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It’s our mini ep on Love Actually (2003), Directed by Richard Curtis. This generation’s favourite Christmas movie. But you know what we watch Christmas rom coms for right? MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY! Obviously. Maz Fornasier joins us for this special episode, and she is an efficient talker. Michael pls take some pointers.
CONTENT WARNING: psychosis, stalking, death of a parent, suicide, Hugh Grant.
We also lightly/heavily image shame Thomas Sangster Brody, sorry.
Refinery: Andrew Lincoln's character is a stalker
Inverse: Andrew Lincoln's character is a stalker
Five Thirty Eight: The Definitive Analysis of Love Actually
The Guardian: The Patriarchy, actually
Pajiba: The real villain of the movie is Laura Linney's brother's cockblock of a mental hospital
The Tab: All the men in Love Actually are literal trash, but who is the worst?
Episode 48: Drop Dead Fred and ”Imaginary Friend Syndrome” with Ariadne Giousmas
Episode 47: Married At First Sight & the brutal reality of Reality TV with Clare Verrall
2023 Psychocinematic Trailer
Episode 46: Your Fave & Flop Films of 2022!
Episode 45: Falling for Christmas- Lindsay is back! And so are outrageous representations of amnesia (with Emily & Heather McIntyre)
Episode 44: Bojack Horseman the cartoon horse teaches us everything about mental illness (with Annie Ware)
Episode 43: Hannah Diviney talks Latecomers, disability advocacy and serious plans to take over the world
Episode 42: ADHD is being Everything Everywhere All At Once (with Jordan Bastian)
Episode 41: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 2. Black Swan (with Ash Roberts)
Episode 40: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The Exorcist asks, have you considered your mental illness could simply be a touch of demon possession?
PATREON BONUS: The Babysitters Club- Stacey’s Emergency: Diabetes is not simply a maths game
Episode 39: Looking for Alibrandi and life as an Italian immigrant family in 1960’s Australia (With Frank Fornasier)
Episode 38: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 1. Requiem for A Dream (with Nic Fornasier)
Episode 37: Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey and the psychology of abusive cults (with Merowyn Olaver)
Episode 36: The Babadook is actually grief, depression, trauma, and a fabulous queer icon
Episode 35: We Need To Talk About The Butterfly Effect
Episode 34: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: a film nerd and psychologist’s literal dream (with Indi Gage)
Episode 33: Moon Knight- have we progressed in our portrayals of Dissociative Identity Disorder in 2022?
Episode 32: Russian Doll, and trying to stop dying and start living after trauma (with Maz Fornasier)
Episode 31: Human Resources & Perinatal Mental Illness (with Clary Garrett)
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