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Loneliness
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Loneliness
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Loneliness
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Lonely City
2010s
"You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by thousands of strangers. The Lonely City is a roving cultural history of urban loneliness, centered on the ultimate city: Manhattan, that teeming island of gneiss, concrete, and glass. What...
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Cowboy Bebop
1990s
Bounty hunters in space. Jazz, loneliness, and the coolest anime ever made.
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Her
2010s
A man falls in love with an artificial intelligence. Intimacy, technology, and loneliness.
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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...
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Anime 2010s
March Comes in Like a Lion
A teenage shogi prodigy battles loneliness and depression. Found family and quiet resilience.
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The Social Network
The founding of Facebook. Ambition, betrayal, and the loneliness of connection.
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Gloria
A 58-year-old divorced woman navigates Santiago's nightlife. Joy, loneliness, and self-possession.
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Music 2000s
Loneliness / Public Enema