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• The End of an Era: A Short Film About The Last Day of Hot Metal Typesetting at The New York Times (1978), 25 Jun 2020 in History&Technology
• Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris Shot by Shot: A 22-Minute Breakdown of the Director’s Filmmaking, 18 Jun 2020 in Film
• 10 Great German Expressionist Films: Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & More, 22 Apr 2020 in Film
• Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies, 30 Jan 2020 in Film&Life
• Optical Poems by Oskar Fischinger, the Avant-Garde Animator Despised by Hitler, Dissed by Disney, 23 Jan 2020 in Animation&History
• The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People, Presented in an Interactive Infographic, 16 Jan 2020 in Books&Productivity
• Alice B. Toklas Reads Her Famous Recipe for Hashish Fudge (1963), 20 Nov 2019 in Books&Literature
• Watch L’Inferno (1911), Italy’s First Feature Film and Perhaps the Best Adaptation of Dante’s Classic, 14 Nov 2019 in Film&Literature
• Werner Herzog Offers 24 Pieces of Filmmaking and Life Advice, 24 Oct 2019 in Film&Life
• Martin Scorsese Makes a List of 85 Films Every Aspiring Filmmaker Needs to See, 19 Sep 2019 in Film
• Hunter S. Thompson’s Ballsy Job Application Letter (1958), 16 May 2019 in Life&Literature
• The Ten Greatest Films of All Time According to 358 Filmmakers, 25 Apr 2019 in Film
• Download Original Bauhaus Books & Journals for Free: A Digital Celebration of the Founding of the Bauhaus School 100 Years Ago, 28 Mar 2019 in Art&Books
• William Faulkner’s Review of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (1952), 13 Mar 2019 in Books
• Behold The Drawings of Franz Kafka (1907–1917), 28 Feb 2019 in Art&Literature
• The Mastermind of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, Presents His Personal Synthesizer Collection, 05 Feb 2019 in Music
• Watch Dziga Vertov’s A Man with a Movie Camera: The 8th Best Film Ever Made, 24 Jan 2019 in Film
• A Page of Madness: The Lost, Avant Garde Masterpiece from Early Japanese Cinema (1926), 17 Jan 2019 in Film
• The Books That Samuel Beckett Read and Really Liked (1941–1956), 11 Jan 2019 in Books&Literature
• Hunter S. Thompson, Existentialist Life Coach, Presents Tips for Finding Meaning in Life, 06 Dec 2018 in Life&Philosophy
• Akira Kurosawa’s 100 Favorite Movies, 26 Oct 2018 in Film
• Early Japanese Animations: The Origins of Anime (1917 to 1931), 24 Oct 2018 in Animation
• Noam Chomsky Talks About How Kids Acquire Language and Ideas in an Animated Video by Michel Gondry, 12 Oct 2018 in Film&Philosophy
• Moebius Gives 18 Wisdom-Filled Tips to Aspiring Artists, 03 Oct 2018 in Art
• 10 Great German Expressionist Films: From Nosferatu to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 23 Aug 2018 in Film
• Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949), 08 Aug 2018 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Leonardo Da Vinci’s To Do List (Circa 1490), 27 Jul 2018 in Art&History
• “Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language, 12 Jul 2018 in Language Lessons
• Stanley Kubrick’s Annotated Copy of Stephen King’s The Shining, 11 Jul 2018 in Books&Film
• Steve Martin & Robin Williams Riff on Math, Physics, Einstein & Picasso in a Smart Comedy Routine, 08 Jun 2018 in Comedy&Math&Physics
• 10 Great German Expressionist Films: From Nosferatu to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 12 Apr 2018 in Film
• Watch The Bicycle Trip: An Animation of The World’s First LSD Trip Which Took Place on April 19, 1943, 19 Apr 2017 in Animation&History
• Every U.S. Vice President with an Octopus on His Head: Kickstart The Veeptopus Book, 07 Oct 2016 in Art
• Watch the Cult Classic Horror Film Carnival of Souls (1962), 30 Oct 2015 in Film
• Stream 61 Hours of Orson Welles’ Classic 1930s Radio Plays: War of the Worlds, Heart of Darkness & More, 23 Oct 2015 in Film
• Quentin Tarantino’s Original Wish List for the Cast of Pulp Fiction, 19 Oct 2015 in Film
• Download Original Bauhaus Books & Journals for Free: Gropius, Klee, Kandinsky, Moholy-Nagy & More, 12 Oct 2015 in Art&Books
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Reads Shakespeare’s Othello and Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale” (1940), 23 Sep 2015 in Literature
• Steve Martin & Robin Williams Riff on Math, Physics, Einstein & Picasso in a Heady Comedy Routine (2002), 22 Sep 2015 in Comedy
• How Sybil Turned Multiple Personality Disorder into a Psychological Phenomenon in America, 16 Sep 2015 in History&Psychology
• A Guided Tour of Guillermo del Toro’s Creativity-Inducing Man Cave, “Bleak House”, 15 Sep 2015 in Art&Film
• Donald Deconstructs Citizen Kane, 09 Sep 2015 in Business&Film
• A Last Glimpse Inside the Okura, Tokyo’s Modernist Masterpiece Hotel, 08 Sep 2015 in Architecture
• Marilyn Monroe Recounts Her Harrowing Experience in a Psychiatric Ward in a 1961 Letter, 26 Aug 2015 in Film&Letters
• Jared Diamond Identifies the Real, Unexpected Risks in Our Everyday Life (in a Psychedelic Animated Video), 25 Aug 2015 in Animation&Psychology
• 18 Stories & Novels by Neil Gaiman Online: Free Texts & Readings by Neil Himself, 19 Aug 2015 in Audio Books&e-books&Literature
• Watch Interplanetary Revolution (1924): The Most Bizarre Soviet Animated Propaganda Film You’ll Ever See, 18 Aug 2015 in Animation&History
• The End of an Era: A Short Film About The Last Day of Hot Metal Typesetting at The New York Times (1978), 13 Aug 2015 in Film&History&Technology
• 5 Hours of Edgar Allan Poe Stories Read by Vincent Price & Basil Rathbone, 11 Aug 2015 in Audio Books&Literature
• Sylvia Plath’s 10 Back to School Commandments (1953), 05 Aug 2015 in Literature
• Salvador Dalí Goes to Hollywood & Creates Wild Dream Sequences for Hitchcock & Vincente Minnelli, 04 Aug 2015 in Film
• The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: What If The Bard Wrote The Big Lebowski?, 29 Jul 2015 in Comedy&English Language&Literature
• The Delightful TV Ads Directed by Hayao Miyazaki & Other Studio Ghibli Animators (1992–2015), 23 Jul 2015 in Animation
• Watch Lost World (1925), the Granddaddy of Giant Monster Movies Like The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 21 Jul 2015 in Film
• The (F)Art of War: Bawdy Japanese Art Scroll Depicts Wrenching Changes in 19th Century Japan, 15 Jul 2015 in Art
• Insanely Cute Cat Commercials from Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki’s Legendary Animation Shop, 14 Jul 2015 in Animation
• Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Jerry Lewis’ Ill-Conceived Holocaust Movie The Day The Clown Cried, 08 Jul 2015 in Film
• What’s the Difference Between Stanley Kubrick’s & Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (A Side-by-Side Comparison), 07 Jul 2015 in Film
• Wes Anderson & Yasujiro Ozu: New Video Essay Reveals the Unexpected Parallels Between Two Great Filmmakers, 02 Jul 2015 in Film
• Watch L’Inferno (1911), Italy’s First Feature Film and Perhaps the Finest Adaptation of Dante’s Classic, 01 Jul 2015 in Film
• Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris Shot by Shot: A 22-Minute Breakdown of the Director’s Filmmaking, 30 Jun 2015 in Film
• Cambridge University to Create a Lego Professorship, 24 Jun 2015 in Education
• The Simpsons Pay Wonderful Tribute to the Anime of Hayao Miyazaki, 23 Jun 2015 in Animation
• Samurai 7, an Anime Adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, 16 Jun 2015 in Animation&Film
• Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining Reimagined as Wes Anderson and David Lynch Movies, 10 Jun 2015 in Film
• An Animated Ayn Rand Dispenses Terrible Love Advice to Mike Wallace (1959), 09 Jun 2015 in Animation&Philosophy
• My First Time: Paris Review Video Series Features Writers Talking About Getting Started as Writers, 04 Jun 2015 in Creativity&Literature
• Gustav Machatý’s Erotikon (1929) & Ekstase (1933): Cinema’s Earliest Explorations of Women’s Sensuality, 03 Jun 2015 in Film
• Watch War and Peace: The Splendid, Epic Film Adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Grand Novel (1969), 02 Jun 2015 in Film&Literature
• Parvati Saves the World: Watch a Remix of Bollywood Films That Combats Rape in India, 27 May 2015 in Current Affairs&Film
• Hayao Miyazaki’s Magical Animated Music Video for the Japanese Pop Song, “On Your Mark”, 26 May 2015 in Animation
• French Student Sets Internet on Fire with Animation Inspired by Moebius, Syd Mead & Hayao Miyazaki, 20 May 2015 in Animation
• The Art of Making Intelligent Comedy Movies: 8 Take-Aways from the Films of Edgar Wright, 19 May 2015 in Film
• The Death Masks of Great Authors: Dante, Goethe, Tolstoy, Joyce & More, 13 May 2015 in History
• An Animated John Coltrane Explains His True Reason for Being: “I Want to Be a Force for Real Good”, 12 May 2015 in Jazz&Music
• The 10 Greatest Films of All Time According to 358 Filmmakers, 06 May 2015 in Film
• R. Crumb Describes How He Dropped LSD in the 60s & Instantly Discovered His Artistic Style, 05 May 2015 in Art
• John Cleese Explores the Health Benefits of Laughter, 29 Apr 2015 in Comedy&Health&Psychology
• An Animated Ray Bradbury Explains Why It Takes Being a “Dedicated Madman” to Be a Writer, 28 Apr 2015 in Creativity&Literature
• Quentin Tarantino Supercuts Explore the Director’s Stylized Use of Sound, Close Ups & Cars in His Films, 22 Apr 2015 in Film
• The Long Game of Creativity: If You Haven’t Created a Masterpiece at 30, You’re Not a Failure, 21 Apr 2015 in Creativity
• David Fincher’s Five Finest Music Videos: From Madonna to Aerosmith, 15 Apr 2015 in Film&Music
• Mike Leigh’s Five-Minute Films: A Revealing Look at the Director’s Early Cinematic Work (1975), 14 Apr 2015 in Film
• The Filmmaking Craft of David Fincher Demystified in Two Video Essays, 08 Apr 2015 in Film
• The Mad Men Reading List: 25 Revealing Books Read by the Characters on the Show, 07 Apr 2015 in Literature&Television
• Hunter S. Thompson’s Ballsy & Hilarious Job Application Letter (1958), 01 Apr 2015 in Literature
• Isaac Newton Creates a List of His 57 Sins (Circa 1662), 31 Mar 2015 in History&Physics&Religion&Science
• Play the Twin Peaks Video Game: Retro Fun for David Lynch Fans, 25 Mar 2015 in Television&Video Games
• How Akira Kurosawa Used Movement to Tell His Stories: A Video Essay, 24 Mar 2015 in Film
• The Books Samuel Beckett Read and Really Liked (1941–1956), 18 Mar 2015 in Books&Literature
• Huxley to Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949), 17 Mar 2015 in Literature&Philosophy&Politics
• Noam Chomsky Talks About How Kids Acquire Language & Ideas in an Animated Video by Michel Gondry, 11 Mar 2015 in Film&Philosophy
• Jorge Luis Borges Selects 74 Books for Your Personal Library, 10 Mar 2015 in Books&Literature
• Moebius Gives 18 Wisdom-Filled Tips to Aspiring Artists (1996), 04 Mar 2015 in Art&Comics/Cartoons
• Wes Anderson’s Cinematic Influences: Video Series Reveals His Roots in Truffaut, Welles, Scorsese & More, 03 Mar 2015 in Film
• Wes Anderson Likes the Color Red (and Yellow), 25 Feb 2015 in Design&Film
• Hunter S. Thompson, Existentialist Life Coach, Gives Tips for Finding Meaning in Life, 24 Feb 2015 in Life&Literature&Philosophy
• 40 Years of Saul Bass’ Groundbreaking Title Sequences in One Compilation, 18 Feb 2015 in Design&Film
• The Mastermind of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, Shows Off His Synthesizer Collection, 17 Feb 2015 in Music
• Watch Agnès Varda’s Les Fiancés Du Pont Macdonald: A Silent Comic Short Starring Jean-Luc Godard & Anna Karina, 11 Feb 2015 in Film
• An Ambitious List of 1400 Films Made by Female Filmmakers, 10 Feb 2015 in Film
• Hear a Great Radio Documentary on William S. Burroughs Narrated by Iggy Pop, 04 Feb 2015 in Literature
• Start Your Day with Werner Herzog Inspirational Posters, 03 Feb 2015 in Comedy&Film
• The Paintings of Filmmaker/Visual Artist David Lynch, 30 Jan 2015 in Art&Film
• The Little Albert Experiment: The Perverse 1920 Study That Made a Baby Afraid of Santa Claus & Bunnies, 29 Jan 2015 in History&Psychology&Science
• The Cahiers du Cinéma Names the 10 Best Films of the Year, from 1951 to 2014, 27 Jan 2015 in Film
• Flannery O’Connor to Lit Professor: “My Tone Is Not Meant to Be Obnoxious. I’m in a State of Shock”, 23 Jan 2015 in Literature
• Slavoj Žižek Names His Favorite Films from The Criterion Collection, 22 Jan 2015 in Film&Philosophy
• Leo Tolstoy’s Masochistic Diary: I Am Guilty of “Sloth,” “Cowardice” & “Sissiness” (1851), 21 Jan 2015 in Literature&Philosophy
• Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Writes a Children’s Book Celebrating Charlie Parker (1964), 20 Jan 2015 in Books&Design&K-12&Music
• Werner Herzog Offers 24 Pieces of Filmmaking & Life Advice, 16 Jan 2015 in Film
• Watch Steven Soderbergh’s Re-Edited Version of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Free Online, 15 Jan 2015 in Film
• George Lucas Shoots a Cinema Verité-Style Documentary on Francis Ford Coppola (1969), 14 Jan 2015 in Film
• The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People, Presented in an Interactive Infographic, 13 Jan 2015 in Creativity&Productivity
• Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies, 09 Jan 2015 in Film
• Andrei Tarkovsky’s Masterpiece Stalker Gets Adapted into a Video Game, 08 Jan 2015 in Film&Video Games
• The Origins of Spinal Tap: Watch the 20 Minute Short Film Created to Pitch the Classic Mockumentary, 07 Jan 2015 in Film&Music
• Hear James Joyce’s Great Short Story “The Dead,” Performed by Cynthia Nixon & Colum McCann, 06 Jan 2015 in Audio Books&Literature
• The Making of the Famous Jive Talk Scenes from Airplane!, 24 Dec 2014 in Comedy&Film&Language Lessons
• Patti Smith’s Musical Tributes to the Russian Greats: Tarkovsky, Gogol & Bulgakov, 17 Dec 2014 in Literature&Music&Poetry
• David Lynch’s Music Videos: Nine Inch Nails, Moby, Chris Isaak & More, 16 Dec 2014 in Film&Music
• 10 Classic German Expressionist Films: From Nosferatu to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 11 Dec 2014 in Film&History
• 50 Film Noirs You Can Watch For Free: A Dame with a Past. A Desperate, Doomed Man. A Gun., 10 Dec 2014 in Film
• Watch Saul Bass’s Trippy, Kitschy Short Film The Quest (1983), Based on a Ray Bradbury Short Story, 09 Dec 2014 in Design&Film
• Future Shock: Orson Welles Narrates a 1972 Film About the Perils of Technological Change, 05 Dec 2014 in Film
• The Classical Music in Stanley Kubrick’s Films: Listen to a Free, 4 Hour Playlist, 04 Dec 2014 in Film&Music
• Chrissie Hynde’s 10 Pieces of Advice for “Chick Rockers” (1994), 03 Dec 2014 in Music
• Leonardo Da Vinci’s To Do List (Circa 1490) Is Much Cooler Than Yours, 02 Dec 2014 in Art&History
• Oh My God! Winston Churchill Received the First Ever Letter Containing “O.M.G.” (1917), 27 Nov 2014 in English Language&History
• Watch Dragnet’s 1967 LSD Episode: #85 on TV Guide’s List of the Greatest Episodes of All Time, 26 Nov 2014 in Television
• Tim Burton Directs Ray Bradbury’s “The Jar” on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986), 25 Nov 2014 in Film&Television
• Mahatma Gandhi’s List of the 7 Social Sins; or Tips on How to Avoid Living the Bad Life, 20 Nov 2014 in History&Life&Religion
• Spike Lee’s List of 95 Essential Movies — Now with Women Filmmakers, 19 Nov 2014 in Film
• The Goddess: A Classic from the Golden Age of Chinese Cinema, Starring the Silent Film Icon Ruan Lingyu (1934), 18 Nov 2014 in Film
• Watch Entr’Acte: René Clair’s Dadaist Masterpiece, Scored by Erik Satie and with Cameos by Marcel Duchamp & Man Ray (1924), 14 Nov 2014 in Art&Film
• Charles & Ray Eames’ A Communications Primer Explains the Key to Clear Communication in the Modern Age (1953), 13 Nov 2014 in Design&Film&Technology
• Watch “The Fountain of Youth,” Orson Welles’ 1958 Pilot That Almost Reinvented TV, 12 Nov 2014 in Film&Television
• Mark Twain Predicts the Internet in 1898: Read His Sci-Fi Crime Story, “From The ‘London Times’ in 1904”, 11 Nov 2014 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Ricky Gervais Creates Outlandish Comedy with David Bowie, 07 Nov 2014 in Comedy&Music
• A Visual Introduction to Soviet Montage Theory: A Revolution in Filmmaking, 06 Nov 2014 in Film