Three days before her 30th birthday, an astrologer asked Patti Clark a question that made her whole body burn with shame. The movies had taught her that alcoholics were derelicts, weaklings, or doomed outlaws. Then she walked into her first AA meeting in Tucson and found out Hollywood had it wrong.
The ’80s brought us more than just big hair; it gave us movies that dared to show addiction without the glam. But did they really get it right? Dive into a sober rewatch and discover what these films missed.
There’s a moment in this conversation when filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty describes parents walking out of his documentary screenings with tears in their eyes…
I somehow missed “Being Charlie” when it came out in 2016. That was a year of transition for me, the…
Let’s be honest: this one feels exactly like what it is—a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. If you’re into the…
If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if trauma, codependency, and sex addiction threw a party in a…
Let me start by saying: If Ozark and Dawson’s Creek got drunk on expired rosé and decided to raise a…
