So I’m kind of late in getting around to my discussion of The Glass Key film. Oops, sorry about that. But I find myself sitting wondering what it is about movies that makes them stick in my head. I’ve always been that kid who corrects others when they misquote a movie even if it’s just […]

How to begin discussing a class when the first assignment involves reading about a glass phallic symbol that at one point breaks off while functioning??? I must say, it is a somewhat disturbing yet utterly intriguing beginning. In discussing some of the typical conventions of hard boiled detective novels, I was struck most by the […]