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Now showing — The 40-Year-Old Virgin · 5 works

  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin Film · 2000s

    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
  • The Wire Television · 2000s

    Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The 400 Blows Film · 1950s

    A troubled Parisian boy's struggle against family and school. The iconic final freeze frame.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • The Shining Film · 1980s

    A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.

    Urban isolationFolkloreAfter-hours
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  • The Souls of Black Folk Essays
  • The Bhagavad Gita Essays

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