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Century Child
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My 21st Century Blues
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Century Child
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Laozi
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and identity.

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Between the World and Me
Carries a strong pull into film through power and East Asia.
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Mad Men
Carries a strong pull into music through urban isolation and after-hours.
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Mad Men
2000s
A 1960s advertising executive and the changing American century. Style, repression, reinvention.
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The Corrections
2000s
A Midwestern family falls apart as the parents age. The American family novel for the 21st century.
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Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century
1990s
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century is a 1999 anime title tied to Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, and Katsuo Ōno and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.
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Yi Yi
2000s
A Taipei family across three generations. One of the great humanist films of the 21st century.
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Between the World and Me
A letter to a son about being Black in America. Baldwin updated for the 21st century.
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Books 1920s
The Great Gatsby
A mysterious millionaire and his impossible dream. The American century in 180 pages.
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Music 1990s
OK Computer
Alienation in the information age. The album that predicted 21st century anxiety.
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Film 2010s
Silence
Jesuit priests face persecution in 17th century Japan. Faith, silence, and the cost of conviction.

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Laozi
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
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Books 1960s
The Sea of Fertility
Four novels spanning the 20th century. Reincarnation, beauty, and Japan's transformation.