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In medias res

In medias res, Latin for "in the middle of things," is a narrative technique from Horace's Ars Poetica in which a story opens mid-action, as in the Odyssey, with backstory supplied later via flashbacks, unlike ab ovo beginnings.

In Memoriam (2026 film)

In Memoriam (2026 film): Rob Burnett's American comedy-drama, Marc Maron's first lead role as dying actor Langston Stanfield obsessed with the Oscars In Memoriam montage; Tribeca 2026 premiere, 118 minutes.

In Memoriam A.H.H.

In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850), Alfred Lord Tennyson's elegy for Arthur Henry Hallam, who died at 22 in Vienna in 1833; 131 cantos in ABBA tetrameter quatrains, published anonymously the year Tennyson became Poet Laureate.

In Memory of Liu Hezhen

"In Memory of Liu Hezhen" (记念刘和珍君) is a memorial essay by Lu Xun, written in 1926 mourning student Liu Hezhen, killed in the March 18 Massacre in Beijing.

In Memory of the Forgotten

In Memory of the Forgotten (为了忘却的记念) is a 1933 memorial essay by the Chinese writer Lu Xun honoring five young left-wing writers secretly executed by Kuomintang agents in Shanghai.

In Memory of W. B. Yeats

"In Memory of W. B. Yeats" is a 1939 elegy by W. H. Auden for the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, among the most famous elegies of the 20th century.

In My Feelings

"In My Feelings" is Drake's 2018 New Orleans bounce single from Scorpion, produced by TrapMoneyBenny, BlaqNmilD, and 40 with City Girls; it topped the Hot 100 for ten weeks and inspired the viral Kiki dance challenge.

In My Life

"In My Life" is a 1965 Beatles song from Rubber Soul, written mainly by John Lennon (Lennon-McCartney credit), with a disputed melody and George Martin's sped-up harpsichord-like piano solo; ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs.

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, Jay-Z's second studio album (November 4, 1997, Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), blends Bad Boy pop production with street rap after the Notorious B.I.G.'s death; RIAA platinum, featuring The City Is Mine and Sunshine.

In My Room (Julia Wolf song)

"In My Room" is a 2024 single by American alt-pop singer Julia Wolf, produced by Scro, which went viral through Twilight TikTok edits, hit No. 1 on Alternative Radio, and appeared on her 2025 album PRESSURE.

In New York

In New York (Yiddish: אין ניו־יארק, In Nyu-York) is the first poetry collection of Yiddish modernist poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, published in New York in 1919 to wide acclaim.

In Our Blood (film)

In Our Blood is a 2024 American found-footage horror film directed by Pedro Kos, starring Brittany O'Grady, E.J. Bonilla, and Alanna Ubach. It premiered at Fantasia 2024, released in US theaters October 24, 2025 via Utopia, set in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

In Our Prime (이상한 나라의 수학자)

In Our Prime (이상한 나라의 수학자) is a 2022 South Korean drama, Park Dong-hoon's film about a North Korean defector math genius hiding as a school security guard who tutors a struggling elite-high-school student, starring Choi Min-sik and Kim Dong-hwi; 534,489 admissions.

In Our Time (光阴的故事)

In Our Time (光阴的故事, 1982) is a Taiwanese four-segment anthology film by Tao Te-chen, Edward Yang, Ko I-chen, and Chang Yi, produced by Central Motion Pictures and regarded as the starting point of the Taiwan New Cinema movement.

In ovo injection

In ovo injection is a poultry farming method that injects vaccines, nutrients, or hormones into avian embryos inside the egg, typically on days 17.5 to 19.25 of incubation.

In Parenthesis

In Parenthesis is a 1937 epic poem by British artist David Jones, following infantryman John Ball to Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme.

In pari delicto

In pari delicto, Latin for "in equal fault," is an equitable defense in tort and contract law barring a plaintiff's recovery for a wrong the plaintiff participated in, with exceptions such as the adverse interest exception and statutory override.

In pectore

In pectore (Latin, "in the breast"; Italian in petto) is a papal appointment of a cardinal whose name the pope does not publish; unpublished ones lapse at the pope's death.

In Perpetuity

"In Perpetuity" is episode 3, season 1 of Apple TV+'s Severance, directed by Ben Stiller and written by Andrew Colville; it aired February 25, 2022, runs 56 minutes, and follows Mark's field trip to the Perpetuity Wing, Helly's Break Room punishment, and Petey's death after reintegration.

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight: USA Network crime drama (2008–2012), created by David Maples, starring Mary McCormack as U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon of the witness protection program in New Mexico; five seasons, canceled August 2011 despite 4.9 million average viewers. Distinguished from the 2021 Coulthart UFO book and other same-title works.

In Praise of Love

In Praise of Love (Éloge de l'amour) is Jean-Luc Godard's 2001 French-Swiss drama, in Cannes competition, told in two halves: black-and-white 35mm present and saturated digital-video past, about love, memory, and Hollywood buying history.

In Praise of Shadows

In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃, In'ei raisan) is a 1933 essay by the novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki on Japanese aesthetics, finding beauty in shadow rather than bright light.

in Pursuit of Venus [infected]

in Pursuit of Venus [infected] is a 2015–17 video installation by Māori artist Lisa Reihana that restages Pacific encounters with British explorers from an Indigenous point of view.

In Rainbows

In Rainbows is Radiohead's seventh studio album, self-released 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download after leaving EMI; 38% of buyers paid about $6, and it scored 88 on Metacritic.

In rem jurisdiction

In rem jurisdiction is a court's power over a thing or property, Latin 'against the thing', producing judgments binding all the world; distinct from in personam and quasi in rem jurisdiction and reshaped by Shaffer v. Heitner's minimum contacts standard.

In Rufinum

In Rufinum ("Against Rufinus") is a two-book Latin invective poem by Claudian against Flavius Rufinus, Praetorian Prefect of the East, composed between 395 and 397.

In Salah Gas Pipeline

The In Salah Gas Pipeline is a 520 km natural gas pipeline in Algeria, carrying gas from the In Salah fields to the Hassi R'Mel hub since 2004.

In Search of Darkness

In Search of Darkness: crowdfunded horror documentary series by CreatorVC, written and directed by David A. Weiner. Began 2019 with a 4h24m '80s horror retrospective; expanded to an '80s trilogy, 1990-1994 and 1995-1999 editions, and a 1970s entry.

In Search of Joy

In Search of Joy (В поисках радости) is a two-act play by Soviet Russian dramatist Viktor Rozov, written in 1957 and known for the "Rozov boys" idealists it inspired.

In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time, or À la recherche du temps perdu, is a seven-volume novel by Marcel Proust, published between 1913 and 1927 and famous for its madeleine episode.