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The Lives of Others
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The Years
Carries a strong pull into anime through folklore and identity.
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The Door
Carries a strong pull into essays through memory and folklore.
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I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Songs of Love and Hate
Carries a strong pull into film through longing and after-hours.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Carries a strong pull into film through power and after-hours.
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The Future of Nostalgia
Carries a strong pull into books through memory and identity.
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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...
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The Transit of Venus
1980s
Follows the story of two beautiful orphaned sisters newly arrived in England from Australia.
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Ladies of the Canyon
1970s
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...
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Eden of the East
2000s
On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not harm anyone, becoming known as "Careless Monday." Quickly forgotten, society goes on about their lives as normal. During her graduation trip to America three months later, friendly college student Saki Morimi's life is f...
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Essays 2000s
The Future of Nostalgia
"Why is it that the age of globalization is accompanied by a no less global epidemic of nostalgia? What happens to Old World memories in a New World order? Do we even know what we are nostalgic for?". "Combining philosophical essay, aesthetic analysis and personal memoir, Boym explores the spaces of collective nosta...
Television 1990s
Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up was shown in 2000. It was written by Russell T Davies and produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4.
Books 1980s
The Door
Electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. Then, with wild success just within reach, Dan's greedy partner and greedier fiancée trick him into taking the long sleep--su...
Music 1990s
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is the eighth studio album by the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on April 22, 1997, by Matador Records. It was produced by Roger Moutenot and recorded at House of David in Nashville, Tennessee. The album expands the guitar-based pop of its predecessor Electr-O-Pura...
Anime 2010s
Sarazanmai
After the noble Kappa Kingdom falls to the Otter Empire, the Kappa prince Keppi loses much of his power and becomes helpless against the unseen Kapa-zombies. These zombies plague the world, and are the creations of the Otters and manifestations of people's deepest desires. With no other choice, Keppi must rely on th...
Film 2000s
Ghost World
Ghost World is a 2001 black comedy film co-written and directed by Terry Zwigoff. Based on the 1990s comic book of the same name by Daniel Clowes, the story focuses on the lives of teenage outsiders Enid and Rebecca, who face a rift in their friendship as Enid takes an interest in an older man named Seymour, and bec...