Introduction: Not Just About Horses But Also Just About Horses In François Truffaut’s 1969 neo-noir Mississippi Mermaid, protagonists Louis and Marion attend a screening of Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar and proffer the following analysis as they exit the cinema: “It’s not just about horses!” While the standard interpretation of such a comment would emphasize the … Continue reading I Fought the Law and the Law Won: Transgression, the Act, and Narratives of Aphanisis in Claude Chabrol’s Story of Women – Christine Evans