mental illness
The Golden Bear winning, Oscar nominated On Body and Soul is one of the most bizarre love stories in recent memory. It’s a treat for adventurous viewers.
With a story full of surprising twists and turns, a canvas of dazzling onscreen visuals, and a career-best performance from Middleditch, Entanglement succeeds on several tiers.
Despite a semi-autobiographical approach to the mental illness theme, Elizabeth Blue feels cliched- and suffers from a dreadful finale.
The Work is an essential piece of filmmaking that’s powerful in its observation and packs a strong emotional punch.
A Boy Called Po lacks a realistic exploration of autism, falling into common tropes surrounding the depiction of autism in Hollywood films.
Megan Leavey’s delivers a good story, almost making up for its lack of focus and unwillingness to commit to its main storyline.
Paint it Black is an impressive debut from director Amber Tamblyn, with strong performances shining brighter than the visual quirks.
God Knows Where I Am lacks the necessary energy, yet successfully tackles the issues of freedom and the unnecessary loss of life.
My Name is Emily tries to be intellectual and heartwarming at the same time, but finds itself biting off more than it can chew.
James McAvoy shines in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, in which he portrays an array of characters as a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder.
After Fire focuses on a female veteran named Valerie Sullivan, discussing how women in the military deal with trauma after coming home from war.
The documentary Off The Rails tells the unusual story of a man with Asperger’s whose extreme love for transit has landed him in jail 32 times.
Post-traumatic stress disorder – abbreviated as PTSD – has been a subject in film as far back as the 1946 John Huston documentary Let There Be Light. Since the Invasion of Iraq, it’s become a prevalent concept. One of the most original to have been made is Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic Taxi Driver.
Let me know if you’ve heard this one. A man wakes up after an accident with no memory of who he is or where he’s been, and while incredibly disabling, his predicament leads him down a lengthy search to discover his past and identity. This and other uses of memory loss have been popular in film for generations.
Usually I will have heard about a film before it is released. It’s odd when that doesn’t happen. It’s even odder when the film was originally released almost a year ago and I still haven’t heard about it.
