Good Night, and Good Luck. is set in 1953, during the early days of television broadcast journalism. Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his dedicated staff—headed by his co-producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney) and reporter Joseph Wershba (Robert Downey, Jr.) in the CBS newsroom—defy corporate and sponsorship pressures, and discredit the tactics used by Joseph […]
Archives for October 2005
North Country
In 1989, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children, Sam and Karen (Thomas Curtis, Elle Peterson), after escaping from her abusive husband. She moves in with her parents, Alice and Hank (Sissy Spacek, Richard Jenkins). Hank is ashamed of Josey, who became pregnant at the age of 16, […]
Dissociative Disorders and Cinema Therapy
Dissociative disorders are conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity, or perception. People with dissociative disorders use dissociation, a defense mechanism, pathologically and involuntarily. Dissociative disorders are thought to primarily be caused by psychological trauma. Dissociative disorders are so-called because they are marked by a dissociation from or interruption of a person’s […]
TVtherapy: The Television Guide to Life
Author: Beverly West Year of Release: 2005 There’s just no denying that where there’s family, there’s bound to be fire every once in a while, and the warm embrace of home can begin to feel a lot like a nuclear event. Fortunately, at times like these we can always turn to the greatest family fire […]