Central to

• Fargo1996

  Jerry wants one dishonest shortcut. The crime keeps growing because everyone involved mistakes control for something they still possess.

• Midsommar2019

  Dani finds people who will feel her pain with her. Their embrace becomes terrifying because belonging and surrender slowly become the same thing.

• No Country for Old Men2007

  Moss thinks skill can keep him ahead of consequence. Chigurh calls his choices fate, while Bell grows old trying to understand the violence.

• The Mission1986

  Mendoza discovers that grace can change a man without repairing his past. The mission then forces faith to answer what it will do when power says leave.