Falling Down (1993): the terminal velocity of hardship
Falling Down’s black / bleak comedy of modern life and city living
race
race
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: the knowledge trap
What Indy’s search for knowledge means for cultures and curiosity
And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
Death comes to Devon in Agatha Christie’s controversial murder mystery
The Foreigner (2017) explained: bad guys and cursed women
Action movies like The Foreigner take on injustice yet ignore women
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) explained: from zero to hero
A tale of two cities (and a smart-talking cop)
White fright? Candyman (1992) explained
Candyman and the terror of class, race and poverty