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Now showing — Deviation · 5 works

  • The Red Shoes Film · 1940s

    The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page, an aspiring ballerina who joins the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov, who tests her dedication to the ballet by making h...

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • Last Exit to Brooklyn Books · 1960s

    Last Exit to Brooklyn is a raw depiction of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens and prostitutes. An unforgettable cast of characters inhabits the housing projects, bars and streets of Brooklyn: Georgette, a hopelessly romantic and tormented transvestite; Vinnie, a disaffected and volatile youth wh...

    Urban isolationAfter-hoursPower
  • The Master Film · 2010s

    A WWII veteran falls under the spell of a charismatic cult leader. Power, devotion, and the unmoored self.

    PowerRitualIdentity
  • A math genius helps his neighbor cover up a murder. Japanese crime fiction at its most elegant.

    RitualPowerMemory
  • The Shadow of the Wind Books · 2000s

    A boy discovers a forgotten book in post-war Barcelona. Gothic mystery and literary devotion.

    RitualAfter-hoursMemory
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