The King’s Speech 1938

≡ Category: Film, History | ≅ 3 Comments

You’ve probably seen the film, The King’s Speech, which just landed 12 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. Now it’s time to rewind the videotape and bring you back to 1938, when King George VI, formerly Prince Albert, Duke of York, makes a speech to open [...]

Tarkovsky’s Solaris Revisited

≡ Category: Film, Sci Fi | ≅ Leave a Comment

This week, The New York Times film critic A.O. Scott revisits Solaris (watch online here), Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film adaptation of the sci-fi novel written by the Polish author StanisÅ‚aw Lem (1961). Although Tarkovsky considered the film something of an artistic failure (and Lem turned sour on the project too), Solaris won the Grand Prix [...]

Fully Flared

≡ Category: Film, Random | ≅ 3 Comments

Take the intro to Fully Flared, the 2007 skateboarding film directed by Spike Jonze, Ty Evans and Cory Weincheque. And then remaster it in 720p HD and you have quite the sensory experience. Give the clip at least a minute to unfold…

Google “Art Project” Brings Great Paintings & Museums to You

≡ Category: Art, Google | ≅ 4 Comments

More goodness out of Googleplex. Today, Google is rolling out a new tool called “Art Project,” which gives you access to more than 1,000 works of art appearing in 17 great museums across the world. Using Google’s Street View technology, you can now tour collections at the MoMA and Met in New York City, the [...]

Jake Shimabukuro plays “Bohemian Rhapsody” on the Uke

≡ Category: Music, TED Talks | ≅ 3 Comments

If you’ve never seen Jake Shimabukuro handle the ukulele before, you’re in for a little treat. Known for his complex fingerwork, the ukulele virtuoso now tours with Jimmy Buffet and has recorded with Yo-Yo Ma. Meanwhile his fab recording of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” has clocked 7,000,000 views on YouTube, all of which sets [...]

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