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Now showing — The Assistant · 5 works

  • The Assistant Film · 2010s

    The Assistant is a 2019 American drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Kitty Green. The film stars Julia Garner as a junior assistant at a film production company with Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh, Kristine Froseth, Jon Orsini, and Noah Robbins in supporting roles.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • The Wire Television · 2000s

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

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  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

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

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Godfather Film · 1970s

    The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • The Shining Film · 1980s

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

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