games

2031 – Exo One (2021 video game)

Summary: A strange signal… an alien craft… Exo One is an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. Master a truly alien traversal system and move through enigmatic and desolate landscapes in ways you’ve never experienced. Use gravity and momentum to reach colossal speeds and exhilarating heights. (metacritic)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (recommended): Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system / OS: Windows 10 / Processor: Intel Core i7 / Memory: 8 GB RAM / Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1060 or higher / DirectX: Version 11 / Storage: 5 GB available space

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series

2030 – Archive 81 (TV Series 2022–)

Archive 81 is an American horror streaming television series developed by Rebecca Sonnenshine. The series is based on the podcast of the same name, about researchers cataloging the video archive of a missing filmmaker. It stars Mamoudou Athie and Dina Shihabi in leading roles. The series was released on January 14, 2022 on Netflix. (wiki)

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movies

2001 – The Last Duel (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 14th century France (1370 – 1386)

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The Last Duel is a 2021 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Nicole HolofcenerBen Affleck, and Matt Damon, based on the 2004 book The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager. Set in medieval France, the film stars Damon as Jean de Carrouges, a knight who challenges his former friend, squire Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) to a judicial duel after Jean’s wife, Marguerite (Jodie Comer), accuses Jacques of raping her. The events leading up to the duel are divided into three distinct chapters, reflecting the contradictory perspectives of the three main characters. Affleck also stars in a supporting role as Count Pierre d’Alençon.

During an interview on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron in November 2021, Scott blamed the film’s box-office failure on millennials, arguing: “I think what it boils down to — what we’ve got today [are] the audiences who were brought up on these fucking cell phones. The millennian do not ever want to be taught anything unless you are told it on the cell phone” 🙂 (wiki)

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movies

2000 – The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)

spacetime coordinates: 1945  Mauthausen-Gusen concentration campUpper Austria

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The Photographer of Mauthausen (Spanish: El fotógrafo de Mauthausen) is a 2018 Spanish biography drama / historical film starring Mario Casas as photographer Francisco Boix during his life in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex. (wiki)

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movies

1995 – Lamb (2021)

spacetime coordinates: late 2010’s  Iceland

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Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, “The animal”) is a 2021 Icelandic drama film directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. The film stars Noomi Rapace, and marks Valdimar Jóhannsson’s feature-length directorial debut. Rapace and Béla Tarr act as executive producers. (wiki)

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1970 – The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 1960s and 1970s in Newark, New Jersey / 1967 riots

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The Many Saints of Newark (marketed with the subtitle A Sopranos Story) is a 2021 American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor. A prequel to Chase’s HBO crime drama series The Sopranos. The film follows a violent gang war from the perspectives of mobster Dickie Moltisanti and his teenage nephew, Tony Soprano. It stars Alessandro Nivola as Dickie and Michael Gandolfini, with Leslie Odom Jr.Jon BernthalCorey StollBilly Magnussen, Michela De RossiJohn MagaroRay Liotta, and Vera Farmiga in supporting roles. (wiki)

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