“Open the Door”: Access and Dominance in Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976) Ivana Brehas July 2019 CTEQ Annotations on Film The men of Elaine May’s Mikey and Nicky (1976) seem trapped in a tenuous, exhausting, night-long tug of war. The film follows two small-time criminals: the livewire, reckless Nicky (John Cassavetes), who believ...
