Tag: depression

  • Incomplete Eclipse

    Marta (Lucie Patikova) was blinded in an accident brought on by her careless and indulgent younger sister. Now in a school for the blind, Marta keeps up her hope that she will one day see again, mainly because her mother – out of good intentions – has led her to believe that the blindness is…

  • The Brass Ring

    A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she refuses to seek professional health care.

  • Under the Volcano

    Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul’s self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced…

  • Typhoon Club

    Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.

  • Psycho III

    When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman’s former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and “Mother” is less than happy.

  • BoJack Horseman

    Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the ’90s , 20 years later. He’s a curmudgeon with a heart of…not quite gold…but something like gold. Copper?

  • Jack & Sarah

    Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs and lands on his head. When he comes around he discovers he is…

  • Italian for Beginners

    Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner’s course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with her own angst due to her lover’s debilitating illness. Meanwhile, a bank manager deals with an…

  • Bread and Tulips

    An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

  • Escaflowne: The Movie

    Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn’t quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey to fight the Black Dragon Clan. The battle over a legendary suit of dragon armor, Escaflowne, has…

  • Afterglow

    Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.

  • The Last Days of Disco

    Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

  • The Celebration

    The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a shocking secret.

  • Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

    Marilyn Monroe’s final project, “Something’s Got to Give”, has become one of the most talked about unfinished films in history. The story of the film and Marilyn’s last days were seemingly lost… until now. Through interviews, never-before-seen footage and an edited reconstruction of “Something’s Got to Give”, Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days provides a definitive…

  • Speaking of Sex

    A counselor, an expert on depression, and two attorneys try to help a couple who have marital problems.

  • Manic

    Follows the fate of Lyle, a violent adolescent who, in lieu of prison, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew – abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and anger – becomes Lyle’s last lifeline as he fights to…

  • Prozac Nation

    When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation’s struggle to navigate the effects of…

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion

    At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind’s last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come… but this time, humanity is ready to…

  • Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

    The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.