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Now showing — The Beauty of Everyday Things · 5 works

  • 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
  • Kind of Blue Music · 1950s

    The bestselling jazz album of all time. Modal jazz perfected in five tracks of effortless beauty.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • The Godfather Film · 1970s

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

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • The Brothers Karamazov Books · 1880s

    Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
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  • The Sopranos Television
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