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Now showing — Global.Vampyric.Assault.Unit · 5 works

  • 13 Assassins Film · 2010s

    Thirteen samurai plot to take down a sadistic lord in Miike's epic reimagining of the 1963 original. The final forty-minute battle is relentless.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • 5 Broken Cameras Film · 2010s

    A Palestinian farmer documents the weekly protests against the barrier through five cameras, each destroyed by soldiers. Oscar-nominated and viscerally direct.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • A man reveals he's never had sex and his coworkers mount an intervention. Apatow's breakout comedy with more heart than its premise suggests.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • Three chapters of distance — physical, emotional, temporal — between two people who loved each other as children. Shinkai's delicate heartbreak in watercolor light.

    LongingFolkloreIdentity
  • The Garden of Words Anime · 2010s

    The Garden of Words is a 2013 anime title tied to Makoto Shinkai and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.

    FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
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  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin Film
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