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Ladies of the Canyon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Malibu
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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Transparent
Carries a strong pull into music through power and urban isolation.
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Collateral
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and power.
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Transparent
2010s
Transparent is an American comedy-drama television series created by Joey Soloway for Amazon Studios that debuted on February 6, 2014. The story revolves around a Los Angeles family, the Pfeffermans, and their lives after learning that their parent is a trans woman now going by the name Maura. Transparent's first se...
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White Oleander
1990s
Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes-each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons t...
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Mulholland Drive
2000s
A woman with amnesia and an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Dream logic as narrative structure.
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Black Ink Crew Los Angeles
2010s
Black Ink Crew Los Angeles is a 2019 television series from United States, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.
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Ladies of the Canyon
Ladies of the Canyon is the third studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on Reprise Records in 1970. It peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The title makes reference to Laurel Canyon, a center of popular music culture in Los Angeles duri...
Film 1950s
Los Olvidados
Los Olvidados is a 1950 film from Mexico, associated with Luis Buñuel. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
Television 2010s
Special
Special is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ryan O'Connell for Netflix. Starring Ryan O'Connell, the series is a semi-autobiographical account of his life as a gay man in Los Angeles with cerebral palsy pursuing new friendships, relationships, and self-sufficiency.
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Music 2010s
Malibu
Soul, funk, hip-hop, and sunshine. The sound of Los Angeles as lived experience.
Film 2000s
Collateral
Collateral is a 2004 American action thriller film directed and produced by Michael Mann, written by Stuart Beattie, and starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. The supporting cast includes Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Javier Bardem, and Bruce McGill. The film follows Max Durocher (Foxx), a Los Angeles...