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Now showing — Alien · 5 works

  • OK Computer Music · 1990s

    Alienation in the information age. The album that predicted 21st century anxiety.

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  • Alien Film · 1970s

    In space, no one can hear you scream. Science fiction as haunted-house horror.

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  • Pulse Film · 2000s

    Pulse is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The plot follows two separate storylines in Japan that faces mass disappearances amidst a ghostly invasion of the real world via the Internet. One f...

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  • Sonatine Film · 1990s

    Sonatine is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.

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  • The Metamorphosis Books · 1910s

    A man wakes up as an insect. Alienation, family, and the absurd in 60 devastating pages.

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