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Now showing — Around the World in 60 Days · 5 works

  • 21 Grams Film · 2000s

    Three lives collide around a fatal accident: a grieving mother, a dying mathematician, an ex-convict seeking redemption. Iñárritu's fractured second feature.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • Akudama Drive Anime · 2020s

    The bustling metropolis of Kansai, where cybernetic screens litter the neon landscape, may seem like a technological utopia at first glance. But in the dark alleys around the brightly-lit buildings, an unforgiving criminal underbelly still exists in the form of fugitives known as "Akudama." No stranger to these indi...

    NatureAfter-hoursUrban isolation
  • The Lathe of Heaven Books · 1970s

    “The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr has a gift – he is an effective dreamer: his dreams become reality when he wakes up. He is aware of his past and present, two or more sets of memories, although the people around him are only aware of the current r...

    MemoryPowerMigration
  • Transparent Television · 2010s

    Transparent is an American comedy-drama television series created by Joey Soloway for Amazon Studios that debuted on February 6, 2014. The story revolves around a Los Angeles family, the Pfeffermans, and their lives after learning that their parent is a trans woman now going by the name Maura. Transparent's first se...

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • Only Yesterday Anime · 1990s

    Aoba Riku has just transferred to a new high school because of his father's job, and things aren't quite what he expected. The headmaster's secretary controls the school while espousing the virtues of academic freedom, the teachers are even stranger than normal teachers, and half the student body is walking around w...

    SurveillanceFolkloreIdentity
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