Critic's Pick: 'Matter of Heart'

Carl Jung is a cultural and scientific figure who looms so large that it’s hard to think of him as a guy who lived and was active not all that long ago. Indeed, the father of analytical psychology — who died in 1961 — stayed active well into his 80s, and a decade after his death, American psychologist Suzanne Wagner set to work interviewing and filming Jung’s surviving family, friends, patients and colleagues. The result was 1986’s Matter of Heart, a documentary described by local nonprofit the Nashville Jung Circle as “a vivid record of Jung’s life and influence and an extraordinary act of historical preservation.” On Thursday, the Nashville Jung Circle will present a screening of the film, with Matter of Heart producer Michael Whitney — a former Angeleno turned longtime Nashvillian — set to lead a post-screening discussion. As the NJC’s Adele Tyler points out, “Jung’s name pops up often in our culture” — including in Matt Johnson’s recent Anthony Bourdain kinda-sorta biopic Tony.

7 p.m. at the Belcourt

2102 Belcourt Ave.