Year: 2005

Thursday, August 18, 2005 – 7:30 pm
United Kingdom / Canada 2002. Director: David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg’s magnificent, bleak Spider stars
Ralph Fiennes in a tour-de-force performance as Dennis Clegg, nicknamed
“Spider” by his mother during his childhood because of his fascination
with arachnids and their webs. Spider has spent the last thirty years
in a facility for the mentally ill.

Preceded by

Patricia Grey

Canada, 2004. Director: Anne Koizumi

A dark animated short about the haunted world of a woman, Patricia Grey, whose daughter has
been strangled with her skipping rope. The viewer sees Patricia as she
is led through her excruciating and painful interrogation about her
daughter’s death.

Thursday, June 16, 2005 – 7:30 pm
Australia/United Kingdom, 1996. Director: Scott Hicks
Post-screening discussion with Dr Mark Welch

An unexpected international box office sensation, Shine grossed well over $100 million
worldwide and garnered seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Film), with
newcomer Geoffrey Rush taking home the Best Actor Award. The film is based on the
true story of David Helfgott, an Australian pianist and child prodigy who is emotionally
brutalized by his father

NEIGHBOURS: FREUD AND HITLER IN VIENNA

Canada, 2003. Dir: Manfred Becker
Post-screening discussant: Manfred Becker
THURS. MAY 12th at 7:30 pm

THE MACHINIST

USA/Spain, 2003. Dir: Brad Anderson
Post-screening discussant: Dr. Roland Atkinson
FRI. MAY 13th at 7:30 pm

“STORMY WEATHER”

Belgium/France/Iceland, 2003. Dir: Solveig Anspach
Post-screening discussant: Dr. Laura Chapman
SAT. MAY 14th at 7:30 pm

“OUT OF THE SHADOW”

USA, 2004. Dir: Susan Smiley
Post-screening discussant: Susan Smiley
Introduced by Mayor Larry Campbell and Karen O’Shannacery
SUN. MAY 15th at 7:30 pm
A Benefit for the Lookout Emergency Aid Society

SPECIAL WORKSHOPS:

“Treating Tony Soprano” with Dr. Roland Atkinson: Sat. May 14th at 2:00 pm
“The Sterilization of Leilani Muir” with Leilani Muir and Jay Chalke: Sun. May 15th at 2:00 pm

Thursday, April 21, 2005 – 7:30 pm
USA 1972. Director: Peter Robinson
Post-screening discussion with Richard W. Adams& Andrew Feldmár

In 1971, a trio of
filmmakers was granted permission by its residents to film for six
weeks in a unique home for “mentally troubled” individuals in London,
UK. The Archway Community was based in large part on the theories of
the late radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing, in particular his belief that
a communal living arrangement could avoid the hierarchical structure of
the usual doctor-patient relationship and break the cycle of people
being fruitlessly shuttled between mental hospitals and their often
dysfunctional homes.