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• Alfred Hitchcock Meets Jorge Luis Borges Borges in Cold War America: Watch Double Take (2009) Free Online, 16 Feb 2021 in Film&History
• Akira Kurosawa Appears in a Rare Television & Tells Dick Cavett about His Love of Old Tokyo & His Samurai Lineage (1981), 15 Feb 2021 in Film&Television
• Why Public Transit Sucks in the United States: Four Videos Tell the Story, 12 Feb 2021 in History&Politics&Technology
• A Tour of U.S. Accents: Bostonian, Philadelphese, Gullah Creole & Other Intriguing Dialects, 11 Feb 2021 in English Language&Language
• The Animations That Changed Cinema: The Groundbreaking Legacies of Prince Achmed, Akira, The Iron Giant & More, 10 Feb 2021 in Animation&Film
• Alan Watts Reads “One of the Greatest Things Carl Jung Ever Wrote”, 09 Feb 2021 in Photography&Religion
• How Norman Rockwell Used Photographs to Create His Famous Paintings: See Side-by-Side Comparisons, 09 Feb 2021 in Art&History&Photography
• Watch a Korean Master Craftsman Make a Kimchi Pot by Hand, All According to Ancient Tradition, 08 Feb 2021 in Art&Food & Drink&History
• The History of American Newspapers Has Been Digitized: Explore 114 Years of Editor & Publisher, “the Bible of the Newspaper Industry”, 05 Feb 2021 in Archives&History&Internet Archive&Magazines
• The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson & Beatles Producer George Martin Break Down “God Only Knows,” the “Greatest Song Ever Written”, 03 Feb 2021 in Music
• The Bauhaus Chess Set Where the Form of the Pieces Artfully Show Their Function (1922), 03 Feb 2021 in Art&Games&History
• Werner Herzog Discovers the Ecstasy of Skateboarding: “That’s Kind of My People”, 01 Feb 2021 in Film&Sports
• The Internet Archive Now Digitizing 1,000,000+ Objects from a Massive Cinema History Library, 01 Feb 2021 in Archives&Film&History&Internet Archive
• PBS American Masters Archive Releases 1,000+ Hours of Uncut, Never-Before-Seen Interviews: Patti Smith, David Bowie, Neil Young & More, 28 Jan 2021 in Archives&History&Television
• Watch John Cage Play His “Silent” 4′33″ in Harvard Square, Presented by Nam June Paik (1973), 27 Jan 2021 in Art&Music
• Algerian Cave Paintings Suggest Humans Did Magic Mushrooms 9,000 Years Ago, 27 Jan 2021 in Art&History&Psychology
• Rick Steves’ Europe: Binge Watch 11 Seasons of America’s Favorite Traveler Free Online, 26 Jan 2021 in Television&Travel
• A 10 Billion Pixel Scan of Vermeer’s Masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring: Explore It Online, 22 Jan 2021 in Art&Technology
• How to Make a Savile Row Suit: A Short Documentary from the Museum of Modern Art, 21 Jan 2021 in Fashion&Online Courses
• Brâncuși Captures His Sculpture & Life on Film: Watch Rare Footage Shot Between 1923–1939, 20 Jan 2021 in Art&Film
• How Levi’s 501 Jeans Became Iconic: A Short Documentary Featuring John Baldessari, Henry Rollins, Lee Ranaldo & More, 19 Jan 2021 in Fashion&History
• A Magical Look Inside the Painting Process of Studio Ghibli Artist Kazuo Oga, 18 Jan 2021 in Animation&Art
• Take a New Virtual Reality Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 Jan 2021 in Museums&Technology
• The CIA Has Declassified 2,780 Pages of UFO-Related Documents, and They’re Now Free to Download, 14 Jan 2021 in Sci Fi&Science
• A 16th-Century Astronomy Book Featured “Analog Computers” to Calculate the Shape of the Moon, the Position of the Sun, and More, 13 Jan 2021 in Astronomy&Books&History
• How Lava Lamps Help Secure the Internet, 12 Jan 2021 in Technology
• See Devo Perform Live for the Very First Time (Kent State University, 1973), 11 Jan 2021 in Music
• Flair Magazine: The Short-Lived, Highly-Influential Magazine That Still Inspires Designers Today (1950), 08 Jan 2021 in Design&History&Magazines
• How to Draw the Buddha: Explore an Elegant Tibetan Manual from the 18th-Century, 07 Jan 2021 in Books&History&Religion
• Animation Pioneer Lotte Reiniger Adapts Mozart’s The Magic Flute into an All-Silhouette Short Film (1935), 06 Jan 2021 in Animation&History&Music
• Rome’s Colosseum Will Get a New Retractable Floor by 2023 — Just as It Had in Ancient Times, 05 Jan 2021 in Architecture&History&Travel
• Discover Tokyo’s Museum Dedicated to Parasites: A Unique and Disturbing Institution, 04 Jan 2021 in Biology&Museums
• What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2021: The Great Gatsby & Mrs. Dalloway, Music by Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington, Comedies by Buster Keaton, and More, 01 Jan 2021 in Film&Literature&Music
• Studio Ghibli Makes 1,178 Images Free to Download from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away & Other Beloved Animated Films, 31 Dec 2020 in Animation&Film
• How Martin Luther King Jr. Got C’s in Public Speaking–Before Becoming a Straight‑A Student and a World Class Orator, 30 Dec 2020 in Education&History
• The Power of Pulp Fiction’s Dance Scene, Explained by Choreographers and Even John Travolta Himself, 29 Dec 2020 in Dance&Film
• In 1896, a French Cartoonist Predicted Our Socially-Distanced Zoom Holiday Gatherings, 28 Dec 2020 in Comics/Cartoons&History&Magazines&Technology
• Stream 48 Hours of Vintage Christmas Radio Broadcasts Featuring Orson Welles, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Ida Lupino & More (1930–1959), 25 Dec 2020 in History&Radio
• When Our World Became a de Chirico Painting: How the Avant-Garde Painter Foresaw the Empty City Streets of 2020, 24 Dec 2020 in Art&History
• Carl Sagan on the Importance of Choosing Wisely What You Read (Even If You Read a Book a Week), 23 Dec 2020 in Books
• Why David Sedaris Hates “The Santaland Diaries,” the NPR Piece that Made Him Famous, 22 Dec 2020 in Comedy&Literature
• Why Is Napoleon’s Hand Always in His Waistcoat?: The Origins of This Distinctive Pose Explained, 21 Dec 2020 in Art&History
• Three Amateur Cryptographers Finally Decrypted the Zodiac Killer’s Letters: A Look Inside How They Solved a Half Century-Old Mystery, 18 Dec 2020 in History&Math
• Salman Rushdie and Jeff Koons Teach New Courses on Art, Creativity & Storytelling for MasterClass, 17 Dec 2020 in Art&Creativity&Literature&Online Courses&Writing
• The Dune Graphic Novel: Experience Frank Herbert’s Epic Sci-Fi Saga as You’ve Never Seen It Before, 16 Dec 2020 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Sci Fi
• The Art of Movie Posters: View Online 40,000+ Movie Posters & Learn How They’re Made, 15 Dec 2020 in Art&Film
• Isaac Newton Theorized That the Egyptian Pyramids Revealed the Timing of the Apocalypse: See His Burnt Manuscript from the 1680s, 15 Dec 2020 in History&Religion
• Study Less, Study Smart: A Longtime Psych Professor Explains How to Study (or Do Any Intellectual Work) Effectively, 11 Dec 2020 in Education
• The Art of Traditional Japanese Wood Joinery: A Kyoto Woodworker Shows How Japanese Carpenters Created Wood Structures Without Nails or Glue, 10 Dec 2020 in Architecture&Art
• A Biostatistician Uses Crochet to Visualize the Frightening Infection Rates of the Coronavirus, 09 Dec 2020 in Biology&Current Affairs&Health
• The Hertella Coffee Machine Mounted on a Volkswagen Dashboard (1959): The Most European Car Accessory Ever Made, 08 Dec 2020 in Food & Drink&History&Technology
• Why Japan Has the Oldest Businesses in the World?: Hōshi, a 1300-Year-Old Hotel, Offers Clues, 07 Dec 2020 in History&Travel
• Watch “Jackson Pollock 51,” a Historic Short Film That Captures Pollock Creating Abstract Expressionist Art on a Sheet of Glass, 04 Dec 2020 in Art&Film
• A Look into the Wondrous Life & Expansive Work of the Late Jan Morris, Who Wrote the Entire World, 03 Dec 2020 in Books&Travel
• A 1913 Children’s Book Lampoons Duchamp, Picasso & Other Avant-Garde Artists: Read The Cubies’ ABC Online, 03 Dec 2020 in Art&Books&History
• What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like & How We Know It, 02 Dec 2020 in History
• Salvador Dalí Gets Surreal with 1950s America: Watch His Appearances on What’s My Line? (1952) and The Mike Wallace Interview (1958), 01 Dec 2020 in Art&Television
• Learn How to Play Chess Online: Free Chess Lessons for Beginners, Intermediate Players & Beyond, 30 Nov 2020 in Games&How to Learn for Free
• A Flying Car Took to the Skies Back in 1949: See the Taylor Aerocar in Action, 26 Nov 2020 in History&Technology
• A Mysterious Monolith Appears in the Utah Desert, Channeling Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, 25 Nov 2020 in Art
• The Polygraph: The Proto-Photocopy Machine Machine Invented in 1803 That Changed Thomas Jefferson’s Life, 24 Nov 2020 in History&Technology&Writing
• The Geometry of Sound: Watch Artist Kenichi Kanazawa Make Amazing Geometric Designs Out of Sand, Using Sound Waves Alone, 23 Nov 2020 in Art&Physics
• David Lynch Explains How Simple Daily Habits Enhance His Creativity, 20 Nov 2020 in Creativity&Film&Life
• How Errol Morris Became Obsessed with — and Figured Out — the Truth of a Famous War Photograph, 19 Nov 2020 in History&Photography
• Experience Blade Runner Like You Never Have Before Through a Feature-Length Remastered Soundtrack, 18 Nov 2020 in Film&History&Music
• How Soy Sauce Has Been Made in Japan for Over 220 Years: An Inside View, 17 Nov 2020 in Food & Drink
• Watch Sassy Justice, the New Deepfake Satire Show Created by the Makers of South Park, 16 Nov 2020 in Comedy&Current Affairs&Technology&YouTube
• Experience a Video Painting of Brian Eno’s Thursday Afternoon That Has Soothed & Relaxed Millions of People, 13 Nov 2020 in Music
• Futurist from 1901 Describes the World of 2001: Opera by Telephone, Free College & Pneumatic Tubes Aplenty, 12 Nov 2020 in History&Magazines&Technology
• How the Beach Boys Created Their Pop Masterpieces: “Good Vibrations,” Pet Sounds, and More, 11 Nov 2020 in History&Music
• The Last Video Store: A Short Documentary on How the World’s Oldest Video Store Still Survives Today, 11 Nov 2020 in Film&History&Travel
• Watch the Making of Japanese Woodblock Prints, from Start to Finish, by a Longtime Tokyo Printmaker, 10 Nov 2020 in Art
• The Cinematography That Changed Cinema: Exploring Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Greenaway & Other Auteurs, 06 Nov 2020 in Film
• The Meticulous, Elegant Illustrations of the Nature Observed in England’s Countryside, 05 Nov 2020 in Art&Books&Nature
• 40,000 Early Modern Maps Are Now Freely Available Online (Courtesy of the British Library), 04 Nov 2020 in History&Maps
• Three Days in Twin Peaks: An In-Depth Journey Through the Evocative Locations of David Lynch’s TV Series, 03 Nov 2020 in Film&Television&Travel
• Before Creating the Moomins, Tove Jansson Drew Satirical Art Mocking Hitler & Stalin, 02 Nov 2020 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&History&Magazines
• The Legend of How Bluesman Robert Johnson Sold His Soul to the Devil at the Crossroads, 30 Oct 2020 in History&Music
• The Secret to High Performance and Fulfilment: Psychologist Daniel Goleman Explains the Power of Focus, 29 Oct 2020 in Neuroscience&Psychology
• A Glass Floor in a Dublin Grocery Store Lets Shoppers Look Down & Explore Medieval Ruins, 28 Oct 2020 in Architecture&History
• When Billy Idol Went Cyberpunk: See His Tribute to Neuromancer, His Recording Session with Timothy Leary, and His Limited-Edition Floppy Disk (1993), 27 Oct 2020 in History&Music&Technology
• The Craft of Writing Effectively: Essential Lessons from the Longtime Director of UChicago’s Writing Program, 27 Oct 2020 in Writing
• Daisugi, the 600-Year-Old Japanese Technique of Growing Trees Out of Other Trees, Creating Perfectly Straight Lumber, 23 Oct 2020 in Architecture&History&Nature
• “The Dark Side of the Moon” and Other Pink Floyd Songs Gloriously Performed by Irish & German Orchestras, 22 Oct 2020 in Music
• Tom Lehrer Releases His All of Catchy and Savage Musical Satire Into the Public Domain, 21 Oct 2020 in Music
• Take a Digital Drive Along Ed Ruscha’s Sunset Boulevard, the Famous Strip That the Artist Photographed from 1965 to 2007, 20 Oct 2020 in Architecture&History&Photography
• Watch Ridley Scott’s Controversial Nissan Sports Car Ad That Aired Only Once, During the Super Bowl (1990), 19 Oct 2020 in Film&Television
• Edward Hopper’s Creative Process: The Drawing & Careful Preparation Behind Nighthawks & Other Iconic Paintings, 16 Oct 2020 in Art
• Denmark’s Utopian Garden City Built Entirely in Circles: See Astounding Aerial Views of Brøndby Haveby, 15 Oct 2020 in Architecture&Design
• Werner Herzog Lists All the Languages He Knows–and Why He Only Speaks French If (Literally) a Gun’s Pointed at His Head, 14 Oct 2020 in Film&Language Lessons
• A Creepy 19th Century Re-Creation of the Famous Ancient Roman Statue, Laocoön and His Sons, 13 Oct 2020 in Art&History
• The David Lynch Retrospective: A Two Hour Video Essay on Lynch’s Complete Filmography, from Eraserhead to Inland Empire, 12 Oct 2020 in Film
• The Story of the SynthAxe, the Astonishing 1980s Guitar Synthesizer: Only 100 Were Ever Made, 09 Oct 2020 in History&Music&Technology
• Foreign Exchange Students Debate Whether American Teenagers Have Too Much Freedom (1954), 08 Oct 2020 in Education&History
• What Caused the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe?: A Brief Investigation into the Poet’s Demise 171 Years Ago Today, 07 Oct 2020 in History&Literature
• How Vividly Colorized Photos Helped Introduce Japan to the World in the 19th Century, 06 Oct 2020 in History&Photography
• Watch a Young Carl Sagan Appear in His First TV Documentary, The Violent Universe (1969), 05 Oct 2020 in Astronomy&Science&Television
• When Shostakovich Adapted Gogol’s “The Nose” Into an Opera: Watch Giant Noses Tap Dancing on the Stage, 02 Oct 2020 in Dance&Literature&Music&Opera
• Explore a Digital Archive of Student Notebooks from Around the World (1773-Present), 01 Oct 2020 in Archives&Books&Education&History
• What Would the World of Charlie Chaplin Look Like in Color?: Watch a Colorfully Restored Version of A Night at the Show (1915), 30 Sep 2020 in Film
• How Storyboarding Works: A Brief Introduction to How Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson & Other Directors Storyboard Their Films, 29 Sep 2020 in Art&Film
• Why James Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano Is “the Greatest Acting Achievement Ever Committed to the Screen”: A Video Essay, 28 Sep 2020 in Television
• Understanding Chris Marker’s Radical Sci-Fi Film La Jetée: A Study Guide Distributed to High Schools in the 1970s, 25 Sep 2020 in Education&Film
• Watch Chilling Footage of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings in Restored Color, 24 Sep 2020 in Film&History
• An Animated Introduction to Albert Camus’ Existentialism, a Philosophy Making a Comeback in Our Dysfunctional Times, 23 Sep 2020 in Philosophy&TED Talks
• How Bong Joon-ho’s Storyboards for Parasite (Now Published as a Graphic Novel) Meticulously Shaped the Acclaimed Film, 22 Sep 2020 in Books&Film
• The Life, Work & Philosophy of Bill Murray: Happy 70th Birthday to an American Comedy Icon, 21 Sep 2020 in Comedy&Film
• High-Resolution Walking Tours of Italy’s Most Historic Places: The Colosseum, Pompeii, St. Peter’s Basilica & More, 18 Sep 2020 in History&Travel
• Good Movies as Old Books: 100 Films Reimagined as Vintage Book Covers, 17 Sep 2020 in Books&Design&Film
• Steal Like Wes Anderson: A New Video Essay Explores How Wes Anderson Pays Artful Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman & Other Directors in His Films, 16 Sep 2020 in Film
• The Joy of Watching Old, Damaged Things Get Restored: Why the World is Captivated by Restoration Videos, 15 Sep 2020 in Design&History
• Behold the First Underwater Portrait in the History of Photography (Circa 1899), 14 Sep 2020 in History&Photography
• 19th-Century Japanese Woodblocks Illustrate the Lives of Western Inventors, Artists, and Scholars (1873), 11 Sep 2020 in Art&History
• Watch the First Trailer for Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s Adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Classic Sci-Fi Novel, 10 Sep 2020 in Books&Film&Sci Fi
• In 1183, a Chinese Poet Describes Being Domesticated by His Own Cats, 09 Sep 2020 in History&Poetry
• MIT Presents a Free Course on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Featuring Anthony Fauci & Other Experts, 08 Sep 2020 in Biology&Current Affairs&Health&MIT&Online Courses
• Paul Schrader Creates a Diagram Mapping the Progression of Arthouse Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Tarkovsky & Other Auteurs, 07 Sep 2020 in Film
• Google Introduces 6‑Month Career Certificates, Threatening to Disrupt Higher Education with “the Equivalent of a Four-Year Degree”, 05 Sep 2020 in Education&Technology
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Explains How He Recited a Line from Bhagavad Gita–“Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”–Upon Witnessing the First Nuclear Explosion, 04 Sep 2020 in History&Physics&Religion
• Take Immersive Virtual Tours of the World’s Great Museums: The Louvre, Hermitage, Van Gogh Museum & Much More, 02 Sep 2020 in Art&Museums
• How to Manage Your Time More Effectively: The Science of Applying Computer Algorithms to Our Everyday Lives, 01 Sep 2020 in Computer Science&Productivity&TED Talks
• Banksy Funds a Boat to Rescue Refugees at Sea–and Soon It Finds Itself in Distress in the Mediterranean, 31 Aug 2020 in Art&Current Affairs
• Composer John Philip Sousa Warns of the Threat Posed by Recorded Music (1906), 28 Aug 2020 in History&Music
• What Did the Roman Emperors Look Like?: See Photorealistic Portraits Created with Machine Learning, 27 Aug 2020 in Art&History&Technology
• Take a Virtual Tour of Frida Kahlo’s Blue House Free Online, 26 Aug 2020 in Art&Museums
• Hear 10 of Bach’s Pieces Played on Original Baroque Instruments, 25 Aug 2020 in Music
• The Japanese Sculptor Who Dedicated His Life to Finishing Gaudí’s Magnum Opus, the Sagrada Família, 24 Aug 2020 in Architecture&Film
• Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock & Other Jazz Musicians Sell Whisky & Spirits in Classic Japanese TV Commercials, 21 Aug 2020 in Food & Drink&Music&Television
• There Are Only 37 Possible Stories, According to This 1919 Manual for Screenwriters, 20 Aug 2020 in Books&Film&Writing
• Graphic Novels Tell the Story of David Bowie, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Jean-Michel Basquiat & Other Artists and Thinkers, 19 Aug 2020 in Art&Books&Comics/Cartoons
• Vincent Van Gogh’s Self Portraits: Explore & Download a Collection of 17 Paintings Free Online, 18 Aug 2020 in Art&History
• What Made Richard Feynman One of the Most Admired Educators in the World, 17 Aug 2020 in Education&Science
• Errol Morris Makes His Groundbreaking Series, First Person, Free to Watch Online: Binge Watch His Interviews with Geniuses, Eccentrics, Obsessives & Other Unusual Types, 14 Aug 2020 in Television
• One of the Oldest Buddhist Manuscripts Has Been Digitized & Put Online: Explore the Gandhara Scroll, 13 Aug 2020 in History&Religion
• When Edward Gorey Designed Book Covers for Classic Novels: See His Ironic-Gothic Take on Dickens, Conrad, Poe & More, 12 Aug 2020 in Art&Books
• How John Woo Makes His Intense Action Scenes: A Video Essay, 11 Aug 2020 in Film
• Dessert Recipes of Iconic Thinkers: Emily Dickinson’s Coconut Cake, George Orwell’s Christmas Pudding, Alice B. Toklas’ Hashish Fudge & More, 11 Aug 2020 in Food & Drink&Literature
• The Golden Age of Berlin Comes to Life in the Classic, Avant-Garde Film, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (1927), 10 Aug 2020 in Film&History
• Divine Decks: A Visual History of Tarot: The First Comprehensive Survey of Tarot Gets Published by Taschen, 07 Aug 2020 in Art&Books&History
• Roald Dahl Gives a Tour of the Small Backyard Hut Where He Wrote All of His Beloved Children’s Books, 06 Aug 2020 in Books&Writing