Nebraska Booze-addled father Determined to keep walking Follows many people. Gravity White-knuckle journey. Catapulted forever Home so far removed. 12 Years a Slave Spotlight cast under The floorboards of history. Our culture of trade. American Hustle Post-Watergate years Shape American culture, Breed paranoia. The Wolf of Wall Street Scarface meets Wall Street; Spring […]
A number of films that deal with isolation also deal with the fear of containment. Castaway pits Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) on an island. Pi is trapped on a boat with a hungry tiger. In Buried, Ryan Gosling must ward off claustrophobia and – inexplicably – fire in a coffin. Frozen relegates our skiers to their chairlift, […]