All Episodes
Peculiar Picture Show — 76 episodes
500 Days of Summer: A Deconstruction of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Taxi Driver: You Talkin’ to Me? (and PTSD)
Lady Bird: A Millennial Coming-of-Age Story
Joker: Why So Seriously Wrong on Mental Illness?
Maria and Brandon on Horror Movies
Terminator 2: The Best Action Movie of All Time
Batman Returns: All About That Catsuit
Annie Hall: Intellectual Woes and Relationship Age Gaps
Minisode: Dealing with Grief
Minisode: Our Favorite Marvel Movies
Elle: Comfort in the Uncomfortable
Network: Still Mad As Hell, Still Relevant
Vacation Minisode (in which Brandon asks Royal Caribbean to host a cat wedding)
Maria and Brandon: Origins (Getting Diagnosed with Mental Illness)
Her: Love, Technology, and Mental Health
2020 in Movies, and New Movie Picks
The Big Lebowski: Giving Approximately 280 Fucks About Philosophy and Politics
There Will Be Blood: Capitalism, Religion, and Invisible Illness
Serial Mom: Our Movie Mascot, and the Psychology of the Death Penalty
Women in the Movies Battle Bias and Irrational Hatred
The King’s Speech: Stammering is No Joke
Monster: Poverty, Sex Work, and Mental Health
Split: The Worst Portrayal of Mental Illness in Film?
Boyhood: 12 Years of Puberty, Personality, and Abuse
Secretary: 50 Shades Better Than Other BDSM Movies (with guests Marion and Kim!)
Movies I Watch When I’m Depressed
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Day in Maria’s Life
Grave of the Fireflies: A Soul-Crushing Wartime Film
Carrie: The Psychology of Abuse and Criminality (With Pig’s Blood)
American Psycho: Rich White Men Get to Do Everything
Brandon’s Anxiety. Branxiety. The Breckoning?
Jojo Rabbit: Imaginary Friends and the Psychology of Nationalism
Minisode: Our Favorite Movies 2010-2019
12 Years a Slave: Cumulative Trauma and Dehumanization (with guests Stephanie and Tux!)
Maria Coming to Terms With Borderline Personality Disorder
Get Out: Shedding Some Light on America’s Cordial Racism
Minisode: Brandon’s Top 10 Movie Crushes
BlacKkKlansman: Tracing the History of America’s Systemic Racism
American Beauty: A 90s Retrospect
Mommie Dearest: Fuck You, Christina
Chasing Amy: A 90s Lesbian Film That Doesn’t Quite Get It Right
Love and Other Drugs: Marred by Love, Saved by Parkinson’s
She’s Gotta Have It: 80s Feminism and General Sexiness
You’re Not Helping: Mental Illness Edition
COVID-19, Social Isolation, and Mental Health
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure: Nostalgia in Troubling Times
Colossal: Huge on Addiction, Abuse, and Other Metaphors
The Last Emperor: Attachment Disorder and Shit
New Movie Picks from 2019!
Juno: A Great Portrayal of ADHD, With Teen Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression
Gandhi: The Psychology of Protest
Office Space and Sorry to Bother You: Gen X vs Millennials in the Workplace
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Life’s a Bitch, but Good is a Choice
Terms of Endearment: A Lousy Portrayal of an Overbearing Parent
Scarface: A Brutal, Gratuitous Immigrant Story
Carol: A Respectful Portrayal of Lesbians (but the Patriarchy Sucks!)
Marie Antoinette: It’s Hard Being a Woman in Any Era
The Top 5 Mental Illnesses, and Their Best Portrayals in Film
On Growing Up with Bipolar Disorder: a Retrospect in Film
Dead Poets Society: A Romantic View of Suicide?
Dances With Wolves: Adding Humanity to Heritage
Let’s Talk About Mental Illness in the Movies
Shakespeare in Love: What a shitty movie
Little Miss Sunshine: It’s OK to Not Be OK
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Being Yourself Isn’t Easy When You’re Queer
Dog Day Afternoon: A Surprisingly Subtle Look at LGBTQ Issues
Once Upon a Time in America: Survivor’s Guilt, PTSD, and an Epic Bromance
Return of the Jedi: Feelings, Faith, and Carrie Fisher
Clueless: Look who’s clueless now (hint: it’s Brandon)
Donnie Darko: We still don’t really know what it’s about
Argo: A hostage situation we knew nothing about
Captain Marvel: 6-word review (spoiler-free)
Black Swan: Emotional abuse en pointe
Natural Born Killers: A little drama and a lot of trauma
The Royal Tenenbaums: Family drama has never been so quirky
Silver Linings Playbook: An unflinching look at bipolar disorder