Tag Archives: schizophrenia

Angst (1983)

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gerald Kargl Writers: Zbigniew Rybczynski and Gerald Kargl

Posted in Crime, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Thriller | Tagged 1983, angst, bathtub, cafe, crime, dog, drama, Erwin Leder, foreign, Gerald Kargl, horror, Josef Reitinger-Laska, Klaus Schulze, murder, murderer, necrophilia, prison, psychopath, schizophrenia, schizophrenic, serial killer, stab, thriller, wheelchair, Zbigniew Rybczynski | Leave a comment

Empire of Light (2022)

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Mendes Writer: Sam Mendes

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1980s, affair, atticus ross, beach, chariots of fire, cinema, coast, colin firth, crystal clarke, drama, empire of light, england, film, hannah onslow, lee smith, love, mental illness, michael ward, movies, ocean, olivia colman, pippa harris, projector, racism, relationship, riot, roger deakins, romance, sam mendes, schizophrenia, schizophrenic, sex, skinhead, tanya moodie, theater, theatre, toby jones, tom brooke, trent reznor | Leave a comment

An Angel at My Table (1990)

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writer: Laura Jones (Based on the books “To the Is-Land” and “An Angel at My Table” and “The Envoy from Mirror City” by Janet Frame)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1990, adaptation, an angel at my table, author, autobiography, biography, bridget ikin, doctor, don mcglashan, drama, ect, electroconvulsive therapy, hospital, institution, jane campion, janet frame, kerry fox, laura jones, metal hospital, misdiagnosis, new zealand, patient, poem, poet, poetry, schizophrenia, stuart dryburgh, the envoy from mirror city, to the is-land, true story, veronika haeussler, veronika jenet, writer, writing | Leave a comment

Images (1972)

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Altman Writer: Robert Altman (Based on the novel “In Search of Unicorns” by Susannah York)

Posted in Drama, Horror, Mystery | Tagged 1972, adaptation, affair, apparition, author, camera, cathryn harrison, doppelganger, hallucination, housewife, hugh millais, imagination, in search of unicorns, john williams, marcel bozzuffi, marriage, married, murder, rene auberjonois, robert altman, schizophrenia, schizophrenic, susannah york, tommy thompson, unicorn, vacation, vilmos zsigmond, writer | Leave a comment

Igbo Goes Down (2002)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Burr Steers Writer: Burr Steers

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2002, amanda peet, bill irwin, bill pullman, burr steers, celia weston, claire danes, comedy, coming of age, cynthia nixon, drama, dysfunctional family, eric bogosian, family, gore vidal, growing up, igby goes down, ill, illness, jared harris, jeff goldblum, jim haffigan, kieran culkin, new york, new york city, nyc, relationship, rory culkin, ryan phillippe, schizophrenia, schizophrenic, school, sick, susan sarandon, teenager | Leave a comment

Spider (2002)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Cronenberg Writer: Patrick McGrath (Based on the novel by Patrick McGrath)

Posted in Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 2002, adaptation, childhood, david cronenberg, drama, england, gabriel byrne, halfway house, howard shore, john neville, london, lynn redgrave, memory, mental illness, miranda richardson, mystery, patrick mcgrath, ralph fiennes, schizophrenia, spider, thriller | Leave a comment

Take Shelter (2011)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jeff Nichols Writer: Jeff Nichols

Posted in Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged 2011, apocalypse, apocalyptic, drama, dream, dreams, family, jeff nichols, jessica chastain, katy mixon, mental disorder, mental illness, michael shannon, paranoia, schizophrenia, shea whigham, storm, storm shelter, take shelter, visions | Leave a comment