window shade

The storm raging outside suggests the opening of David Lean’s “Oliver Twist,” or someone violently unfurling an old-style window shade; the theatricalities are antique, like much of the acting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Iñárritu spends the film’s first quarter setting the scene and characters — strangely quite literally, raising what looks like a stage curtain but is revealed to be a window shade.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The most disturbing sight, though, came into view when I shut off the last film and raised the window shade.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Argueta came up with the makeshift window shade as a form of deterrence after colleagues complained about the constant crowd of students gathering outside.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2021

Each night, the sinking sun, like a ring on a window shade, pulled night down over the neighborhood.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides