This complex story from the early days of psychoanalysis engrosses and even amuses as it unfolds through a series of conversations, treatment sessions and exchanged letters. Scarcely a film one might ...

Breakout star of 2011 Michael Fassbender explores our primal pain in two of the fall's most provocative films, "Shame" and "A Dangerous Method." By Jay A. Fernandez Well, this is Michael Fassbender’s ...

Biopics have always been a difficult genre. Making a film about the life of a famous figure is a balancing act. Bad biopics do little to expand on the figure's established reputation, often coming off ...

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought." - Basho Fortunately, the wise have left giant footprints, and the example of their attainment. David Cronenberg's film A ...

Certain movies are good enough that they stranglehold my attention, and, barring some natural disaster, keep my eyes glued to the celluloid. Other movies are terrible and make me wish that I was ...

Adapted by Christopher Hampton from his stage play The Talking Cure, itself based on the 1993 non-fiction book by John Kerr, A Most Dangerous Method. Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, ...