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Lust and the eternal triangle are played out rather well in William Conrad’s 1965 neo-noir dark thriller film Brainstorm, starring Jeffrey Hunter. Producer-director William Conrad’s 1965 neo-noir dark thriller film Brainstorm stars Jeffrey Hunter as a handsome […]
‘BUCK UP! LOOK UP! CHEER UP!… SING!’ Director Lewis Milestone’s 1933 Hallelujah I’m a Bum had to be urgently retitled Hallelujah I’m a Tramp in the UK, where it was released in a version where […]
Cillian Murphy stars as a suicidal young man sent to stay in a Dublin psychiatric hospital, where he meets influential new friends, in John Carney’s 2001 Irish drama film On the Edge. Co-writer/ director John Carney’s 2001 Irish […]
Director Jane Campion’s extravagantly praised 1990 New Zealand film production is based on the autobiography of Janet Frame, in which the awkward, agonised, curly red-headed heroine struggles through mental hospital, school and college to liberation […]
‘Suicide is a dreadful sin. The souls of those who committed suicide are obliged to repeat their painful deaths every day.’ So, this 2004 sequel is not a very cheerful Asian chiller then, as the […]
Writer-director François Ozon’s 1998 French surreal black comedy is shockingly funny and, at heart, thoughtful and intelligent. It traces the arrival of a pet rat that causes chaos in the household of a wealthy suburban […]
Director James Mangold’s excellent biographical drama is based on writer Susanna Kaysen’s account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the Sixties. It is a powerful, harrowing movie, along the lines of One […]