Dementia

Elizabeth is Missing

This is a beautiful drama film on the struggle of an older woman dealing with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 14, 20232 min read

"The Father" is a 2020 drama film, about an old man (Anthony - Anthony Hopkins), with dementia, who lives alone in his apartment in...

Issi Israel Doron

Apr 3, 20212 min read

Some movies are "big" movies: Oscar winners or well remembered. Some movies are "small" movies: they do not intend to get the Oscar, to...

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 16, 20212 min read

A review of the movie Dick Johnson is Dead. A movie on aging, end of life, and struggling with dementia.

Issi Israel Doron

Oct 11, 20202 min read

"What They Had" is a 2018 drama movie, directed (and written) by Elizabeth Chomko, staring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster,...

Issi Israel Doron

Jan 21, 20192 min read

I love gerontological movies which I can use in my class room to trigger hot discussions regarding an up-to-date ethical dilemma. Away...

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 9, 20181 min read

Many years before the Canadian movie "Away from her", or the American movie "Still Alice" were screened - the Brits made one of the first...

Issi Israel Doron

Mar 24, 20182 min read

I am trying to see all popular movies that touch upon Dementia, and in recent years there have been some excellent ones (e.g. Still...

Issi Israel Doron

Dec 30, 20171 min read