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• Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919: How One of America’s Strangest Tragedies Happened, 14 Feb 2014 in History
• What Happens When Your Brain is on Alfred Hitchcock: The Neuroscience of Film, 13 Feb 2014 in Film&Psychology&Science
• What Did Charles Darwin Read? See His Handwritten Reading List & Read Books from His Library Online, 12 Feb 2014 in Biology&History&Science
• The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528), 11 Feb 2014 in History&Writing
• Allen Ginsberg’s Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit: The Poet’s Final Days Captured in a 1997 Film, 10 Feb 2014 in Film
• Groucho Marx and T.S. Eliot Become Unexpected Pen Pals, Exchanging Portraits & Compliments (1961), 09 Feb 2014 in Comedy&Poetry
• Saul Bass’ Vivid Storyboards for Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960), 06 Feb 2014 in Film
• The Notecards on Which Vladimir Nabokov Wrote Lolita: A Look Inside the Author’s Creative Process, 05 Feb 2014 in Creativity&Literature
• Ira Glass’ Advice on Achieving Creative Excellence Presented in Two Artful, Typographic Videos, 04 Feb 2014 in Creativity&Life&Radio
• Read Two Poems David Foster Wallace Wrote During His Elementary School Days, 03 Feb 2014 in Literature&Poetry
• Ridley Scott on the Making of Apple’s Iconic “1984” Commercial, Aired on Super Bowl Sunday in 1984, 02 Feb 2014 in Technology&Television
• New York’s Famous Chelsea Hotel and Its Creative Residents Revisited in a 1981 Documentary, 31 Jan 2014 in History&Television
• The Tom Waits Map: A Mapping of Every Place Waits Has Sung About, From L.A. to Africa’s Jungles, 29 Jan 2014 in Maps&Music
• Quentin Tarantino & Steve Buscemi Rehearse Scenes for Reservoir Dogs in 1991 (NSFW), 29 Jan 2014 in Film
• Alfred Hitchcock and Vladimir Nabokov Trade Letters and Ideas for a Film Collaboration (1964), 27 Jan 2014 in Film&Letters&Literature
• Read Allen Ginsberg’s Poignant Final Poem “Things I’ll Not Do (Nostalgias)”, 24 Jan 2014 in Life&Poetry
• George Orwell’s Harrowing Race to Finish 1984 Before His Death, 23 Jan 2014 in Literature
• Leonardo da Vinci’s Handwritten Resume (1482), 22 Jan 2014 in History
• Jack Kerouac’s Hand-Drawn Map of the Hitchhiking Trip Narrated in On the Road, 21 Jan 2014 in Literature
• Federico Fellini, Born 94 Years Ago Today, Writes a Gushing Letter to Legendary Cartoonist, Moebius, 20 Jan 2014 in Art&Film
• Quentin Tarantino Lists His Favorite Records: Bob Dylan, Freda Payne, Phil Ochs and More, 17 Jan 2014 in Film&Music
• Fyodor Dostoevsky Draws Elaborate Doodles In His Manuscripts, 17 Jan 2014 in Art&Literature
• Read Beethoven’s Lengthy Love Letter to His Mysterious “Immortal Beloved” (1812), 16 Jan 2014 in Music
• How Hunter S. Thompson — and Psilocybin — Influenced the Art of Ralph Steadman, Creating the “Gonzo” Style, 14 Jan 2014 in Art&Literature
• Memory of the Camps (1985): The Holocaust Documentary that Traumatized Alfred Hitchcock, and Remained Unseen for 40 Years, 13 Jan 2014 in Film&History
• George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write 1984, 09 Jan 2014 in History&Literature
• Listen to Eight Interviews of Orson Welles by Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich (RIP), 07 Jan 2014 in Film
• Cartoonist R. Crumb Assesses 21 Cultural Figures, from Dylan & Hitchcock, to Kafka & The Beatles, 03 Jan 2014 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Film&Literature
• Chaos Cinema: A Breakdown of How 21st-Century Action Films Became Incoherent, 02 Jan 2014 in Film
• Milton Friedman & John Kenneth Galbraith’s Present Their Opposing Economic Philosophies on Two TV Series (1977–1980), 02 Jan 2014 in Economics&Television
• A Brief History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System, 31 Dec 2013 in Film&History
• Read 9 Free Articles by Hunter S. Thompson That Span His Gonzo Journalist Career (1965–2005), 27 Dec 2013 in Literature&Writing
• Werner Herzog Presents Two Visions of America in How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck (1981) and God’s Angry Man (1976), 26 Dec 2013 in Film
• On the Air: Watch the 1950s Sitcom by David Lynch and His Twin Peaks Co-Creator Mark Frost, 25 Dec 2013 in Television
• Andy Warhol’s Christmas Art, 24 Dec 2013 in Art
• David Lynch Presents the Interview Project: 121 Mini-Documentaries About Life in America, 20 Dec 2013 in Film
• Watch Three Films by the Immensely Prolific & Widely-Admired “B‑Movie” Filmmaker, Roger Corman, 19 Dec 2013 in Film
• See Peter O’Toole Talk Hamlet with Orson Welles (1963) and Play Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (1986), 18 Dec 2013 in Theatre
• From the Drain: A Creepy Comedy David Cronenberg Made in Film School (1967), 17 Dec 2013 in Film
• John Waters Makes Handmade Christmas Cards, Says the “Whole Purpose of Life is Christmas”, 13 Dec 2013 in Creativity&Film&Life
• Orson Welles Records Two Songs with the 1980s Heavy-Metal Band Manowar, 12 Dec 2013 in Music
• Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space: “The Worst Movie Ever Made,” “The Ultimate Cult Flick,” or Both?, 11 Dec 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Ingmar Bergman Names the 11 Films He Liked Above All Others (1994), 10 Dec 2013 in Film
• Join Clive James on His Classic Television Trips to Paris, LA, Tokyo, Rio, Cairo & Beyond, 06 Dec 2013 in Television&Travel
• Filmmaker Luis Buñuel Shows How to Make the Perfect Dry Martini, 05 Dec 2013 in Food & Drink
• Susan Sontag’s 50 Favorite Films (and Her Own Cinematic Creations), 04 Dec 2013 in Film
• How Ray Bradbury Wrote the Script for John Huston’s Moby Dick (1956), 03 Dec 2013 in Film&Literature
• A Young Jean-Luc Godard Picks the 10 Best American Films Ever Made (1963), 02 Dec 2013 in Film
• F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 13 Tips for What to Do with Your Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey, 29 Nov 2013 in Comedy&Food & Drink
• What Cultural Icons of the 19th & 20th Centuries Would Have Liked About Life in the 21st Century, 28 Nov 2013 in History&Literature
• Marilyn Monroe’s Handwritten Turkey-and-Stuffing Recipe, 27 Nov 2013 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch Charlie Chaplin Demand 342 Takes of One Scene from City Lights, 26 Nov 2013 in Film
• Filmmaker Michel Gondry Presents an Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky, 25 Nov 2013 in Animation&Film&Philosophy
• November 22, 1963: Watch Errol Morris’ Short Documentary About the Kennedy Assassination, 22 Nov 2013 in History&Photography
• The 10 Hidden Cuts in Rope (1948), Alfred Hitchcock’s Famous “One-Shot” Feature Film, 21 Nov 2013 in Film
• Watch Leonardo da Vinci’s Musical Invention, the Viola Organista, Being Played for the Very First Time, 20 Nov 2013 in History&Music
• Stephen Fry Explains Cloud Computing in a Short Animated Video, 19 Nov 2013 in Technology
• How Benoit Mandelbrot Discovered Fractals: A Short Film by Errol Morris, 18 Nov 2013 in Film&Math
• Watch Wes Anderson’s Charming New Short Film, Castello Cavalcanti, Starring Jason Schwartzman, 15 Nov 2013 in Film
• 16-Year-Old Marcel Proust Tells His Grandfather About His Misguided Adventures at the Local Brothel, 14 Nov 2013 in Letters&Literature
• The Black Rider: A Theatrical Production by Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs & Robert Wilson (1990), 13 Nov 2013 in Music&Theatre
• Charles Bukowski Takes You on a Very Strange Tour of Hollywood, 12 Nov 2013 in Poetry
• James Joyce’s Dublin Captured in Vintage Photos from 1897 to 1904, 09 Nov 2013 in History&Literature&Photography
• The Nazi’s Philistine Grudge Against Abstract Art and The “Degenerate Art Exhibition” of 1937, 07 Nov 2013 in Art&History&Museums
• 1966 Film Explores the Making of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (and Our High-Tech Future), 06 Nov 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Watch After the Ball, the 1897 “Adult” Film by Pioneering Director Georges Méliès (Almost NSFW), 05 Nov 2013 in Film
• Hear Homer’s Iliad Read in the Original Ancient Greek, 04 Nov 2013 in History&Literature
• Watch Goethe’s Haunting Poem, “Der Erlkönig,” Presented in an Artful Sand Animation, 01 Nov 2013 in Music&Poetry
• American Filmmakers in Japanese Ads: Quentin Tarantino Sells Cell Phones, Orson Welles Hawks Whisky, 31 Oct 2013 in Film&Television
• Run Vintage Video Games (From Pac-Man to E.T.) and Software in Your Web Browser, Thanks to Archive.org, 30 Oct 2013 in Archives&Internet Archive&Software&Technology&Video Games
• Watch Very First Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Plays: King John, The Tempest, Richard III & More (1899–1936), 30 Oct 2013 in Film&Theatre
• Doodlebug, Christopher Nolan’s First Short: What Came Before The Dark Night, Memento & Inception (1997), 28 Oct 2013 in Film
• Watch Red Shirley, Lou Reed’s Short Documentary on His Fascinating 100-Year-Old Cousin (2010), 28 Oct 2013 in Film&History
• Watch 8 New Video Essays on Wes Anderson’s Films: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums & More, 25 Oct 2013 in Film
• Download Vintage Film Posters in High-Res: From The Philadelphia Story to Attack of the Crab Monsters, 25 Oct 2013 in Film
• Noam Chomsky Schools 9/11 Truther; Explains the Science of Making Credible Claims, 24 Oct 2013 in Politics&Science
• An Animation of Orson Welles’ Famous Frozen Peas Rant, 22 Oct 2013 in Animation&Television
• The Haircut: A Student Film Starring the Great John Cassavetes (1982), 21 Oct 2013 in Film
• Ingmar Bergman Evaluates His Fellow Filmmakers — The “Affected” Godard, “Infantile” Hitchcock & Sublime Tarkovsky, 18 Oct 2013 in Film
• Apocalypse Now’s “Ride of the Valkyries” Attack: The Anatomy of a Classic Scene, 17 Oct 2013 in Film
• Watch the Very First Trailers for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi (1976–83), 16 Oct 2013 in Film
• How Ridley Scott Turned Footage From the Beginning of The Shining Into the End of Blade Runner, 15 Oct 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Who Created the Famous Shower Scene in Psycho? Alfred Hitchcock or the Legendary Designer Saul Bass?, 14 Oct 2013 in Film
• David Lynch Presents the History of Surrealist Film (1987), 11 Oct 2013 in Film
• Free Online: 10 of the Greatest Silent Films of All Time, 10 Oct 2013 in Film
• Crash Course on Literature: Watch John Green’s Fun Introductions to Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye & Other Classics, 09 Oct 2013 in Education&K-12&Literature
• Andy Warhol Creates Album Covers for Jazz Legends Thelonious Monk, Count Basie & Kenny Burrell, 08 Oct 2013 in Art&Music
• Animated Video Explores the Invented Languages of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones & Star Trek, 07 Oct 2013 in Animation&Language Lessons&Literature
• Debussy’s Clair de lune: The Classical Music Visualization with 21 Million Views, 04 Oct 2013 in Music
• The Penultimate Truth About Philip K. Dick: Documentary Explores the Mysterious Universe of PKD, 03 Oct 2013 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Mark Twain’s Advice to Little Girls: Witty Counsel to Young Ladies of 1865, 02 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Literature
• Stanley Kubrick to Ingmar Bergman: “You Are the Greatest Filmmaker at Work Today” (1960), 01 Oct 2013 in Film&Letters
• Slavoj Žižek’s Pervert’s Guide to Ideology Decodes The Dark Knight and They Live, 30 Sep 2013 in Film&Philosophy
• Hergé Draws Tintin in Vintage Footage (and What Explains the Character’s Enduring Appeal), 27 Sep 2013 in Comics/Cartoons
• Watch Dating Dos and Don’ts: An Old-School Instructional Guide to Teenage Romance (1949), 26 Sep 2013 in Animation&Education&Film&History
• Portraits of Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Walter Benjamin & Other Literary Legends by Gisèle Freund, 25 Sep 2013 in Literature&Photography
• Watch The Surreal 1960s Films and Commercials of Jim Henson, 24 Sep 2013 in Animation&Film
• Frida Kahlo Writes a Personal Letter to Georgia O’Keeffe After O’Keeffe’s Nervous Breakdown (1933), 23 Sep 2013 in Art&Letters
• William S. Burroughs Explains What Artists & Creative Thinkers Do for Humanity: From Galileo to Cézanne and James Joyce, 20 Sep 2013 in Art
• Vladimir Nabokov’s Delightful Butterfly Drawings, 19 Sep 2013 in Art&Literature&Science
• David Lynch Lists His Favorite Films & Directors, Including Fellini, Wilder, Tati & Hitchcock, 18 Sep 2013 in Film
• The Art of Handwriting as Practiced by Famous Artists: Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, Willem de Kooning & More, 17 Sep 2013 in Art&History
• F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Handwritten Manuscripts for The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise & More, 16 Sep 2013 in Literature
• Dark Side of the Rainbow: Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz in One of the Earliest Mash-Ups, 13 Sep 2013 in Film&Music
• The Curious History of Punctuation: Author Reveals the Beginnings of the #, ¶, ☞, and More, 12 Sep 2013 in English Language&History
• Radical Thinkers: 5 Videos Profile Max Horkheimer, Alain Badiou & Other Radical Theorists, 11 Sep 2013 in Philosophy
• A Journey into the Mind of P: A Cinematic Look at Thomas Pynchon, 10 Sep 2013 in Books
• The Pleasure Garden, Alfred Hitchcock’s Very First Feature Film (1925), 09 Sep 2013 in Film
• The 10 Greatest Films of All Time According to 846 Film Critics, 07 Sep 2013 in Film
• Watch The Amazing 1912 Animation of Stop-Motion Pioneer Ladislas Starevich, Starring Dead Bugs, 05 Sep 2013 in Animation&Film
• Hear 38 Versions of “September Song,” from James Brown, Lou Reed, Sarah Vaughan and Others, 04 Sep 2013 in Music
• Read 113 Pages of Charles Bukowski’s FBI File From 1968, 02 Sep 2013 in History&Literature
• Watch Big Time, the Concert Film Capturing Tom Waits on His Best Tour Ever (1988), 30 Aug 2013 in Film&Music
• Raymond Chandler Denounces Strangers on a Train in Sharply-Worded Letter to Alfred Hitchcock, 29 Aug 2013 in Film&Letters
• “Glory to the Conquerors of the Universe!”: Propaganda Posters from the Soviet Space Race (1958–1963), 28 Aug 2013 in Art&Design&History
• The Tale of the Fox: Watch Ladislas Starevich’s Animation of Goethe’s Great German Folktale (1937), 27 Aug 2013 in Animation&Film
• Did Hollywood Movies Studios “Collaborate” with Hitler During WW II? Historian Makes the Case, 26 Aug 2013 in History
• “Notes from a Dirty Old Man”: Charles Bukowski’s Lost Cartoons from the 60s and 70s, 23 Aug 2013 in Art&Poetry
• Vladimir Nabokov Creates a Hand-Drawn Map of James Joyce’s Ulysses, 22 Aug 2013 in Literature&Maps
• Dick Cavett’s Wide-Ranging TV Interview with Ingmar Bergman and Lead Actress Bibi Andersson (1971), 21 Aug 2013 in Film&Television
• Quentin Tarantino Lists the 12 Greatest Films of All Time: From Taxi Driver to The Bad News Bears, 20 Aug 2013 in Film
• Revisit Futuria Fantasia: The Science Fiction Fanzine That Ray Bradbury Published as a Teenager, 19 Aug 2013 in Sci Fi
• Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, and Anne Enright Give Ten Candid Pieces of Writing Advice Each, 16 Aug 2013 in Literature&Writing
• A Poet in Cinema: Andrei Tarkovsky Reveals the Director’s Deep Thoughts on Filmmaking and Life, 15 Aug 2013 in Film
• The Getty Puts 4600 Art Images Into the Public Domain (and There’s More to Come), 14 Aug 2013 in Art&Museums
• Listen to Charles Bukowski Poems Being Read by Bukowski Himself & the Great Tom Waits, 13 Aug 2013 in Poetry
• Watch Werner Herzog’s From One Second to the Next, an Eye-Opening Film Reveals the Dangers of Texting While Driving, 12 Aug 2013 in Film
• Watch the Original Audition Tapes for Breaking Bad Before the Final Season Debuts, 09 Aug 2013 in Television
• Master of Light: A Close Look at the Paintings of Johannes Vermeer Narrated by Meryl Streep, 08 Aug 2013 in Art&Film
• A Trip to the Moon (and Five Other Free Films) by Georges Méliès, the Father of Special Effects, 07 Aug 2013 in Film
• Andy Warhol Shoots “Screen Tests” of Nico, Bob Dylan & Salvador Dalí, 06 Aug 2013 in Art&Film
• Free: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Offer 474 Free Art Books Online, 05 Aug 2013 in Art&Museums
• Woody Allen Lists the Greatest Films of All Time: Includes Classics by Bergman, Truffaut & Fellini, 02 Aug 2013 in Film
• The Masterful Polaroid Pictures Taken by Filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, 01 Aug 2013 in Film&Photography
• Martin Scorsese Reveals His 12 Favorite Movies, 31 Jul 2013 in Film
• Stanley Kubrick’s List of Top 10 Films: The First and Only List He Ever Created, 30 Jul 2013 in Film
• When William S. Burroughs Joined Scientology (and His 1971 Book Denouncing It), 29 Jul 2013 in Literature&Psychology&Religion
• The General, “Perhaps the Greatest Film Ever Made,” and 20 Other Buster Keaton Classics Free Online, 26 Jul 2013 in Film
• Read Fanny Hill, the 18th-Century Erotic Novel That Went to the Supreme Court in the 20th Century, 24 Jul 2013 in Literature
• Henry Rollins: Education is the Cure to “Disaster Capitalism”, 23 Jul 2013 in Current Affairs&Education&Politics