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Now showing — The Ballad of Narayama · 5 works

  • The Ballad of Narayama Film · 1980s

    The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 film from Japan, associated with Shohei Imamura. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.

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  • 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 Battle of Algiers Film · 1960s

    The Algerian fight for independence from France. Revolution filmed as it might have happened.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc Film · 1920s

    Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.

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