Is Grease toxic… or not?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react to Grease and question whether Sandy and Danny’s relationship is toxic or not. In this series, they investigate if movie relationships claimed to be toxic really are and what “toxic” actua...
2025-01-29 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you know when you’re ready to be a parent? How do you forgive when you’ve been hurt permanently?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Jonathan’s favorite film of 2024, The Wild Robot! They’re taking a look at the “programming” of...
2025-01-27 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for submitting episode suggestions. Below are your top picks. Whichever one gets the most votes, we'll do an episode on it at our next shoot!
Please note: even if your top choice doesn't win, the other suggestions will be saved for potential future episodes.
2025-01-23 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi, Patrons! Are you excited to watch a new director's cut LIVE with Jono and Alan? Pick which episode you want to watch with them in February. Then, we'll watch it together using Drops right here on Patreon. See you there!
For now, Drops is only available in the Patreon app, so make sure y...
2025-01-22 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you pivot when your worldview changes?
In this Patreon-exclusive episode, licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are taking a look at navigating a crisis of faith with Mobius from the Loki TV series. Jonathan explains what happens when our worldview is upende...
2025-01-21 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
How does insecurity hurt others?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are revisiting Loki, not as a villain but as a hero. They’re taking a look at his heroic arc in the Loki TV series and how the god of mischief goes on a very human journey. Jonathan expl...
2025-01-19 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Alan Seawright is in the spotlight in this deep dive all about directing CyranØ. Get a big peek behind the curtain, find out what Alan thinks of directing, and find out what everyone else thinks of Alan as a director!
2025-01-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you find common ground in a relationship with a lot of differences?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to the May-December romcom, The Idea of You. They’re taking a look at how Hayes’s youthful optimism clashes with Solène’s seasoned c...
2025-01-12 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe were going to announce the release date of the film! But there are wildfires annihilating Los Angeles. So... we are not quite ready to announce a date yet. But it will be sometime in the next couple of months!
Thanks for all your patience with this!
2025-01-10 22:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for submitting your questions! The live Q&A is scheduled for Thursday, January 16th at 9am MT (at the link above), but it will also be available to watch afterward so no one misses out! We'll be answering your pre-submitted questions (and maybe live questions in t...
2025-01-09 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Each month, you get a random piece of exclusive bonus content as a thank you for supporting us on Patreon. January's Grab Bag of Mystery perk is an introduction to Cinema Therapy's remote crew! Did you know that we're a global team? 😎
2025-01-08 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you learn to be comfortable with yourself?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are again joined by Inside Out 2’s director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen, but this time everyone has seen the whole movie! They’re talking about the psychological m...
2025-01-06 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a recap of what we did last month!
We did it! We survived and maybe even thrived in 2024, and what a year we had. If you need a refresher, check out last month's 2025-01-01 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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What is the value of questioning your beliefs? How do you recognize confirmation bias?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react to Heretic with the directors, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods! They’re all taking a look at the psychology of belief and confirmation bi...
2024-12-30 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
At each shoot, we A your Qs! Please use the Google Form (linked above) to submit your questions for the Q&A. Your questions can be about Cinema Therapy, the guys, or anything in between. It's an AMA... or an AUA, ask us anything!
Note: do not put questions in the comments of this post. ...
2024-12-30 15:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Alan:
Hello Heroes!
It’s been one of the warmest Decembers on record here in Utah. So… yay? Go climate change? Not really. It’s also been super-polluted (look it up, Utah has weird temporary air pollution issues every winter).
What I’m reading!
Why does a movie about a rogue dating AI in a phone app need bags of leaves? You've come to right place to find out!
We're getting close to a locked edit, and that means... Pickup shots! Every movie needs them, you never actually get every single shot you need in the midst of a hurried prod...
2024-12-23 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMaking movies is all fun and adventure and magic and creativity.
And spreadsheets.
And organizing things.
What a wonderful life I've chosen for myself!
2024-12-19 23:27:34 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you get outside of your comfort zone?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are doing a psychology of a hero on Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit trilogy. They question what it takes to get outside of your comfort zone and really live life. Jonathan talks about ...
2024-12-19 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker welcomes actors Twyla Wilson and Emilio Palafox to deep dive on the psychology of their characters in the upcoming short film that YOU funded, CyranØ.
2024-12-18 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi, Patrons! Are you excited to watch a new director's cut LIVE with Jono and Alan? Pick which episode you want to watch with them in January. Then, we'll watch it together using Drops right here on Patreon. See you there!
For now, Drops is only available in the Patreon app, so make sure yo...
2024-12-16 14:43:07 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you be a present parent? What place does strategy have in parenting?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are taking a look at Disney parents and ranking them by healthy parenting throughout the films. They rank the parents in Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo, E...
2024-12-15 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Each month, you get a random piece of exclusive bonus content as a thank you for supporting us on Patreon. December's Grab Bag of Mystery perk is a tier list that looks back on the year we had... and hoo boy did we have a year. What was your favorite part of CT's 2024?
2024-12-11 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
How do family crises actually help? Is Home Alone just Deadpool for kids!?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are celebrating the holidays by doing a movie family therapy on Home Alone! They’re talking about family crises, forgiveness, and vulnerability. Jonat...
2024-12-08 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it, we're currently running a sale on annual memberships now through ...
2024-12-05 20:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been way too long since you got a Director's Diary about this project! So here's the latest happenings:
We have an assembly edit. Which is a terrible thing to watch. It makes you question all your decisions and whether or not you should even try to make movies. This is true of all asse...
2024-12-05 16:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you let people in after hurting yourself and others?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are doing a psychology of a hero on Wolverine. They’re taking a look at how Wolverine lets people in when he doesn't feel worthy of love. Jonathan dives into Wolveri...
2024-12-04 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for submitting episode suggestions. Below are your top picks. Whichever one gets the most votes, we'll do an episode on it at our next shoot!
Please note: even if your top choice doesn't win, the other suggestions will be saved for potential future episodes.
2024-12-03 21:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a recap of what we did last month!
Last month was bananas. So you get a gigantic recap!
November began with the shoot for Cinema Therapy Studios' first short film, CyranØ. The shoot went extraordinarily well, though we had to shoot nights... so it was exhaus...
How do you be a hero when you don’t feel like one?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are doing a psychology of a hero on Deadpool. They’re taking a look at rising to a better version of yourself when you don’t think there is one. Jonathan talks about Dead...
2024-12-01 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post