After two Supreme Court justices are assassinated by a professional assassin (Stanley Tucci), law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) suspects the real motive might be greed, not politics. Based on this belief, she writes a legal brief and shows it to her law professor and lover Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard). He passes a copy of […]
Archives for April 2012
Northern Exposure: The Series
Whether it’s a snowy nude sprint down Main Street, the mysterious appearance of a long-lost relative, or the improbable death of yet another of Maggie’s boyfriends, life’s never dull in the remote hamlet of Cicely, Alaska. Colorful characters and quirky plots propelled Northern Exposure into the hearts of millions of viewers, earning the CBS “dramedy” […]
Social Anxiety Disorder and Cinema Therapy
Social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is an anxiety disorder in which a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. Anxiety (intense nervousness) and self-consciousness arise from a fear of being closely watched, judged, and criticized by others. A person with social anxiety disorder is afraid that he or she will […]
Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film
A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers’ psyches and are now considered seminal works of horror. Guiding readers along the twisted paths between audience, auteur, and cultural history, author Kendall R. Phillips reveals the macabre visions of these films’ directors in Dark Directions: […]