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Now showing — Garena Free Fire · 5 works

  • Westworld Television · 2010s

    AI hosts in a theme park gain consciousness. Free will, memory, and the maze.

    PowerMemorySurveillance
  • Devs Television · 2020s

    A quantum computing lab in Silicon Valley simulates all of reality. Determinism, free will, and the weight of knowing everything.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • Funeral Music · 2000s

    Grief transformed into communal catharsis. Indie rock's most anthemic debut.

    After-hoursLonging
  • 20 Fingers Film · 2000s

    Seven vignettes of Iranian couples arguing about gender, power, and freedom — shot inside a car. Akbari's confrontational companion to Kiarostami's Ten.

    After-hoursPowerLonging
  • The Shape of Jazz to Come Music · 1950s

    Free jazz's opening salvo. Lonely Woman and the liberation of melody from harmony.

    PowerUrban isolationAfter-hours
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  • The Fire Next Time Essays
  • The Social Contract Essays

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