Selected book reviews
Review of H. Gardner’s The mind's new science: A history of the cognitive revolution. British Journal of Psychology, 78, 135-136, 1987.
Ready for action. Review of N. Frijda's The emotions. Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 Feb 1987.
Gaps in consciousness: Emotions and memory in psychoanalysis. Review of M. Erdelyi's Psychoanalysis: Freud's cognitive psychology, and C. Wegman's Psychoanalysis and cognitive psychology. In Cognition and Emotion, 2, 3-18, 1988.
Time into mind. Review of E. Poppel's Mindworks: Time and conscious experience. In Contemporary Psychology, 35, 463-464, 1990.
Living together. Review of C. Lutz’s Unnatural emotions: Everyday sentiments on a Micronesian atoll and their challenge to Western theory. In Cognition and Emotion, 5, 65-79, 1991.
Vicissitudes of the self. Review of Shame: The exposed self, by Michael Lewis. In Contemporary Psychology, 38, 1265-1266, 1993.
Davies’ Cunning Man too late meets the snake of wisdom. Review of The Cunning Man, by Robertson Davies, in Toronto Star, October 29, 1994.
Opening a window on twisted souls. Review of Rewriting the soul: Multiple personality and the sciences of memory, by Ian Hacking, In Toronto Star, May 13 1995.
An elementary account of the life of Holmes’ creator. Review of Conan Doyle, by Michael Coren, In Globe and Mail, December 16, 1995.
*Democracy and other dangers of novel-gazing. Review of Poetic Justice, by Martha Nussbaum. In Globe and Mail, May 11, 1996.
Survival of the cowardly. Review of J. LeDoux. The emotional brain: The mysterious underpinnings 0f emotional life. In New Scientist, 153, 36-37, 1997.
Emotions and human flourishing. Review of The Therapy of Desire, and Poetic Justice, by Martha Nussbaum, In Cognition and Emotion, 11, 307-330. 1997.
Expanding our intelligence, Review of Extraordinary Minds, by Howard Gardner. In Literary Review of Canada, 7, April 1999, 3-5.
The birth of the new, Review of Disgrace, by J. M. Coetzee, In Literary Review of Canada, 7, Winter 1999-2000, 3-6.
Review of How we feel: The science of human emotions, by Victor Johnston, In Evolution and Human Behavior, (2000), 21, 141-144.
*Forgetfulness of things past. Review of The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, and Vertigo, by W.G. Sebald, In Literary Review of Canada, 8, September 2000, 19-21.
Why Jonee kant spel gud. Review of Failing our Kids: How we are Ruining our Public Schools, by Charles Ungerleider, in Globe & Mail, 10 May 2003.
Belgrade nightmare. Review of The Speaking Cure, by David Homel. Literary Review of Canada, 11, December 2003, p. 26.
Emotional payoffs. Review of Film structure and the emotion system, by Greg. M. Smith, in Trends in Cognitive Science (2004).
Dreaming spires (Three for thought), Globe and Mail, 19 February 2005, D19.
Bullies learning from babies. Review of Roots of Empathy: Changing the world child by child, by Mary Gordon, in Globe & Mail, 28 January 2006, D4.
Hierarchy and its discontents. Review by Keith Oatley & Thomas Scheff of The spirit level: Why more equal societies almost always do better (2009). Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. London: Allen Lane. PsycCRITIQUES, 54, (50), 2009, pp. [np]
In the now. Review of Mindful America: The mutual transformation of Buddhist meditation and American culture, by Jeff Wilson. Oxford University Press. Literary Review of Canada, November 2014, pp. 30-31.
The care in health care. Review of Love, fear and health: How our attachments to others shape health and health care, by Robert Maunder and Jonathan Hunter. Literary Review of Canada, April 2016, p. 23.
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Selected film reviews
Robots among us. Review of I Robot (2005) dir Alex Proyas in PsycCRITIQUES. 50 (8) 2006, [np]
Emotion machine. Review of Vera Drake (2005) dir Mike Leigh in PsycCRITIQUES. 50 (17) 2006, [np]
The bridge between us. Review of Crash (2005) dir Paul Haggis in PsycCRITIQUES. 50 (33) 2006, [np]
*Between the known and the unknown. Review of Saraband (2005). Dir. Ingmar Bergman in PsycCRITIQUES. 50 (43) 2006, [np]
*Closely observed. Review of Gabrielle (2006) dir Patrice Chéreau in PsycCRITIQUES. 51 (50) 2006, [np.]
*A funny thing happened. Review of Little Miss Sunshine (2006) dirs. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris in PsycCRITIQUES. 52 (9), 2007, [np.]
*Little did he know. Review of Stranger than Fiction (2006) dir. Marc Forster in PsycCRITIQUES. 52 (12) 2007, [np.]
*Power of observation. Review of The lives of others (2007) dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. PsycCRITIQUES. 52 (27) 2007, [np.]
*An emotional climate. Review of The great new wonderful (2007) dir. Danny Leiner. PsycCRITIQUES. 52 (30) 2007, [np.]
*Coming together. Review of Away from her (2006) dir. Sarah Polley, PsycCRITIQUES. 52 (39) 2007, [np.]
Changing a life. Review of The wind that shakes the barley (2006), dir Ken Loach. PsycCRITIQUES. 52 (41) 2007 [np.]
*Uncanny. Review of Pan’s labyrinth (2006), dir. Guillermo del Toro. PsycCRITIQUES, 53 (5), 2008, pp. [np]
*Pregnancy test. Review of Waitress (2007), dir. Adrienne Shelly. PsycCRITIQUES, 53 (10), [np]
Empathy in a bleak time. Review of Four months, three weeks, and two days (2007), dir. Cristian Mungiu. PsycCRITIQUES, 53 (11), 2008, [np]
The inner world. Review of Fanny and Alexander (1982) dir. Ingmar Bergman, PsycCRITIQUES, 53 (27), 2008, pp. [np]
Role relations. Review of Rachel getting married (2008) dir. Jonathan Demme, PsycCRITIQUES, 53 (47), 2008, pp. [np]
The language of consciousness. Review of Youth without youth (2007) dir. Francis Ford Coppola, PsycCRITIQUES, 53 (49), 2008, pp. [np]
What should we do? Review of Decalogue 1 to 5 (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski, PsycCRITIQUES, 54 (1), 2009, pp. [np]
Rules we live by. Review of Decalogue 6 to 10 (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski, PsycCRITIQUES, 54 (1), 2009, pp. [np]
Projection and contempt. Review of Vertigo (1958) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, PsycCRITIQUES, 54, (34), 2009, pp. [np]
Just for a laugh. Review of Welcome to the sticks (2008) dir. Dany Boon, PsycCRITIQUES, 54 (45), 2009, pp. [np]
Other bodies, other minds. Review of Avatar (2009) dir. James Cameron, PsycCRITIQUES, 55 (5), 2010, pp. [np]
Very psychological. Review of An education (2009) dir. Lone Scherfig, PsycCRITIQUES, 55 (9), 2010, pp. [np]
Unforgiveable. Review of Life during wartime (2009) dir. Todd Solondz, PsycCRITIQUES, 55 (48), 2010, pp. [np]
The tenacity of an idea. Review of Inception (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan, PsycCRITIQUES, 55 (50), 2010, pp. [np]
Movements of the mind. Review of The battleship Potemkin (1925) dir. Sergei Eisenstein, PsycCRITIQUES, 55 (52), 2010, pp. [np]
Fame. Review of Citizen Kane (1941) dir. Orson Welles, PsycCRITIQUES, 56 (12), 2011, pp. [np]
A view from the interior. Review by Keith Oatley & Ryan Niemiec of Black swan (2011) dir. Darren Aronofsky, PsycCRITIQUES, 56 (17), 2010, pp. [np]
The face of humanity. Review of Persona (1966) dir. Ingmar Bergman, PsycCRITIQUES, 56(22), 2011, pp. [np]
The right thing. Review of Casablanca (1942) dir. Michael Curtiz, PsycCRITIQUES, 56(36), 2011, pp. [np]
Things as they might be. Review of Le Havre (2011) dir. Aki Kaurismäki, PsycCRITIQUES, 57(7), 2012, pp. [np
Caring in the community. Review of Filmmaker in residence (2009) dir. Katerina Cizek, PsycCRITIQUES, 57(12), 2012, pp. [np]
Coercion. Review of A separation (2011) dir. Askhar Farhadi, PsycCRITIQUES, 57(17), 2012, pp. [np]
Beneath the surface. Review of Monsieur Lazhar (2011) dir. Philippe Falardeau, PsycCRITIQUES, 57(18), 2012, pp. [np]
Faith. Review of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) dir. Lasse Hallström, PsycCRITIQUES, 57(34), 2012, pp. [np]
Coming closer. Review of The sessions (2012) dir. Ben Lewin, PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (1), 2013, pp. [np]
Selves and others. Review of Anna Karenina (2012) dir. Joe Wright, PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (3), 2013, pp. [np]
Hope springs. Review of Silver Linings Playbook (2012) dir. David O, Russell, PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (15), 2013, pp. [np]
Who are we? Review of Holy Motors (2012) dir. Leos Carax, PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (28), 2013, pp. [np]
Dream. Review of The Great Gatsby (2013) dir. Baz Luhrmann, PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (41), 2013, pp. [np]
Stage of life. Review of Tokyo Story (1953) dir. Yasujiro Ozu, PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (42), 2013, pp. [np]
Search. Review of Particle Fever (2013) dir. Mark Levinson, PsycCRITIQUES, 59 (16), 2014, pp. [np]
In the picture. Review of Tim’s Vermeer (2013) dir. Teller, PsycCRITIQUES, 59 (31), 2014, pp. [np]
Growing Up in America. Review of Boyhood (2014) dir. Richard Linklater, PsycCRITIQUES, 59 (50), 2014, pp. [np]
Coded messages. Review of The Imitation Game (2014) dir. Morten Tyldum, PsycCRITIQUES, 59 (52), 2014, pp. [np]
Emotions in mind. Review of Inside Out (2015) dirs. Pete Docter & Ronaldo del Carmen. The Psychologist (2015), 28, p. 686.
First thought, second thought. Review of Black or White (2014) dir. Mike Binder. PsycCRITIQUES, 60 (37), 2015, pp. [np]
The world within and the world outside. Review of Room (2015) dir. Lenny Abrahamson. PsycCRITIQUES, 60 (52), 2015, pp. [np]
Worlds of imagination. Review of The young and prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013, 2015) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. PsycCRITIQUES, 61 (7), 2016, pp. [np]
Dilemma. Review of Eye in the sky (2015) dir. Gavin Hood. PsycCRITIQUES, 61 (24), 2016, pp. [np]
The time is now. Review of Arrival (2016) dir. Denis Villeneuve. PsycCRITIQUES, 62 (14), 2017, pp. [np]
Presentation of self. Review of The salesman (2016) dir. Asghar Farhadi. PsycCRITIQUES, 62 (24), 2017, pp. [np]
The psychology of cities. Review of Citizen Jane (2016) dir. Matt Tyrnauer. PsycCRITIQUES, 62 (33), 2017, pp. [np]
Better angels. Review of Wings of Desire (1987) dir. Wim Wenders. PsycCRITIQUES, 62 (39), 2017, pp. [np]
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