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late capitalism
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Hejira
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Another Green World
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Carries a strong pull into film through power and South Asia.
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Midnight Diner
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and power.
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Television · Strong bridge
Midnight Diner
2000s
A late-night diner in Shinjuku where customers share stories. Quiet humanism, one dish at a time.
Books · Strong bridge
Little Fish
2010s
Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather, a devout Mennonite farmer, might have been transgender as well. At first she dismisses the revelation, but as she and her friends struggle to cope with the challenges of their increasingly volatile lives We...
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Music · Strong bridge
Modal Soul
2000s
Jazz-inflected hip-hop that became the sound of urban longing and Tokyo's late-night atmosphere.
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Film · Strong bridge
Late Spring
1940s
A father and daughter, and the quiet devastation of inevitable change.
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Essays 1990s
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Pastiche, the waning of affect, and the cultural dominance of late capitalism.
Television 2010s
Better Late Than Never
Better Late Than Never is a 2016 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. Rooted in United States. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.
Books 2020s
Real Life
"A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degr...
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Music 2000s
Come Away with Me
Jazz-pop that sold 27 million copies. Don't Know Why as perfect late-night comfort.
Film 1980s
The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British gangster film directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe. Starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, the film, set in London, weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including mid-level political and police corruption and IRA fund-raising. The supp...
Music 1970s
Hejira
Hejira is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1976 on Asylum Records. Its material was written during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976, and reflects Mitchell's experiences on the road during that time. It is characterized by lyrically dense, sprawli...