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Dark Passion Play
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Cape God
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Man, Play and Games
Carries a strong pull into television through modernity and Western Europe.
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4 Play
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
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Dark Passion Play
2000s
Dark Passion Play is a 2007 album associated with Nightwish and Nuclear Blast. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
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K-On!
2000s
A fresh high school year always means much to come, and one of those things is joining a club. Being in a dilemma about which club to join, Yui Hirasawa stumbles upon and applies for the Light Music Club, which she misinterprets to be about playing simple instruments, such as castanets. Unable to play an instrument,...
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4 Play
2010s
4 Play is a 2010 film from Ghana, associated with Frank Rajah Arase. 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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Man, Play and Games
1950s
Man, Play and Games is a 1958 essay or critical text by Roger Caillois, linked to a wider international field and French. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and editorial context.
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Television 2020s
Alice in Borderland
Gamers trapped in a deserted Tokyo play deadly games. Japanese survival thriller.
Music 2020s
Cape God
Cape God is the second studio album by Canadian singer Allie X. It was released on February 21, 2020 by Twin Music and distributed by AWAL. The release followed her extended play Super Sunset (2018). The album was primarily written by Allie X and James Alan Ghaleb, and produced by Oscar Görres. It received generally...
Film 1950s
Ordet
Ordet is a 1955 Danish drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival, and was the only film by Dreyer to be both a critical and financial success.
Music 2020s
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is the fourth studio album by English rapper Little Simz. It was released on 3 September 2021, by Age 101 Music and AWAL. The album succeeds the Mercury Prize-nominated album, Grey Area (2019) and the five-track extended play (EP), Drop 6 (2020). It is supported by five singles: "Intro...
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Love Play
1961 film directed by François Moreuil, Fabien Collin
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Music 2000s
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