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• Declassified CIA Document Reveals That Ben Franklin (and His Big Ego) Put U.S. National Security at Risk, 07 Oct 2014 in History
• Oxford Scientist Explains the Physics of Playing Electric Guitar Solos, 03 Oct 2014 in Music&Physics
• A Free Cartoon Biography of Ayn Rand: Her Life & Thought, 02 Oct 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Philosophy
• The Eyes of Hitchcock: A Mesmerizing Video Essay on the Expressive Power of Eyes in Hitchcock’s Films, 01 Oct 2014 in Film
• Hear the Album Björk Recorded as an 11-Year-Old: Features Cover Art Provided By Her Mom (1977), 30 Sep 2014 in Music
• A Soviet Animation of Stephen King’s Short Story “Battleground” (1986), 26 Sep 2014 in Animation
• Art Garfunkel Lists 1195 Books He Read Over 45 Years, Plus His 157 Favorites (Many Free), 25 Sep 2014 in Literature&Music
• Cartoonists Draw Their Famous Cartoon Characters While Blindfolded (1947), 24 Sep 2014 in Comics/Cartoons
• Winston Churchill’s Paintings: Great Statesman, Surprisingly Good Artist, 23 Sep 2014 in Art&History
• Photos of Jean-Paul Sartre & Simone de Beauvoir Hanging with Che Guevara in Cuba (1960), 18 Sep 2014 in History&Photography
• Drunk Shakespeare: The Trendy Way to Stage the Bard’s Plays in the US & the UK, 17 Sep 2014 in Food & Drink&Theatre
• The Historic LSD Debate at MIT: Timothy Leary v. Professor Jerome Lettvin (1967), 16 Sep 2014 in History&MIT
• Portraits of Vice Presidents with Octopuses on Their Heads — the Ones You’ve Always Wanted To See, 12 Sep 2014 in Art&History
• Hear Antonin Artaud’s Censored, Never-Aired Radio Play: To Have Done With The Judgment of God (1947), 11 Sep 2014 in Radio&Theatre
• Derek Jarman’s Jubilee: “It’s the Best Film about Punk” (1978), 10 Sep 2014 in Film
• Watch Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, the First Animated Movie (1906), 09 Sep 2014 in Animation&Film
• Before The Simpsons: Homer Groening Directs a 1969 Short Film, The Story, Starring His Kids Maggie, Lisa & Matt, 04 Sep 2014 in Animation&Film
• Three Animated Shorts by the Groundbreaking Russian Animator Fyodor Khitruk, 03 Sep 2014 in Animation
• Fans Reconstruct Authentic Version of Star Wars, As It Was Shown in Theaters in 1977, 29 Aug 2014 in Film
• Watch the Films of the Lumière Brothers & the Birth of Cinema (1895), 28 Aug 2014 in Film
• The Five Best North Korean Movies: Watch Them Free Online, 27 Aug 2014 in Film&History
• William S. Burroughs Sends Anti-Fan Letter to In Cold Blood Author Truman Capote: “You Have Sold Out Your Talent”, 26 Aug 2014 in Letters&Literature
• Orson Welles Turns Heart of Darkness Into a Radio Drama, and Almost His First Great Film, 25 Aug 2014 in Film
• Moebius’ Storyboards & Concept Art for Jodorowsky’s Dune, 21 Aug 2014 in Film
• Dr. Seuss Draws Anti-Japanese Cartoons During WWII, Then Atones with Horton Hears a Who!, 20 Aug 2014 in History&Literature
• Quentin Tarantino’s Top 20 Grindhouse/Exploitation Flicks: Night of the Living Dead, Halloween & More, 18 Aug 2014 in Film
• Watch Quentin Tarantino Fave The Street Fighter, The First Movie To Get an X‑Rating for Violence (NSFW), 15 Aug 2014 in Film
• Watch the First Episode of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy, Of Which Stanley Kubrick Became a Big Fan, 14 Aug 2014 in Animation&Film&Television
• Jim Jarmusch’s Anti-MTV Music Videos for Talking Heads, Neil Young, Tom Waits & Big Audio Dynamite, 13 Aug 2014 in Film
• Is It Always Right to Be Right?: Orson Welles Narrates a 1970 Oscar-Winning Animation That Still Resonates Today, 07 Aug 2014 in Film
• Director Robert Rodriguez Teaches The Basics of Filmmaking in Under 10 Minutes, 06 Aug 2014 in Education&Film
• Two Legends: Weird Al Yankovic “Interviews” James Brown (1986), 05 Aug 2014 in Comedy&Music
• Learn the Elements of Cinema: Spielberg’s Long Takes, Scorsese’s Silence & Michael Bay’s Shots, 31 Jul 2014 in Film
• Watch Mad Magazine’s Edgy, Never-Aired TV Special (1974), 30 Jul 2014 in Animation&Comedy&Comics/Cartoons
• Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Restored with a Soundtrack Featuring Freddie Mercury, Adam Ant & Pat Benatar, 29 Jul 2014 in Film
• Colorized Photos Bring Walt Whitman, Charlie Chaplin, Helen Keller & Mark Twain Back to Life, 26 Jul 2014 in History&Photography
• Stanley Kubrick Faked the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in 1969, Or So the Conspiracy Theory Goes, 23 Jul 2014 in Film&History
• The First Animations of Mike Judge, Creator of Beavis and Butt-head & Office Space (1991), 22 Jul 2014 in Animation&Comedy
• Akira Kurosawa & Gabriel García Márquez Talk About Filmmaking (and Nuclear Bombs) in Six Hour Interview, 18 Jul 2014 in Film&History&Literature
• The Sex Pistols Play in Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom; Next Show Is Merle Haggard (1978), 17 Jul 2014 in Music
• James Franco’s Short Student Film Features Michael Shannon Playing a Necrophile (NSFW), 16 Jul 2014 in Film
• “Weird Al” Yankovic Releases “Word Crimes,” a Grammar Nerd Parody of “Blurred Lines”, 15 Jul 2014 in Comedy&Music
• Watch the 7 Hour Trailer for the 720 Hour Film, Ambiancé, the Longest Movie in History, 15 Jul 2014 in Art&Film
• The CIA’s Style Manual & Writer’s Guide: 185 Pages of Tips for Writing Like a Spook, 11 Jul 2014 in English Language&Politics&Writing
• Terry Gilliam Reveals the Secrets of Monty Python Animations: A 1974 How-To Guide, 10 Jul 2014 in Animation&Comedy
• A Pre-Pantone Guide to Colors: Dutch Book From 1692 Documents Every Color Under the Sun, 09 Jul 2014 in Art&Books&Design
• William Faulkner’s Review of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (1952), 08 Jul 2014 in Literature
• The Lodger: Alfred Hitchcock’s First Truly ‘Hitchcockian’ Movie (1927), 03 Jul 2014 in Film
• Coudal’s Kubrick Collection: An Online Treasure Trove of Kubrick Ephemera, 02 Jul 2014 in Film
• Watch the First Animations of Peanuts: Commercials for the Ford Motor Company (1959–1961), 01 Jul 2014 in Animation&Business&Television
• Watch 1990s Video of Sacha Baron Cohen Playing Christo, the Proto Borat (NSFW), 27 Jun 2014 in Comedy&Film&Television
• Hardware Wars: The Mother of All Star Wars Fan Films (and the Most Profitable Short Film Ever Made), 26 Jun 2014 in Film
• Vladimir Nabokov’s Script for Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita: See Pages from His Original Draft, 24 Jun 2014 in Film&Literature
• How to Draw Bugs Bunny: A Primer by Legendary Animator Chuck Jones, 20 Jun 2014 in Animation
• Marcel Proust Fills Out a Questionnaire in 1890: The Manuscript of the ‘Proust Questionnaire’, 19 Jun 2014 in Literature
• Lars von Trier’s Animated Movie Made When He Was 11 Years Old, 18 Jun 2014 in Film
• Samuel Beckett Draws Doodles of Charlie Chaplin, James Joyce & Hats, 16 Jun 2014 in Art&Literature
• Glenn Gould: Off and On the Record: Two Short Films About the Life & Music of the Eccentric Musician, 11 Jun 2014 in Film&Music
• Pablo Neruda’s Historic First Reading in the US (1966), 10 Jun 2014 in Poetry
• In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 3D Printers and Trained Monkey Servants, 06 Jun 2014 in Literature&Science
• The 5 Essential Rules of Film Noir, 05 Jun 2014 in Film
• Thank You, Mask Man: Lenny Bruce’s Lone Ranger Comedy Routine Becomes a NSFW Animated Film (1968), 30 May 2014 in Animation&Comedy
• Watch William S. Burroughs’ Ah Pook is Here as an Animated Film, with Music By John Cale, 29 May 2014 in Animation&Literature
• How Star Wars Borrowed From Akira Kurosawa’s Great Samurai Films, 28 May 2014 in Film
• The Acid Test Reels: Ken Kesey & The Grateful Dead’s Soundtrack for the 1960s Famous LSD Parties, 27 May 2014 in History&Music
• Edgy Bible Study: Jim Jarmusch & Neil Young Read The Old Testament, 23 May 2014 in Film&Music
• William S. Burrough’s Avant-Garde Movie ‘The Cut Ups’ (1966), 22 May 2014 in Film&Literature
• Jack Kerouac’s Poems Read by Patti Smith, John Cale & Other Icons (with Music by Joe Strummer), 21 May 2014 in Literature&Music
• Geometria: Watch Guillermo del Toro’s Very Early, Ghoulish Short Film (1987), 20 May 2014 in Film
• Philip K. Dick Takes You Inside His Life-Changing Mystical Experience, 15 May 2014 in Literature&Religion
• Tim Burton’s Early Student Films: King and Octopus & Stalk of the Celery Monster, 14 May 2014 in Animation&Film
• Jean-Luc Godard Gives a Dramatic Reading of Hannah Arendt’s “On the Nature of Totalitarianism”, 13 May 2014 in Film
• The Animals of Chernobyl: An Inside Look at the Toll That Radiation Took on Animals & Wildlife, 10 May 2014 in Biology&Science
• Dumbland, David Lynch’s Twisted Animated Series (NSFW), 08 May 2014 in Animation
• Disney’s 12 Timeless Principles of Animation, 07 May 2014 in Animation
• Winsor McCay Animates the Sinking of the Lusitania in the Earliest Animated Propaganda Film (1918), 06 May 2014 in Animation&Film&History
• Werner Herzog Picks His 5 Top Films, 02 May 2014 in Film
• Cigarette Commercials from David Lynch, the Coen Brothers and Jean Luc Godard, 01 May 2014 in Film
• Peter Sellers Presents The Complete Guide To Accents of The British Isles, 30 Apr 2014 in Comedy&Film
• Carl Sagan Writes a Letter to 17-Year-Old Neil deGrasse Tyson (1975), 29 Apr 2014 in Science&Television
• The Importance of Kindness: An Animation of George Saunders’ Touching Graduation Speech, 25 Apr 2014 in Graduation Speech&Life&Literature
• Curious Alice — The 1971 Anti-Drug Movie Based on Alice in Wonderland That Made Drugs Look Like Fun, 24 Apr 2014 in Animation&Film
• H.G. Wells Interviews Joseph Stalin in 1934; Declares “I Am More to The Left Than You, Mr. Stalin”, 23 Apr 2014 in History&Literature
• Free: British Pathé Puts Over 85,000 Historical Films on YouTube, 18 Apr 2014 in Film&History
• “The Periodic Table of Storytelling” Reveals the Elements of Telling a Good Story, 18 Apr 2014 in Chemistry&Design&Film&Television&Writing
• Watch Film, Samuel Beckett’s Only Movie, Starring Buster Keaton, 15 Apr 2014 in Film&Literature
• Watch Episode 1 of Years of Living Dangerously, The New Showtime Series on Climate Change, 12 Apr 2014 in Environment&Television
• Johnny Depp Reads Hunter S. Thompson’s Famous “Wave Speech” from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 10 Apr 2014 in Books&Film&Literature
• Free: Watch the First Episode of Silicon Valley, Mike Judge’s New HBO Series, 09 Apr 2014 in Technology&Television
• Listen to John Cage’s 5 Hour Art Piece: Diary: How To Improve The World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) , 08 Apr 2014 in Art&Music
• Watch High Maintenance: A Critically-Acclaimed Web Series About Life & Cannabis, 04 Apr 2014 in Film&Life&Television
• Watch Orson Welles’ Trailer for Citizen Kane: As Innovative as the Film Itself, 02 Apr 2014 in Film
• Dizzy Gillespie Worries About Nuclear & Environmental Disaster in Vintage Animated Films, 28 Mar 2014 in Film
• Julia Child Shows How to Edit Videotape with a Meat Cleaver, and Cook Meat with a Blow Torch, 27 Mar 2014 in Food & Drink&Television
• Enjoy 15+ Hours of the Weird and Wonderful World of Post Soviet Russian Animation, 26 Mar 2014 in Film
• In 1968, Stanley Kubrick Makes Predictions for 2001: Humanity Will Conquer Old Age, Watch 3D TV & Learn German in 20 Minutes, 25 Mar 2014 in Film&Sci Fi
• Hear Orson Welles’ Radio Performances of 10 Shakespeare Plays (1936–1944), 22 Mar 2014 in Film&Theatre
• Watch Seth Meyers’ Late Night Players Act Out the New Yorker’s Famous Cartoons, 19 Mar 2014 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Television
• The Perfect Symmetry of Wes Anderson’s Movies, 19 Mar 2014 in Film
• The History of the Movie Camera in Four Minutes: From the Lumiere Brothers to Google Glass, 18 Mar 2014 in Film
• Free Stanley Kubrick App Features Great Photos, Script Notes, Interviews & More, 14 Mar 2014 in Film&iPad&iPhone
• Stanley Kubrick’s Daughter Shares Photos of Herself Growing Up on Her Father’s Film Sets, 13 Mar 2014 in Film
• Hunter S. Thompson Writes an Ode to Jack Kerouac in 1998 (After Calling Him an “Ass, a Mystic Boob” in 1958), 12 Mar 2014 in Literature
• Watch 8 Classic Cult Films for Free: Night of the Living Dead, Plan 9 from Outer Space & More, 11 Mar 2014 in Film
• Martin Scorsese, Sonic Youth, Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson & Other Icons List Their Top 10 Art Films, 10 Mar 2014 in Film
• Watch Alain Resnais’ Short, Evocative Film on the National Library of France (1956), 07 Mar 2014 in Film
• Watch Steven Soderbergh’s Creative Mashup of Hitchcock and Gus Van Sant’s Psycho Films, 05 Mar 2014 in Film
• The Strange and Wonderful Movie Posters from Ghana: The Matrix, Alien & More, 04 Mar 2014 in Art&Film
• David Niven Presents an Oscar and Gets Interrupted by a Streaker (1974), 02 Mar 2014 in Film&Television
• Gaze at Global Movie Posters for Hitchcock’s Vertigo: U.S., Japan, Italy, Poland & Beyond, 27 Feb 2014 in Design&Film
• The Curious Story of How Bootlegged Hollywood Movies Helped Defeat Communism in Romania, 26 Feb 2014 in Film&History
• Raymond Chandler’s Ten Commandments for Writing a Detective Novel, 25 Feb 2014 in Literature
• Johnny Depp Reads an Infamous Scene from Hunter S. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels, 21 Feb 2014 in Literature
• Watch Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, 20 Feb 2014 in Film
• Who Directed the Psycho Shower Scene?: Hitchcock’s Film & Saul Bass’ Storyboards Side by Side, 19 Feb 2014 in Film
• Watch 13 Experimental Short Films by Tezuka Osamu, the Walt Disney of Japan, 18 Feb 2014 in Animation&Art&Film
• Free: F. W. Murnau’s Sunrise, the 1927 Masterpiece Voted the 5th Best Movie of All Time, 17 Feb 2014 in Film
• Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life: The Oscar-Winning Film About Kafka Writing The Metamorphosis, 13 Feb 2014 in Film&Literature&Radio
• Kafka’s Famous Character Gregor Samsa Meets Dr. Seuss in a Great Radio Play, 13 Feb 2014 in Literature&Radio
• Painters Painting: The Definitive Documentary Portrait of the New York Art World (1940–1970), 12 Feb 2014 in Art&Film
• The Drawings of Franz Kafka (1907–1917), 04 Feb 2014 in Art&Books
• Sir Ian McKellen Puts on a Dazzling One-Man Shakespeare Show, 31 Jan 2014 in Theatre
• David Lynch’s Perfume Ads Based on the Works of Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald & D.H. Lawrence, 28 Jan 2014 in Film
• David Lynch’s Unlikely Commercial for a Home Pregnancy Test (1997), 24 Jan 2014 in Film
• Jeremy Irons Reads T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, 23 Jan 2014 in Poetry
• Alice B. Toklas Reads Her Famous Recipe for Hashish Fudge (1963), 22 Jan 2014 in Books&Literature