Troy Rondinone Ph.D.

Can Art Ever Really Succeed at Explaining the Mind of a Killer?

Netflix's "The Killer" taps our insatiable urge to understand the mind of murderers. But can art ever succeed at doing this?

Netflix's "The Killer" taps our insatiable urge to understand the mind of murderers. But can art ever succeed at doing this?

Resisting Psychiatry in Classic Films of the 1990s

A Personal Perspective: Johnny Depp and Robin Williams were the nonconformists.

A Personal Perspective: Johnny Depp and Robin Williams were the nonconformists.

What's the Appeal of Werewolves?

Werewolves are folkloric beasts whose popularity taps into the elemental allure of feeling unbound.

Werewolves are folkloric beasts whose popularity taps into the elemental allure of feeling unbound.

Acid Trips in the Madhouse

In the 1960s, thanks to the CIA and counterculture heroes, LSD offered access to a strange world of madness and utopia.

In the 1960s, thanks to the CIA and counterculture heroes, LSD offered access to a strange world of madness and utopia.

War and the Horror Genre

War trauma often penetrates into popular culture in unexpected ways—the horror genre is one example of such transference.

War trauma often penetrates into popular culture in unexpected ways—the horror genre is one example of such transference.

An Exorcist for Our Times

In "The Pope's Exorcist," Russell Crowe battles the devil with shocking, last-resort talk therapy.

In "The Pope's Exorcist," Russell Crowe battles the devil with shocking, last-resort talk therapy.