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Now showing — The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly · 5 works

  • The Wire Television · 2000s

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

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen Anime · 2010s

    Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen is a 2016 anime title tied to Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbo, and Satoru Kōsaki and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.

    FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
  • 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 Seventh Seal Film · 1950s

    A knight plays chess with Death during the plague. Bergman's most iconic existential parable.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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  • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Music
  • The Dark Side of the Moon Music
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  • The Souls of Black Folk Essays
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