Alcoholism Archives - Bright Lights Film Journal

a Alcoholism Archives - Bright Lights Film Journal

Category: Alcoholism

Leaving Las Vegas Turns 30: A Savior-Less Portrait of Liquor-Soaked Love and Despair Not for the Faint of Heart

March 11, 2025

“I don’t know if I started drinking ‘cause my wife left me or my wife left me ‘cause I started drinking but fuck it anyway.” – Ben Sanderson, Leaving Las[…]

Alcoholism · Drama

The “Holy Stuff” in Jack Clayton’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

July 1, 2023

What makes Judith Hearne such a compelling portrait of female alcoholism is the novel and film’s attention to the many factors that drive Judith’s drinking – the initial encouragement of[…]

Category: Alcoholism

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