Night Stalker “What’s the Frequency, Kolchak?”
One of the few consolations of recent months has been the opportunity to make some headway into the perpetual pile of unwatched DVDs stacked in the cabinet beneath my television. […]
Category Archives: Grief
Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Normal Again”
It was my privilege to have been asked to appear on a recently released instalment of the Projections podcast, a production that mostly discusses film from various psychological perspectives. The […]
Melancholia / The Girl on the Train / Three Colours: Blue
For week two of the excellent Cinematic Representations of Mental Illness course at my local cinema, the lovely Crouch End Picturehouse, we explored three distinctive movies that had been selected for their […]
Adaptation. / The Invitation / Safe
In the past fortnight I have started an evening course being run over six weekly sessions at my local cinema, the stylish and welcoming Crouch End Picturehouse, one of my favourite […]
EastEnders “Lee Carter’s Suicide Bid”
Title: EastEnders Writer: Lauren Klee Director: Toby Frow Network: BBC One Airdate: 30 December 2016 Today is Time to Talk Day in the UK, an initiative by the Time for Change […]
The Living and the Dead
Title: The Living and the Dead Writers: Ashley Pharoah, Simon Tyrell, Robert Murphy & Peter McKenna Directors: Alice Troughton & Sam Donovan Network: BBC One Original Airdate: 28 June – 2 August 2016 For Halloween, I […]
The Fisher King
Title: The Fisher King Writer: Richard LaGravenese Director: Terry Gilliam Studio: TriStar Pictures Release Date: 27 September 1991 It is a year ago today that we lost one of the great actors […]
Monk “Mr. Monk and the Candidate”
Title: Monk “Mr. Monk and the Candidate” Writer: Andy Breckman Director: Dean Parisot Network: USA Network Original Airdate: 12 July 2002 To date on the blog I have—quite deliberately—focussed upon series that have resonated with […]
Frasier “Good Grief”
Title: Frasier “Good Grief” Writer: Christopher Lloyd Director: Pamela Fryman Network: NBC Original Airdate: 24 September 1998 Comedy and mental health can make for strange bedfellows. There is a significant danger that, in rending humour from situations or […]
FRAME OF MIND 