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Now showing — In Praise of Shadows · 5 works

In Search of Lost Time Books · 1910s

Memory, time, and the social world of Belle Époque France across seven volumes.

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In Rainbows Music · 2000s

Warm, precise, and emotionally open. Radiohead at their most human.

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In Utero Music · 1990s

Nirvana's abrasive follow-up to Nevermind. Heart-Shaped Box and the sound of not coping.

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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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In the Mood for Love Film · 2000s

A restrained romantic drama of corridor intimacy, urban longing, memory, and after-hours drift.

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