About Andrew Spitznas

I arrived late to my atheist, secular humanist worldview, having spent decades as a Sunday school teaching, mission trip taking evangelical. Psychiatrist by day, I I specialize in trauma, geriatrics, and the interface of mental health with culture and religion. Movies and books have been lifelong consuming passions; I have wonderful childhood memories of staying up late to watch James Bond on TV and waiting in a winding line to see Star Wars in its opening weeks. Nowadays, favorite directors include Kurosawa, Ozu, Miyazaki, Truffaut, Herzog, and Wes Anderson.

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Despite its Title, Stephen Hawking’s Biopic Earns an...

“The Theory of Everything” features a remarkable lead performance by Eddie Redmayne,... read more

“Whiplash”: A Pulse-Quickening Musical Battle of Wills

An almost unbearably intense drama about a music teacher and his drumming... read more

“Princess Kaguya”: A Treasure for its Visual Beauty,...

The latest film from Ghibli, Japan’s masterful animation studio, astounds with its... read more

“Rosewater”: the Horrible Buffoonery of Iranian Theocracy

Jon Stewart’s directorial debut tells the true-life story of an imprisoned, Iranian-born... read more

“Ilo Ilo”: A Singaporean Slice of Home and...

Now available for home viewing, this award winner adeptly shows us a... read more

"Birdman" Is One Strange Creature

Quite possibly the oddest movie I’ve seen this year, “Birdman” paints a... read more

An Alternate View: “Interstellar” Flies High, Even If...

While full of the grand special effects we now expect from Christopher... read more

"1000 Times Good Night" Deserves Your Attention for...

One of the year’s best films, this story of a war photographer... read more

A Brief Digression: "God's Not Dead" and the...

An interview with the writers behind "God's Not Dead" and the upcoming... read more

"The Blue Room": A Gallic "Gone Girl"

As a suspenseful story of marital and extramarital intrigue, this French film... read more

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