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Now showing — The Future of Nostalgia · 5 works

  • Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future is a 1973 film from Soviet Union, associated with Leonid Gaidai. 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
  • Snow Crash Books · 1990s

    Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named Raven who hints that it is a form of narcotic. Hiro's friend and fellow hacker Da5id views a bitmap image contained in the file which causes his computer to crash and Da5id to suffer brain damage in the real world. This is the future we...

    PowerMemoryMigration
  • Kino's Journey Anime · 2000s

    After running away from the grim future that awaited her back in her home country, a young girl takes upon a new name and identity—inspired by the man who sacrificed his life to help her escape. Alongside her newfound companion, a talking motorcycle, the two find themselves a new home in the forest—where lives an el...

    MigrationIdentityNature
  • Yuri!!! on Ice Anime · 2010s

    Reeling from his crushing defeat at the Grand Prix Finale, Yuuri Katsuki, once Japan's most promising figure skater, returns to his family home to assess his options for the future. At age 23, Yuuri's window for success in skating is closing rapidly, and his love of pork cutlets and aptitude for gaining weight are n...

    LongingMigrationFolklore
  • Desert guitar and synth music passed via Bluetooth across the Sahara. The future of folk.

    After-hoursLonging
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  • Music from Saharan Cellphones Music
  • Back to the Future Music
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  • No Future Essays
  • The Future of Nostalgia Essays
Cultural geography
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  • Kino's Journey Anime
  • Yuri!!! on Ice Anime