In the popular 1999 horror movie, The Sixth Sense refers to the rare ability one boy has and his psychologist’s struggle to help him use it. But in the real world, every one of us has the same “sixth sense” he does. We each have access to the normally unseen world of the dead — and they need our help. I love watching The Sixth Sense with college students. In my Intro to Cinema class every year, we watch The Sixth Sense and it is so popular students invite friends to join our class just for the day. Most of my “Gen Z” college-aged students haven’t heard about the famous twist at the end of the movie — and it’s fun to see their stunned faces as the truth dawns on them. I won’t spoil the ending here, but there is another plot twist in the movie that even its trailer spoils. Exactly halfway through its Read More…

We each have the ‘Sixth Sense’ — and the duty to use it