Audiences were captivated by the women of Wisteria Lane in the first season of Desperate Housewives, the breakout hit from ABC that almost single-handedly lifted the network from its ratings doldrums and brought back the classic TV soap, remixed now with satire, comedy, and mystery. An affectionate yet darkly tinged send-up of suburbia that skirted […]
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Cinema Therapy
Autism Spectrum Disorders are disorders that fall on the autism spectrum or autistic spectrum. They describe a range of conditions called pervasive developmental disorders, which include autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), childhood disintegrative disorder, and Rett syndrome, although usually only the first three conditions are considered part of the autism […]
The Festival for Cinema of the Deaf
In 2001, the nonprofit organization The Chicago Institute for the Moving Image (CIMI) formed a think tank on the subject of “Deaf Cinema”, in order to address the specific needs of deaf audiences at a deaf film festival setting. Then in 2002, they founded the Festival for Cinema of the Deaf and held consecutive festivals […]
Brokeback Mountain
In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are hired by Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) to herd his sheep through the summer in Wyoming. After a night of heavy drinking, Jack makes a sexual pass at Ennis, who is initially apprehensive but eventually falls to Jack’s advances. Though he informs Jack […]
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