletter will be known as the Political Film Review. A FEMINIST CARRIE REMINDS FILMVIEWERS THAT MACHO MEN STILL RAPE WITH INPUNITY The Rage: Carrie II, directed by Katt Shea, is a

POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY WEBSITE RECEIVES AWARD On February 22, 1999, the Political Website of the Day organization awarded the Political Film Society an award as “Website of the Day.” The award cup now appears on the Political Film Society’s website. In addition, an alternative website address is now available: “http://PFS.cjb.net” should be easier to keystroke.

POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY MEMBERS SELECT THE BEST FILMS OF 1998 Members of the Political Film Society selected the following as the best films of 1998 in raising political consciousness: PEACE          The Boxer          Regeneration          Saving Private Ryan X          Savior DEMOCRACY          Enemy of the State X          Four Days in September          Primary Colors

POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY MEMBERS NARROW LIST OF NOMINEES FOR BEST PEACE FILM Because one of the rules of thePolitical Film Society is that there can be only five nominees per category each year, members voted to determine the top five of the seven films of 1998 pre-nominated for promoting political consciousness of the desirability of

THREE FILMS FOCUS ON HOW INDIVIDUALS COPE WITH DISABILITY AND DISEASE Patch Adams, At First Sight, and Hilary and Jackie are among the most profound recently released films. All three provide important insights about how stress adversely affects health and are based on true stories. Patch Adams begins in a mental institution, where the protagonist

POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY MEMBERS VOTE TO NARROW LIST OF NOMINEES One of the rules of thePolitical Film Society is that there can be only five nominees per category each year. In 1998, seven films were pre-nominated for promoting political consciousness of the desirability of settling conflicts peacefully. Accordingly, members may now vote to narrow the

1998–THE MOST POLITICAL YEAR IN RECENT FILMMAKING Nominations for the best political films of 1998 closed on December 31. Fifteen films have been nominated, a record in the twelve-year history of the Political Film Society. According to the rules governing awards, film directors have been sent notifications that their films have been nominated. Since there

THREE FILMS SHOW HOW ANTI-TERRORISM METHODS IMPERIL LIBERTIES In The Siege, nominated for the best film of 1998 raising consciousness of the need to protect both democracy and human rights,  Edward Zwick (director of Courage Under Fire and Glory) poses a hypothetical:  What if terrorism graduated from retail bombings to wholesale slaughter in New York