Around the Bend
"Around the Bend" is inspired by the relationship between writer-director Jordan Roberts and the absentee father he ba...
What drives a human being to kill? This is the profound and unsettling question at the heart of Alex Gibney's gripping documentary, "Crazy, Not Insane." The film delves into the pioneering work of renowned psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis, a woman who has spent decades interviewing some of America's most notorious murderers. With compelling narration by Laura Dern, the documentary follows Lewis as she challenges traditional legal and psychiatric frameworks, arguing that violent acts are often born from a catastrophic collision of mental illness, neurological damage, and profound childhood trauma, rather than pure evil. As she revisits chilling cases and confronts opposing experts like Park Dietz, the film constructs a tense, thought-provoking exploration of the human capacity for violence, blurring the lines between criminal justice and medical science. This biographical crime documentary peels back the layers of the criminal mind, asking viewers to look beyond the headlines and into the damaged psyches that shape tragic destinies.