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: Mental Healthcare
Requiem for a Dream / Factory Girl / Shame
Resuming my look-back at the Cinematic Representations of Mental Illness course I attended at Crouch End Picturehouse late last year, for its fourth week three powerful films explored themes of addiction. Addiction has […]
The Machinist / Coherence / Unsane
Week three of the Cinematic Representations of Mental Illness course I recently attended at Crouch End Picturehouse explored three films chosen to represent the theme of psychosis. The topic was introduced with a […]
Hannibal “Buffet Froid”
Title: Hannibal “Buffet Froid” Writer: Andy Black & Chris Brancato and Bryan Fuller Director: John Dahl Network: NBC Original Airdate: 30 May 2013 Late last year I savoured the final, dramatic episodes of Hannibal (2013-15), a […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation “Frame of Mind”
Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation “Frame of Mind” Writer: Brannon Braga Director: James L. Conway Network: first-run syndication Original Airdate: 3 May 1993 This month marks the first anniversary for this blog. Across that year […]
Millennium “The Pest House”
Title: Millennium “The Pest House” Writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong Director: Alan Coulter Network: Fox Original Airdate: 27 February 1998 For Halloween, and as something of a companion piece to my previous post on the Perception episode “Asylum“, I wanted […]
Perception “Asylum”
Title: Perception “Asylum” Writers: Kenneth Biller & Mike Sussman Director: Alan Poul Network: TNT Original Airdate: 9 July 2012 Today is World Mental Health Day. Since 1992, this day has been utilised by the World Federation for Mental […]
