At times blurring the lines between reality and delusion, these films invite audiences to question their perceptions of right and wrong through the complex people they portray. Movies about psychopaths unveil the multifaceted layers of their characters' mental states, inciting a desire to unravel the...
At times blurring the lines between reality and delusion, these films invite audiences to question their perceptions of right and wrong through the complex people they portray. Movies about psychopaths unveil the multifaceted layers of their characters' mental states, inciting a desire to unravel the...
The spirits tempt Alice with her heart’s desire and this keeps her invested in doing what they want, even when it becomes increasingly clear that something is wrong. Alice makes mistakes, ignoring Doris’ needs in favor of her own being chief among them. This is successfully portrayed as ...
He began suffering from a rare form of epilepsy that caused delusions and psychotic attacks. When Gauguin was visited, he had an attack and famously cut off his earlobe. Van Gogh’s struggle with mental illness, unfortunately, did not stop there. He voluntarily put himself in an asylum in ...
As the film progresses, we learn that the adoption agency has secretly worked with a psychiatrist doing identical-twins research on nature vs nurture, mental illness, and parenting methods. The amazing story is told with interviews, film clips and a series of unexpected revelations. I enjoyed ...
carefully considering both how circumstance can suddenly mutate into existential despair and what it means to manage serious mental illness over a lifetime. The result is an unflinching meditation on permanence with a final scene that will burn in your brain as only the most resonant renderings of...
My assumptions about what Reynolds wanted to do with these books have been wrong for over a decade. For Machine Vendetta, here’s the thing. It has an exciting story to tell, but one that takes a lot of setup. And Reynolds drags out that setup so that the first third of the novel ...
We’re all thinking damn, now that’s a woman who looks good in uniform! Best known as Major Sarah MacKenzie in "JAG," Catherine Lisa Bell stole the hearts of Americans and Marines alike! She is quoted as saying: “Almost every Marine I’ve met says I portray a Marine dead...
For years, audiences were used to seeing Joseph Gordon-Levitt portray the wholesome romantic in films such asThe Ten Things I Hate About Youand500 Days of Summer; his work inDon Jonchanged all of that. Don is a carefree man living his best life, or so he thinks. Longing to find a dee...
The story is believed to be the truth about Burroughs’ troubled life, with some creative liberties taken to portray the darkest corners of his mind. In the movie, the protagonist is named Bill Lee (Peter Weller), an exterminator who discovers that his supply of insecticide is being used as...