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The following article contains discussions of mental health conditions, violence, and suicide.

While the entertainment industry is notorious for misrepresenting many illnesses, conditions, and disorders, there are many movie characters who accurately portray mental health. Cinema has had a dubious history of portraying mental health in an authentic or even sensitive light. The perceived dramatic nature of a mental illness has notoriously meant it's too often conveyed as a means to broadcast sentimentality or sensationalism. Additionally, "madness" has been used by horror films as a justification for all kinds of unspeakable acts. However, Hollywood also occasionally gets it right, and there are plenty of movie characters with mental disorders that aren't portrayed problematically.

The exploration of mental illness and mental health disorders in movies has improved dramatically over the last few decades, with an emphasis on authenticity and care towards humanization. Depictions that are seen as genuine across myriad genres,...

Ali Abbasi's Border (2018) is having its exclusive online premiere on Mubi in the United Kingdom. It is showing from July 12 – August 10, 2019.Behind the scenes of Border. Photo by Christian Geisnæs.Border is a film you will never forget. Not only because it’s a mythology-drenched love story, nor on the sole basis that Tina (Eva Melander) can literally smell people’s feelings; but because the film will leave a solid mark in imagery you cannot unsee, while enchanting you with the magic of interpersonal connection. A modern-day fairy tale, Ali Abbasi’s third project after the short film M for Markus (2011) and the feature Shelley (2016) is based on a short story by acclaimed writer John Ajvide Lindqvist, yet the director explores cinema’s dimensions in adapting the script, exquisite cinematography, and gradual character development that all make Border a cohesive world of its own. Set on the political border of Sweden,...

Lars von Trier's highly anticipated "Nymphomaniac" has completed shooting, releasing the first official still from the film (photographed by Christian Geisnæs) in celebration: "My only sin, I believe, is that I always demanded more of the sunset," is the tagline in the press release offering the image, which portrays von Trier regular Charlotte Gainsbourg lying in an alleyway. Gainsbourg stars as the lead in the film -- which follows her sexual life from birth to the age of 50 -- alongside Stellan Skarsgård (himself a von Trier regular).  The supporting cast includes Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen and Udo Kier. The image is tamed compared to what the rest of the film surely consists of, given it has been confirmed to feature explicit sex. We'll have to wait until later this year to see the rest. Cannes seems like a reasonable place for the film to premiere,...