DEMOLITION
Tearing Down Walls
Against Grief

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | June 30, 2017

Director Jean-Marc Vallee’s film, Demolition, stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Davis Mitchell, a man who tragically loses his wife in a sudden car accident. If you haven’t seen the film, Demolition is a must-watch to understand the subtleties of this post and, more so, the intricacies of Davis’ reaction. This is a film about a man’s…

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WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
What Josh’s Alter Ego Teaches Him

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | May 26, 2015

Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young is much more than a look at how youth wants to outdo the old. How the older envy youth. Or, how a mid-life crisis leads to all kinds of desperate shenanigans. It’s also the story of 40-something Josh (Ben Stiller) who can’t move forward for complex psychological reasons. And, of…

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