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This week we’re joined by Venezuelan indie director Carlos Boellinger of Tin Cowboys Productions to find Western tropes in modern crime dramas. We start with Michael Mann’s L.A. noir epic Heat (1995) with De Niro and Pacino facing off over coffee and bullets. Next up is Sylvester Stallone as the doughy and dim sheriff of a town of corrupt cops in James Mangold’s Cop Land (1997) with another all-star cast. Last up is Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cannes tour de force Drive (2011) with a strong but silent Ryan Gosling giving us a five-minute window, no questions asked. Also: Clay’s Redemption (2019). Cop Hunter? Bye #PERL. Ambiguous heroes. Slick. The Chase (1994). The Doors (1991). That scene. Logan (2017). Ma! There’s a weird fucking stray cat outside! I am… the law! The Cowboy and the Kid. Ryan Gosling Still Won’t Eat His Cereal. Tick of the Clock. The Driver (1978). Hotline Miami. Hank Scorpio. Drive 2: Electric Boogaloo. Shane (1953). We play a game of “Yo dawg, I heard you liked Westerns in your Westerns”