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Dodes'ka-den
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The Shadow Lines
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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Purple Rain
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Why does my heart
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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When does generative AI qualify for fair use?
Carries a strong pull into anime through modernity and identity.
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The Shadow Lines
1980s
Memory, borders, and the violence of partition refracted through a Calcutta family. Where does one country end and another begin?
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Purple Rain
1980s
The soundtrack to Prince's semi-autobiographical film. When Doves Cry and everything after.
Anime · Strong bridge
Haibane Renmei
2000s
Born from a cocoon in the village of Old Home, a young Haibane—a being with a halo and small gray wings—awakens to a world she does not understand without memories of her past. Named Rakka for the dream of falling she had while inside the cocoon, she soon becomes accustomed to life in the strange town. However, ther...
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Essays · Strong bridge
When does generative AI qualify for fair use?
2020s
When does generative AI qualify for fair use? is a 2024 essay or critical text by Suchir Balaji, linked to a wider international field and English. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and editorial context.
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Anime 2020s
Blue Period
Second-year high school student Yatora Yaguchi is a delinquent with excellent grades, but is unmotivated to find his true calling in life. Yatora spends his days working hard to maintain his academic standing while hanging out with his equally unambitious friends. However, beneath his carefree demeanor, Yatora does...
Film 1980s
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a 1980 film from Soviet Union, associated with Vladimir Menshov. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
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Why does my heart
Film 2010s
21 Jump Street
Two underachieving cops go undercover at a high school and discover the social order has flipped. A self-aware buddy comedy that shouldn't work but does.
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Music 2010s
61 Penn