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1949 – O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

spacetime coordinates: 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 crime comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George ClooneyJohn Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas KingJohn GoodmanHolly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles.

The film is a modern satire loosely based on Homer‘s epic Greek poem The Odyssey that incorporates social features of the American South. The title of the film is a reference to the Preston Sturges 1941 film Sullivan’s Travels, in which the protagonist is a director who wants to film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a fictitious book about the Great Depression. (wiki)

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1934 – No Man of God (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 1980’s Florida

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No Man of God is a 2021 American crime mystery film directed by Amber Sealey and written by Kit Lesser. The film stars Elijah WoodLuke KirbyAleksa Palladino and Robert Patrick. It is based on real life transcripts selected from conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Special Agent Bill Hagmaier that happened between 1984 and 1989. (wiki)

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1929 – The Suicide Squad (2021)

spacetime coordinates: the South American island nation of Corto Maltese after its government is overthrown by an anti-American regime

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The Suicide Squad is a 2021 American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the team Suicide Squad. It is a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the tenth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).

It was written and directed by James Gunn, He drew inspiration from war films and John Ostrander‘s 1980s Suicide Squad comics, and decided to explore new characters in a story separate from the first film’s narrative.

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Peacemaker, a spin-off television series starring John Cena, is set to debut on HBO Max in January 2022. (wiki)

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1873 – The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

spacetime coordinates: the trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, 1981 Connecticut.

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (also known as The Conjuring 3) is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves. The film serves as a sequel to The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016), and as the eighth installment in the Conjuring Universe. (wiki)


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1869 – Mindhunter (TV series 2017–2019)

spacetime coordinates: 1977 – 1981 US

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Mindhunter is an American psychological crime thriller television series created by Joe Penhall, based on the 1995 true-crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit written by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. The executive producers include Penhall, Charlize Theron, and David Fincher, the latter of whom has served as the series’s most frequent director and de facto showrunner, overseeing much of the scriptwriting and production processes. The series stars Jonathan GroffHolt McCallany, and Anna Torv, and it follows the founding of the Behavioral Science Unit in the FBI in the late 1970s and the beginning of criminal profiling.

The first season of ten episodes debuted worldwide on Netflix on October 13, 2017. The second season was released by Netflix on August 16, 2019. In January 2020, Netflix announced that the potential for a third season was on indefinite hold as Fincher wanted to pursue other projects but may “revisit [the series] in the future”.

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Mindhunter revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), along with psychologist Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), who operate the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit within the Training Division at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Together, they launched a research project to interview imprisoned serial killers to understand their psychology with the hope of applying this knowledge to solve ongoing cases.

The first season takes place from 1977 to 1980, in the early days of criminal psychology and criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of InvestigationCameron Britton has a recurring role in this season as notorious serial killer Edmund Kemper, who is the first to assist Ford and Tench in understanding how a serial killer’s mind works. Other notable serial killers featured in the first season include Montie Rissell played by Sam StrikeJerry Brudos played by Happy AndersonRichard Speck played by Jack Erdie, and Dennis Rader also known as BTK, played by Sonny Valicenti.

The second season takes place between 1980 and 1981, with Ford and Tench investigating the Atlanta murders of 1979 to 1981, which included at least 28 deaths, mostly children. This is based on the real case of Wayne Williams, who was charged and convicted for the murder of two adult men but was never tried for the killing of the children and adolescents, causing mass outrage and questions over Williams’s guilt as the children’s cases went cold. The second season also features other infamous murderers, such as David Berkowitz, also known as Son of Sam, played by Oliver CooperWilliam Pierce Jr. played by Michael Filipowich, Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. played by Robert Aramayo, and Charles Manson, played by Damon Harriman. (wiki)

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1864 – Shopping (1994)

spacetime coordinates: (near future) 1990’s  London

Shopping is a 1994 British action crime drama film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson about a group of British teenagers who indulge in joyriding and ramraiding. It was notably the first major leading role for actor Jude Law, who first met his co-star and future wife Sadie Frost on the set of the film. (wiki)

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1848 – The Courier (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1960 – 1963 London, England – Moscow,  the Soviet Union / Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to deliver messages to secret agent Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze). Rachel BrosnahanJessie Buckley, and Angus Wright also star. (wiki)

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