Summer Survivors -- the debut feature by Lithuanian filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze -- one may imagine a quirky indie comedy with touches of the absurd. While the film does have its share of lighthearted, funny moments, there is a steady vein of wistful melancholy running through it from frame one. Indre (Indre Patkauskaite) arrives at a small psychiatric hospital, hoping to work with one of the esteemed doctors there. Although she is interested in working with a biofeedback machine, and not actual human beings, she winds up being asked to transport two patients to the seaside town of Palanga (on the opposite end of the small country). She protests, but is pressured into the task. Accompanying her on the trip is Paulius (Paulius Markevicius), a young man with bipolar disorder; Juste (Gelmine Glemzaite), a young woman recovering from a suicide attempt; and a kindly older nurse. Much of the comedy stems from Indre's awkwardness with the patients, whom she is constantly afraid will have … [Read more...] about Toronto 2018 Review: SUMMER SURVIVORS, A Sensitive Look at Mental Health
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AP Exclusive: Washington hospital is ‘like going into hell’
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US: Care lacking at troubled Washington psychiatric hospital
Martha Bellisle, Associated Press Updated 1:57 pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 FILE - In this file photo taken April 11, 2017, a security officer stands on steps at the entrance to Western State Hospital, in Lakewood, Wash. When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted a surprise inspection at Western State Hospital in May 2018, they found so many glaring health and safety violations that they stripped the facility of its certification and cut its federal funding. less FILE - In this file photo taken April 11, 2017, a security officer stands on steps at the entrance to Western State Hospital, in Lakewood, Wash. When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted a ... more Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP US: Care lacking at troubled Washington … [Read more...] about US: Care lacking at troubled Washington psychiatric hospital
Mini movie reviews: ‘The Innocents,’ ‘The Music of Strangers,’ ‘Zero Days’
The InnocentsUnrated: Mature themes. In subtitled Polish and French.Theater: Edina. Battlefield savagery, spiritual crises and sins of the world collide in this moving World War II docudrama. Just after the war’s end in Poland, Mathilde (rising starlet Lou de Laâge of “The Wait”), a young French Red Cross doctor aiding wounded soldiers, is sought for help by the local nuns’ convent. Soviet troops, pushing west, traumatized several sisters with rape and pregnancy. They are also troubled by the fear that God will condemn their childbearing as a fall from grace. The cast portrays the characters with remarkable empathy. The fact-based script by Alice Vial and Sabrina B. Karine offer a compassionate exploration of the tensions between religious faith and medical science, Christianity’s consolations and its demands. Director Anne Fontaine and cinematographer Caroline Champetier convey a literal fear of hellfire in their use of blazing oil lamps in cold, … [Read more...] about Mini movie reviews: ‘The Innocents,’ ‘The Music of Strangers,’ ‘Zero Days’
Danbury Hospital surgeons remove woman’s 132-pound tumor
By Rob Ryser Updated 1:15 pm, Thursday, May 3, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1of/10 CaptionClose Image 1 of 10 Buy photo Dr David Goldenberg, left, Dr Karl Kulikowski and Dr Vaagn Andikyan, right, in a Danbury Hospital operating room. The doctors were part of a team from the hospital that removed a 132-pound tumor from a woman's ovary. May 2, 2018, at Danbury Hospital, in Danbury, … [Read more...] about Danbury Hospital surgeons remove woman’s 132-pound tumor