Tag: Sigmund Freud

“Fear is a place”: SESSION 9’s Gothic Madness in Uncanny Places

On By C.H. NewellIn Brendan Sexton III, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Josh Lucas, Peter Mullan1 Comment

Brad Anderson's SESSION 9 explores our relationship to Gothic places, such as asylums, where Freud's Uncanny creates a state of dissociation.

Taking Back the Night with MS. 45: Gendered Fear in City Spaces

On By C.H. NewellIn Abel Ferrara, Crime, Drama, Exploitation, Film, Horror, Thriller, Zoë LundLeave a comment

Abel Ferrara's MS. 45 is a brutal exploitation flick about a mute woman who decides to make the city night safe for women again on her own.

A Dangerous Method: The Unbearable Burden of Knowing Freud and Jung

On By C.H. NewellIn Biography, David Cronenberg, Drama, Film, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Thriller, Viggo MortensenLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6wuWnzjPvU A Dangerous Method. 2011. Directed by David Cronenberg. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on his play The Talking Cure. Starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, & Vincent Cassel. Telefilm Canada/Ontario Media Development Corporation/Corus Entertainment/eOne Films. Rated 14A. 99 minutes. Biography/Drama ★★★★ I'll say it loud and proud 'till the day I …

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