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Now showing — The Promise of Happiness · 5 works

  • Promises Music · 2020s

    Promises is a 2021 studio album by the British electronic musician Floating Points, the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. It was released on 26 March 2021 through the New York label Luaka Bop. It consists of a single 46-minute composition noted for its "dreamlike" quality....

    After-hoursLonging
  • The Promised Land Film · 1970s

    The Promised Land is a 1975 film from Poland, associated with Andrzej Wajda. 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 Wire Television · 2000s

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

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a 2004 anime title tied to Makoto Shinkai and Tenmon 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
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  • The Sopranos Television
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