Mar 15th, 2010 · Michael Lewis, who wrote the bestseller Liar's Poker, is back with a new book examining those who profited from shorting subprime mortgages. In The Big Short, Lewis profiles extreme characters — outsiders — who are the sane people in an insane world.
Feb 18th, 2010 · In Martin Scorsese's latest mystery-thriller, Leonardo DiCaprio investigates the disappearance of a patient from an insane asylum. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says that, for all its savvy camera work, stellar cast and seductive visual imagery, Shutter Island fails to connect.
Dec 18th, 2009 · Dr. Julie Holland ran the weekend shift at Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room for nine years. In her new memoir Weekends at Bellevue, Holland describes the patients she encountered — from the manic to the criminally insane — and the reasons she eventually left the job.
Mar 26th, 2008 · The Jackass star has been sharing videos of himself, looking insane, on the Web. It is clever entertainment or dangerous drug-addiction? TV critic Andrew Wallenstein takes issue with the self-destructing star.
Jun 24th, 2007 · In 1861, Elizabeth Packard was forcibly removed from her home and committed to an insane asylum because she disagreed with her Calvinist husband's religious beliefs. Playwright Emily Mann tells her story in the Kennedy Center's presentation of Mrs. Packard.
Jun 27th, 2006 · In Houston, a retrial begins for Andrea Yates, the mother who claims she was insane when she drowned her five young children in a bathtub in 2001. An earlier conviction was thrown out.
Apr 19th, 2006 · The Supreme Court reviews Clark v. Arizona, a new test of the insanity defense. The parents of an Arizona man who killed a police officer want their son declared guilty but insane. The state does not want his mental state considered in court.