2344 – Butcher’s Crossing (2022)

timespace coordinates: 1874. Butcher’s Crossing, a tiny frontier town in Kansas built on the buffalo hide trade / Colorado wilderness

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Butcher’s Crossing is a 2022 American Western drama film directed by Gabe Polsky in his narrative feature film debut, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by John Edward Williams. It stars Nicolas CageFred HechingerXander BerkeleyRachel KellerJeremy Bobb, and Paul Raci. (wiki)

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2171 – Vesper (2022)

After the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her Father, must use her wits, strength, and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future. (rottentomatoes)

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Directors: Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper Starring: Raffiella Chapman, Rosy McEwen, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake & Edmund Dehn. feat Melanie Gaydos. (Lithuania / France / Belgium coproduction)

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2038 – Nightmare Alley (2021)

timespace coordinates: 1939 traveling carnival / 1941 Buffalo, New York

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Nightmare Alley is a 2021 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, being the second feature film adaptation of Gresham’s novel, following the 1947 version.

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The film stars Bradley Cooper as a charming and ambitious carnival worker with a mysterious past who takes big risks to boost his career. Cate BlanchettToni ColletteWillem DafoeRichard JenkinsRooney MaraRon PerlmanMary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn also star. A black-and-white version, subtitled Vision in Darkness and Light, was released in select cities starting on January 14, 2022. (wiki)

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1854 – The Djinn (2021)

timespace coordinates: fall of 1989, US

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The Djinn is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed and written by David Charbonier and Justin Powell. The film stars  Ezra Dewey as a mute boy trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart’s greatest desire.

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