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Spider

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – 7:30pm
Canada/Great Britain 2002. Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Randall F. White.

David Cronenberg’s magnificent, bleak Spider stars Ralph Fiennes in a tour-de-force performance as Dennis Clegg, nicknamed “Spider” during childhood because of a fascination with arachnids. After thirty years in a facility for the mentally ill, he is released to an East End London halfway house, where he receives little care or attention …

Talhotblond

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 – 7:30pm
USA 2009. Director: Barbara Schroeder

Post-screening discussion with Dr. Rob Tarzwell

“Talhotblond” was the username of beautiful 18-year-old Jessi, a high-school senior from West Virginia. Jessi met Tommy, a buff, brave 18-year-old soldier (username: marinesniper) in an internet chat room, and the pair stuck up an intense, passionate, two-year on-line affair.

Crazy Love

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 – 7:30pm
USA 2007. Director: Dan Klores
Co-sponsored by Vancouver Coastal Health Community Mental Health and Addictions.

Landing soundly in the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction realm, Crazy Love is the astonishing story of an obsessive roller-coaster relationship that first dominated newspaper headlines in the United States almost 50 years ago.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 – 7:30pm
USA 2005. Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
An acclaimed look at indie-rock singer-songwriter and cartoonist Daniel Johnston, whose life has been marked by wild fluctuations due to his severe mental illness.Post-screening discussion with Luke Meat, Music Coordinator at CiTR 101.9 FM

Talhotblond

Wedneday, October 20, 2010 – 7:30pm
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Rob Tarzwell

Talhotblond“Talhotblond” was the username of beautiful 18-year-old Jessi, whose online persona led to a real-life murder.