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Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Sep 18, 2025

What It (2017) Teaches Us About the Universal Jitters Around Clowns

A playful, brain-savvy stroll through red balloons, evolutionary alarms, and the sticky grin of Pennywise.

What It (2017) Teaches Us About the Universal Jitters Around Clowns
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Sep 11, 2025

Multiple Choice: Mickey 17 and the Disposable Self

Bong Joon‐ho’s clone‐comedy asks how many times a man can die before his meaning does.

Multiple Choice: Mickey 17 and the Disposable Self
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Sep 4, 2025

The Mauritanian: How Fear, Fatigue, and Authority Can Twist the Truth

Exploring how isolation, fear, and exhaustion can trick the brain into believing falsehoods.

The Mauritanian: How Fear, Fatigue, and Authority Can Twist the Truth
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Aug 21, 2025

The Pale Blue Eye: How Uniforms Unite and Erase Our Identities

Exploring Landor’s chilling insight—“it takes away a man’s will, fences him with rules, and deprives him of reason”—and the psychological power behind a uniform.

The Pale Blue Eye: How Uniforms Unite and Erase Our Identities
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jul 31, 2025

The Weight of Words: The Psychological Dilemma Behind Agu’s "Beast" Identity

How Forced Violence Clashes with an Intact Moral Compass in Beasts of No Nation

The Weight of Words: The Psychological Dilemma Behind Agu’s "Beast" Identity
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jul 24, 2025

Vivarium’s Infinite Trap: How Our Brains Wrestle With Forever

Exploring Neuroscience, Psychology, and Evolution through Lorcan Finnegan’s Surreal Suburbia

Vivarium’s Infinite Trap: How Our Brains Wrestle With Forever
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jul 17, 2025

Charlie, The Whale

A Closer Look at Inner Turmoil, Quiet Resilience, and the Power of Empathy

Charlie, The Whale
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jul 3, 2025

The Movie Alpha Reveals the Origins of the Human–Dog Bond

What an Ice Age survival story teaches us about co-evolution, trust, and companionship

The Movie Alpha Reveals the Origins of the Human–Dog Bond
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jun 26, 2025

Snowpiercer and the Psychology of Control

Survival, Scarcity, and Learned Helplessness.How fighting for survival can keep us trapped psychologically

Snowpiercer and the Psychology of Control
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jun 12, 2025

The Agentic Shift in Glass Onion: How Groupthink and Power Dress Up in Linen

How Rian Johnson’s Social Satire Reveals the Dangerous Comfort of Following the “Genius” in the Room

The Agentic Shift in Glass Onion: How Groupthink and Power Dress Up in Linen
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jun 5, 2025

Free State of Jones: When a Man Sees, He Can No Longer Look Away

How Newton Knight’s View on Slavery Transformed in the Face of Humanity

Free State of Jones: When a Man Sees, He Can No Longer Look Away
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
May 29, 2025

Nonnas (2025) – A Recipe for Meaning

Meaning in a Grandmother’s Kitchen

Nonnas (2025) – A Recipe for Meaning
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
May 8, 2025

Hannibal Lecter: The Predator Wearing a Human Face

A Psychological Analysis of Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal (2001)

Hannibal Lecter: The Predator Wearing a Human Face
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
May 1, 2025

Real Pain: Transgenerational Trauma Through Historical Echoes

Exploring the Inherited Scars of Trauma: 'A Real Pain' and Its Reflection of Holocaust Legacy

Real Pain: Transgenerational Trauma Through Historical Echoes
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Apr 24, 2025

Conclave (2024): When Flawed Decisions Teeter Between Immorality and Genuine Evil

How Immorality Edges Toward Evil Through Flawed Choices and Far-Reaching Consequences

Conclave (2024): When Flawed Decisions Teeter Between Immorality and Genuine Evil
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Apr 3, 2025

Dormant Hope and the Catalyst of Change in Sherlock Holmes: The Mare of Night

How Dormant Hope Lies Within Despair, Waiting for an External Spark to Awaken Change

Dormant Hope and the Catalyst of Change in Sherlock Holmes: The Mare of Night
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Mar 27, 2025

The Lost City of Z: How Family Honor Shapes The Identity of Percy Fawcett

The Psychological Burden of Inherited Name

The Lost City of Z: How Family Honor Shapes The Identity of Percy Fawcett
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Mar 20, 2025

Awakening the Self

The Personality and Transformation of Dr. Malcolm Sayer in “Awakening”

Awakening the Self
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Mar 13, 2025

The Psychological Cost of Activism Through Gorillas in the Mist

When Passion Consumes: Activism Burnout and the Mental Toll of Fighting for a Cause

The Psychological Cost of Activism Through Gorillas in the Mist
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Mar 6, 2025

Trauma, Grief, and Moral Boundaries in Gorillas in the Mist

How the Film Explores the Psychological Toll of Witnessing Violence and the Dangers of Compartmentalized Empathy

Trauma, Grief, and Moral Boundaries in Gorillas in the Mist
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Feb 27, 2025

“Us vs. Them” in Hotel Rwanda

How a child’s plea reveals the psychological toll of division, the biology of survival, and Rwanda’s journey from trauma to unity

“Us vs. Them” in Hotel Rwanda
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Feb 19, 2025

A Father’s Journey Toward Understanding Autistic Ezra

How one father learns to bridge the gap between his world and his son’s

A Father’s Journey Toward Understanding Autistic Ezra
Jan 23, 2025

Four Good Days: A Raw Look at Addiction, Recovery, and Family Struggles

How accurate is Four Good Days in portraying the realities of opioid addiction and its devastating impact on families?

Four Good Days: A Raw Look at Addiction, Recovery, and Family Struggles
Safa Rubaye, MD
Safa Rubaye, MD
Jan 16, 2025

Four Good Days and the Impossible Choices Parents of Addicts Face

Loving a child struggling with addiction means making heartbreaking choices that defy instinct and logic

Four Good Days and the Impossible Choices Parents of Addicts Face
Jan 9, 2025

The Struggle of Self-Identity in Black Swan

Nina Sayers’ descent into madness as a reflection of the human search for authenticity

The Struggle of Self-Identity in Black Swan
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