mental illness

One of William Blake’s core principles—and perhaps one of his more controversial in its day—was a formal rejection of organized religion. He believed it was more of a social …
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Mental illness on film is a tricky thing.

When it’s told in a straight-forward linear manner, it can feel hollow or disingenuous (looking at you, Ron Howard). But if it …
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There’s been an explosion of what I like to call “hipster horror” in the last few years. You know what I’m talking about–small budgets, realky hip-looking actors, long periods of …
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Big Sky is a bumbling, unfocused movie that has no idea what to do with the meager tools it has to work with.  Often, I find it lazy or uninspired …
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