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To Live
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Maison Ikkoku
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and modernity.
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Colorful
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Ladies of the Canyon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Either/Or
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The Year of Magical Thinking
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The Future of Nostalgia
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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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Either/Or
1990s
Either/or and related terms may refer to:Either/Or , an 1843 book by Søren Kierkegaard Either/Or , a 2022 novel by Elif Batuman Either/Or (album), a 1997 album by Elliott Smith Either/Or, a 1999 British comedy game show written and presented by Simon Munnery either...or and neither...nor, examples of correlative con...
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Maison Ikkoku
1980s
In the town of Clock Hill, there is an old boarding house called Maison Ikkoku. While the residence itself is fairly normal, most of its occupants are not. Yuusaku Godai, its most quiet tenant, has finally reached his limit with his neighbors' constant disruptions and boisterous partying. Wanting a calmer place to c...
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7 Lives
2010s
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.
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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...
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 1970s
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...
Anime 2010s
Colorful
Two horny college slackers and a beautiful professor. A frustrated TV reporter. A sexy track star and her tempted coach. And a high school girlzilla that’s the size of the Empire State building. Colorful! contains over 50 vignettes of men, women, and the pursuit of… well, you’ll just have to see. From hotties on sub...
Film 1960s
My Life to Live
My Life to Live is a 1962 film from France, associated with Jean-Luc Godard. 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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Essays 2000s
The Year of Magical Thinking
"this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you . . ."In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long m...