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Now showing — The Queen's Gambit · 5 works

  • The Queen's Gambit Television · 2020s

    An orphaned chess prodigy battles addiction and Cold War opponents. Chess as character study.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Queen Is Dead Music · 1980s

    Morrissey and Marr's peak. Wit, melancholy, and jangly guitar perfection.

    After-hoursLonging
  • Anarchy in the UK and God Save the Queen. Punk's original explosion in one album.

    After-hoursLonging
  • Queer as Folk Television · 1990s

    Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up was shown in 2000. It was written by Russell T Davies and produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4.

    Urban isolationPowerSurveillance
  • Notes of a Crocodile Books · 1990s

    "Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Mi...

    LongingMemoryMigration
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