It Lives Inside is a 2023 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Bishal Dutta in his feature-film directorial debut, starring Megan Suri, Mohana Krishnan and Betty Gabriel. (wiki)
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2272 – How the Other Half Lives
spacetime coordinates: New York City slums in the 1880s
How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890)
an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. The photographs served as a basis for future “muckraking” journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle classes. They inspired many reforms of working-class housing, both immediately after publication as well as making a lasting impact in today’s society.
The Project Gutenberg EBook of How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob A. Riis
2219 – Babylon (2022)
spacetime coordinates: 1926 – 1932 Los Angeles
Babylon is a 2022 American epic period comedy drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It features an ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo and Li Jun Li. It chronicles the rise and fall of multiple characters during Hollywood‘s transition from silent to sound films in the late 1920s. (wiki)
2208 – The Republic of Dreams (Bruno Schulz portal)
Just recently found this portal searching after the “republic of dreams” dedicated to the alternate reality where Bruno Schulz still lives. We have been covering here dear movies based on his work – like the insanely good Hourglass Sanatorium.
2190 – 1899 (TV Series 2022– )
spacetime coordinates: October 1899, a group of European migrants is travelling from London on a steamship named Kerberos to start new lives in New York City.
1899 is a multilingual German epic period mystery-science fiction streaming television series created by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar (dark). It premiered on Netflix on 17 November 2022. (wiki)
2182 – X film series
Pearl (2022)
spacetime coordinates: 1918 Texas, during the influenza pandemic
Pearl (subtitled An X-traordinary Origin Story) is a 2022 psychological slasher film directed by Ti West, co-written by West and Mia Goth, who stars as the title character, and featuring David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, and Emma Jenkins-Purro in supporting roles. A prequel to X (2022), and second installment overall in the X film series, it serves as an origin story for the titular villain whose fervent aspirations to become a movie star lead her to committing violent acts on her family’s Texas homestead.
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X (2022)
spacetime coordinates: 1979 Texas
X is a 2022 slasher film written, directed, produced and edited by Ti West. It stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, and Scott Mescudi. The film’s plot follows a cast and crew who gather to make a pornographic film on an elderly couple’s rural Texas property, but find themselves threatened by an unlikely killer.
Nate Roscoe of Fangoria wrote in an essay on the film that X exemplifies a modern take on the psycho-biddy horror subgenre, in which aging or elderly women portray grotesque, violent characters. Roscoe also notes that the film’s primary theme revolves around aging, youth, and longing over the past. “Snatching its inspo from the shadiest recesses of art and exploitation, it is the relationship between beauty, aging and self-worth that creeps most conspicuously through the architecture of X.” He also notes that the film presents its antagonist—the murderous Pearl—in a manner that is sympathetic, writing that, at moments, “one can’t help but feel crushingly sorry for this tragic figure.”
West stated that he had pitched his idea of a new franchise to A24 and had been surprised when they green-lit his projects. The filmmaker stated that he intends each film to have its own distinct style and genre of horror. Describing his approach to each movie, he stated that X was heavily influenced by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise and by the works of Mario Bava, which explore how the rise of independent filmmaking affected society, while Pearl will be a melodrama meets the Technicolor style of Mary Poppins and The Wizard of Oz, made as a “demented Disney movie” and based on the works of Douglas Sirk, and will explore how Hollywood filmmaking has influenced people. West stated that he intends to continue this trend of exploring diverse styles and genres in future installments.
2175 – Wild Wild Country (TV Mini Series 2018)
spacetime coordinates: 1968 India > 1981 – 1985 Antelope, Oregon / Rajneesh
Wild Wild Country is a Netflix documentary series about the controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), his one-time personal assistant Ma Anand Sheela, and their community of followers in the Rajneeshpuram community located in Wasco County, Oregon, US. (wiki)
(Original Caption) Oregon: Rajneeshpuram. Bhwagwan Shree Rajneesh gestures as he invites his own assassination during news conference 7/20. It was announced that security people had found that one of the reporters had smuggled a gun into the news conference, the first ever held by Bhagwan. He answered questions for two and a half hours.
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