Film Reviews Archive - Harry Karlinsky

0.9 Ampere

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was first administered over 70 years ago. The amount of electric charge required to induce a seizure

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire

The film Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire is indeed very much the personal journey of

The Sterilization of Leilani Muir

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Alberta and BC governments passed legislation that allowed for the forced sterilization

Primo Amore (First Love)

Anorexia nervosa can be a devastating and chronic disorder associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A recent film dealing with

Love is the Devil – Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is often regarded as the greatest of the modern British painters, best known for painting bleak and

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Most reviews of The Devil and Daniel Johnston contain the word heartbreaking. The film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston,

Keane

Keane is director Lodge Kerrigan’s third feature film and was executively produced by Steven Soderbergh. Considered by the Austin Chronicle

I am a Sex Addict

There seems to be something paradoxical about the concept of sexual addiction. Addictions are supposed to be associated with clinically

The Alma Drawings

Alma Rumball was born in Huntsville, Ontario in 1902. Raised as a devout Christian, she lived a quiet and unremarkable

Zelig

Zelig is a Woody Allen film classic worth revisiting. It is the story of Leonard Zelig, a man who can

Grey Gardens

There are two questions that plague every psychiatrist: What is normal, anyway? And was F. Scott Fitzgerald correct—are the rich

Thin

The cultural mainstream in Western society is one where the ideal is thin and being overweight is often interpreted to

Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies is perhaps best known as the only American film ever restricted from full public exhibition for reasons other

Lars and the Real Girl

Released in 2007, Lars and the Real Girl, the directorial debut of Craig Gillespie achieved a surprisingly successful reception for

Hoffman’s Potion: The Early Years of LSD

The hallucinogen lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was accidentally discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann. Surprisingly, a significant amount

Team Spirit: The Jordin and Terence Tootoo Story

The suicide rate of Inuit in Canada is well known and alarming – generally cited as six to 11 times

Death in Love: The Legacy of Survival

For those who endured Nazi persecution, the horrors did not end with the war. Although a significant percentage of Holocaust