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Now showing — Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines · 5 works

  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Film · 1960s

    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines is a 1965 film from United Kingdom, associated with Ken Annakin. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata s...

    ModernityAfter-hoursMemory
  • After Dark Books · 2000s

    LIfe is tough enough these days for Lydia Smith, licensed Para-archaeologist. Seriously stressed-out from a nasty incident in an alien tomb, she is obliged to work part-time in Shrimpton's House of Ancient Horrors, a very low-budget museum. she has a plan to get her career back on track, but it isn't going well. Stu...

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
  • The Leftovers Television · 2010s

    Two percent of the world's population vanishes. What happens to those who remain.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • K-On! Anime · 2000s

    A fresh high school year always means much to come, and one of those things is joining a club. Being in a dilemma about which club to join, Yui Hirasawa stumbles upon and applies for the Light Music Club, which she misinterprets to be about playing simple instruments, such as castanets. Unable to play an instrument,...

    After-hoursFolkloreIdentity
  • Mononoke Anime · 2000s

    The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcis...

    FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
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