Stories by @rwhite18

The Spirit of the Beehive (1983)

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.

Fanny and Alexander (2022)

Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.

Persona (2026)

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (2019)

The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2014)

With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

Body Heat (2021)

A beautiful Florida woman seduces a seedy lawyer, with the hidden agenda of having him kill her rich husband.

Zodiac (1997)

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Marriage Story (2029)

Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2014)

Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.

Morvern Callar (2012)

After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

Christopher Nolan's Superman Legacy

Follows the titular superhero as he reconciles his heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and a brighter tomorrow in a world that views kindness as old-fashioned.

Rushmore (1978)

A teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta.

There's Something About Mary (1958)

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.

Touch of Evil (1998)

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

What Actors Could've Played Hank Quinlan in Various Decades?

Hank Quinlan is the main antagonist in the 1958 film noir Touch of Evil, based on the novel Badge of Evil. He is a corrupt, racist police captain who attempts to involve an innocent Hispanic man in a murder he committed.

Brokeback Mountain (1985)

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

The House That Jack Built (2008)

In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.

Prince of Darkness (2007)

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.

The Wrestler (2018)

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

They Live (1998)

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.