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Now showing — The Friend · 5 works

  • The American Friend Film · 1970s

    The American Friend is a 1977 film from Germany and France, associated with Wim Wenders. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.

    After-hoursMemoryLonging
  • The Third Man Film · 1940s

    A pulp writer arrives in postwar Vienna to find his friend dead — or so he's told. Carol Reed's noir masterwork, with Orson Welles in the shadows.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • Where is the Friend's Home? Film · 1980s

    Where is the Friend's Home? is a 1987 film from Iran, associated with Abbas Kiarostami. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.

    After-hoursMemoryLonging
  • It's a Sin Television · 2020s

    It's a Sin is a British drama television series written by Russell T Davies. Set in London between 1981 and 1991, it depicts the lives of a group of gay men and their friends during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United Kingdom. It's a Sin features a main cast consisting of Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Ho...

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Friend Books · 2010s

    Kristen Petersen doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for...

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
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  • Natsume's Book of Friends Anime
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  • Alpha & Omega / Beware the Friendly Stranger Music

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