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When It Began
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When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Purple Rain
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and after-hours.
Essays
When does generative AI qualify for fair use?
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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When They See Us
Carries a strong pull into books through urban isolation and South Asia.
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
Carries a strong pull into books through memory and urban isolation.
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When They See Us
2010s
The Central Park Five. Wrongful conviction and systemic racism told with devastating clarity.
Books · Strong bridge
When the Wind Blows
1980s
When the Wind Blows is a 1982 book by Raymond Briggs, linked to United Kingdom and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
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Purple Rain
1980s
The soundtrack to Prince's semi-autobiographical film. When Doves Cry and everything after.
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When Marnie Was There
2010s
During a Literature Club meeting, the four club members—along with their faculty adviser's niece—suddenly find themselves with supernatural powers. Now capable of fabricating black flames, resident chuunibyou Jurai Andou is the most ecstatic about their new abilities; unfortunately, his own is only for show and unab...
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 film from Australia, associated with Stuart Beattie. 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...
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
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Books 2010s
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend...
Music 2010s
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is a 2019 album associated with Billie Eilish and Darkroom. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
Anime 2000s
Mononoke
The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcis...