Why do screenwriters hate therapists so much? In most cases, accuracy and verisimilitude are important to a film’s pedigree, but that’s rarely the case when dealing with licensed mental health counselors. Psychologists in popular entertainment rarely resemble anything like their real-life counterparts — morally, legally, temperamentally. They’re either silent, judgmental … [Read more...]
Revenge of the nerd: Stone’s crackling, gripping ‘Snowden’
Oliver Stone’s Snowden is not Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour, even if at first it’s hard to tell them apart. If you’ve seen Poitras’ Oscar-winning documentary about her and Glenn Greenwald’s clandestine interview with the game-changing whistleblower, the déjà vu is inescapable. Within minutes of Stone’s biopic, we’re back in the Hong Kong hotel room, and Stone’s actors — … [Read more...]