Tender Mercies
A chastened, bewildered, deeply grateful vector of southern-fried redemptive forces.
Culture
Codes and myths, narratives and icons, rituals and representations.
District 9
He’s a prawn trapped in a net.
Judge Smails
"Some people simply do not belong."
The Woollett Question
"A small, trivial, rather ridiculous object."
Goodfellas
They refuse to live like “schnooks.”
Danny Noonan
"Yes, sir. I'm your pal."
Virus X
A meme that has propagated from one pulp genre to another…
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 Lawless One
“Aphrodite, forgive me!” the Lawless One wailed.
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.