The Big Sleep
The hardboiled protagonist has developed a sentimentality-proof exoskeleton.
Culture
Codes and myths, narratives and icons, rituals and representations.
We Are Iron Man
“Heavy boots of lead / Fills his victims full of dread."
Stay on Track
Blursday the fortyteenth of Maprilay.
Tender Mercies
A chastened, bewildered, deeply grateful vector of southern-fried redemptive forces.
District 9
He’s a prawn trapped in a net.
Judge Smails
"Some people simply do not belong."
Goodfellas
They refuse to live like “schnooks.”
Danny Noonan
"Yes, sir. I'm your pal."
The Little Princess
“One soldier more or less doesn’t make any difference, you know.”
Dr. Beeper
"Just snake a tube down her nose."
The Lady Vanishes
“Bless me, what an unpleasant journey!”
Caddy Shack
"There've been a lot of complaints already."
In Love with the Actress
"She was playing a part that I could understand."
Wild in the Streets
Shelley Winters struggles to close the generation gap.