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Lives!
15 curated works.
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Carrie & Lowell
Music
Carrie & Lowell
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Music
Past Lives
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and after-hours.
Cultural geography
Regional constellations
7 Lives
Film
7 Lives
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
When Marnie Was There
Anime
When Marnie Was There
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and power.
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This Is Us
Television · Strong bridge
This Is Us
2010s
This Is Us is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents and their three children in several different timeframes. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, S...
PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
A Tale for the Time Being
Books · Strong bridge
A Tale for the Time Being
2010s
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, she plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace. Across the Pacific a novelist...
PowerMemoryMigration
Carrie & Lowell
Music · Strong bridge
Carrie & Lowell
2010s
Carrie & Lowell is the seventh studio album by the American musician Sufjan Stevens. It was released on March 31, 2015, by Asthmatic Kitty. It was produced by Stevens, and features guest contributions from Thomas Bartlett, Sean Carey, Casey Foubert, Ben Lester, Nedelle Torrisi, and Laura Veirs.
After-hoursLonging
When Marnie Was There
Anime · Strong bridge
When Marnie Was There
2010s
During a Literature Club meeting, the four club members—along with their faculty adviser's niece—suddenly find themselves with supernatural powers. Now capable of fabricating black flames, resident chuunibyou Jurai Andou is the most ecstatic about their new abilities; unfortunately, his own is only for show and unab...
FolkloreAfter-hoursPower
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7 Lives
Film 2010s
7 Lives
7 Lives is a 2011 film from United Kingdom, associated with Paul Wilkins. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
After-hoursMemoryLongingUrban isolation
Better Things
Television 2010s
Better Things
Better Things is an American comedy drama television series created by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K., which ran for five seasons between 2016 and 2022 on FX. It stars Adlon as a divorced actress who raises her three daughters—played by Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood and Olivia Edward—on her own.
PowerNatureSurveillanceUrban isolation
Homegoing
Books 2010s
Homegoing
Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British...
MemoryMigrationFolkloreIdentity
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Anime 2010s
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Yotarou is a former yakuza member fresh out of prison and fixated on just one thing: rather than return to a life of crime, the young man aspires to take to the stage of rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of comedic storytelling. Inspired during his incarceration by the performance of distinguished practitioner Yak...
MigrationPowerRitualFolklore
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Film 2000s
The Lives of Others
A Stasi officer surveils a playwright and is changed by what he hears. Power and conscience.
PowerAfter-hoursLongingUrban isolation
Rectify
Television 2010s
Rectify
Rectify is an American television Southern Gothic drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from Sundance TV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Sm...
PowerSurveillanceUrban isolationAfter-hours