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Now showing — The Thick of It · 5 works

  • The Thick of It Television · 2000s

    Malcolm Tucker terrorizes British government ministers. Political satire at its most profane.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Wire Television · 2000s

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

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • Ambient 1: Music for Airports is a studio album by the English musician Brian Eno. It was released in February 1979 through E.G. Records and Polydor Records. It was the first Eno album released under the label of ambient music, a genre intended to "induce calm and a space to think" while remaining "as ignorable as i...

    After-hoursLonging
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Battle of Algiers Film · 1960s

    The Algerian fight for independence from France. Revolution filmed as it might have happened.

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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