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• Martin Amis Explains His Method for Writing Great Sentences, 24 Jun 2020 in Literature&Writing
• The World According to Le Corbusier: An Animated Introduction to the Most Modern of All Architects, 23 Jun 2020 in Animation&Architecture&History
• How One Simple Cut Reveals the Cinematic Genius of Yasujirō Ozu, 22 Jun 2020 in Film
• Why This Font Is Everywhere: How Cooper Black Became Pop Culture’s Favorite Font, 19 Jun 2020 in Design&History
• Take Free Online Courses on African-American History from Yale and Stanford: From Emancipation, to the Civil Rights Movement, and Beyond, 18 Jun 2020 in History&Online Courses&Stanford&Yale
• John Cleese’s Comedically Explains the Psychological Advantages of Extremism: “It Makes You Feel Good Because It Provides You with Enemies”, 17 Jun 2020 in History&Politics&Television
• The Bird Library: A Library Built Especially for Our Fine Feathered Friends, 16 Jun 2020 in Libraries&Nature
• Take a Virtual Drive through London, Tokyo, Los Angeles & 45 Other World Cities, 15 Jun 2020 in Radio&Travel
• After MLK’s Assassination, a Schoolteacher Conducted a Famous Experiment–“Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes”–to Teach Kids About Discrimination, 12 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&History
• Why James Baldwin’s Writing Stays Powerful: An Artfully Animated Introduction to the Author of Notes of a Native Son, 11 Jun 2020 in History&Literature
• David Lynch Posts His Nightmarish Sitcom Rabbits Online–the Show That Psychologists Use to Induce a Sense of Existential Crisis in Research Subjects, 10 Jun 2020 in Film&Television
• Al Jaffee, Iconic Mad Magazine Cartoonist, Retires at Age 99 … and Leaves Behind Advice About Living the Creative Life, 09 Jun 2020 in Art&Comedy&Magazines
• Sir Isaac Newton’s Cure for the Plague: Powdered Toad Vomit Lozenges (1669), 08 Jun 2020 in Health&History&Science
• Documentary Portraits of Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, William Carlos Williams, Anne Sexton & Other American Poets (1965), 05 Jun 2020 in Film&Poetry
• An Introduction to the Sublime, Entrepreneurial Art of Christo & Jeanne-Claude (Courtesy of Alain de Botton’s School of Life), 04 Jun 2020 in Art
• Watch Martin Scorsese’s Brand New Short Film, Made Entirely in His Office Under Quarantine, 03 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Film
• When Al Capone Opened a Soup Kitchen During the Great Depression: Another Side of the Legendary Mobster’s Operation, 02 Jun 2020 in History
• Magnificent Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Verona, Italy, 01 Jun 2020 in Architecture&History
• An Analysis of Quentin Tarantino’s Films Narrated (Mostly) by Quentin Tarantino, 29 May 2020 in Film
• This Is What The Matrix Looks Like Without CGI: A Special Effects Breakdown, 29 May 2020 in Film&Sci Fi&Technology
• J.K. Rowling Is Publishing Her New Children’s Novel Free Online, One Chapter Per Day, 27 May 2020 in Books
• The 135 Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind: An Introduction to Our New List, 26 May 2020 in Podcasts
• This Huge Crashing Wave in a Seoul Aquarium Is Actually a Gigantic Optical Illusion, 25 May 2020 in Art&Technology
• The Evocativeness of Decomposing Film: Watch the 1926 Hollywood Movie The Bells Become the Experimental 2004 Short Film, Light Is Calling, 22 May 2020 in Film&History
• David Lynch Releases an Animated Film Online: Watch Fire (Pozar), 21 May 2020 in Animation&Film
• The Original Star Wars Trilogy Adapted into a 14-Hour Radio Drama by NPR (1981–1996), 20 May 2020 in Film&Radio&Sci Fi
• Write Only 500 Words Per Day and Publish 50+ Books: Graham Greene’s Writing Method, 19 May 2020 in Books&Creativity&Writing
• An Archive of 1,000 “Peel Sessions” Available Online: Hear David Bowie, Bob Marley, Elvis Costello & Others Play in the Studio of Legendary BBC DJ John Peel, 18 May 2020 in Music&Radio
• Breathtakingly-Detailed Tibetan Book Printed 40 Years Before the Gutenberg Bible, 15 May 2020 in Books&History&Religion
• Hyperland: The “Fantasy Documentary” in Which Douglas Adams and Doctor Who’s Tom Baker Imagine the World Wide Web (1990), 14 May 2020 in History&Sci Fi&Technology&Television
• David Lynch Creates Daily Weather Reports for Los Angeles: How the Filmmaker Passes Time in Quarantine, 13 May 2020 in Current Affairs&Film
• Radiohead’s “Spectre” Played Against the Title Sequence of the 2015 James Bond Film, Spectre, 12 May 2020 in Film&Music
• Salvador Dalí’s Tarot Cards, Cookbook & Wine Guide Re-Issued as Beautiful Art Books, 11 May 2020 in Art&Books
• Download Free Doctor Who Backgrounds for Virtual Meetings (Plus Many Other BBC TV Shows), 08 May 2020 in Technology
• The Earliest Known Motion Picture, 1888’s Roundhay Garden Scene, Restored with Artificial Intelligence, 07 May 2020 in Film&History&Technology
• 3D Interactive Globes Now Online: Spin Through an Archive of Globes from the 17th and 18th Century, 06 May 2020 in Astronomy&History&Maps&Museums
• Watch a Screen Test of 21-Year-Old Orson Welles (1937), 05 May 2020 in Film&History
• Watch Jean-Luc Godard’s Filmmaking Masterclass on Instagram, 04 May 2020 in Current Affairs&Film
• 500+ Beautiful Manuscripts from the Islamic World Now Digitized & Free to Download, 01 May 2020 in Archives&Books&History&Religion
• A Michigan Family Makes Everyone Passing Their House Do Monty Python Silly Walks, and Then Puts Recordings on Instagram, 30 Apr 2020 in Comedy&Current Affairs
• When David Bowie Launched His Own Internet Service Provider: The Rise and Fall of BowieNet (1998), 29 Apr 2020 in History&Music&Technology
• When IBM Created a Typewriter to Record Dance Movements (1973), 28 Apr 2020 in Dance&History&Technology
• Watch Picasso Create a Masterpiece in Just Five Minutes (1955), 28 Apr 2020 in Art&Film
• New Hilma af Klint Documentary Explores the Life & Art of the Trailblazing Abstract Artist, 24 Apr 2020 in Art&Film&History
• Benedict Cumberbatch, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Fry & Others Read Letters of Hope, Love & Support During COVID-19, 23 Apr 2020 in Letters
• Japanese Designer Creates Free Template for an Anti-Virus Face Shield: Download, and Then Use a Printer, Paper & Scissors, 22 Apr 2020 in Design&Health
• Museum Curators Create a Contest to See Who Has the Creepiest Object: Ancient Body Parts, Cursed Toys, and More, 21 Apr 2020 in History&Museums&Twitter
• Netflix Makes Documentaries Free to Stream: Design, Politics, Sports, Sir David Attenborough & More, 20 Apr 2020 in Education&Film
• Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli Releases Free Backgrounds for Virtual Meetings: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away & More, 17 Apr 2020 in Animation&Art&Film
• Experience the Van Gogh Museum in 4K Resolution: A Video Tour in Seven Parts, 16 Apr 2020 in Art&Technology
• A Vintage Advertising Film Intelligently Satirizes the Selling of the American Dream: Watch The Your Name Here Story (1960), 15 Apr 2020 in Film&History
• Why is Vermeer’s “Girl with the Pearl Earring” Considered a Masterpiece?: An Animated Introduction, 14 Apr 2020 in Art&History
• Japanese Buddhist Monk Covers Ramones’ “Teenage Lobotomy,” “Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” & More, 13 Apr 2020 in Music
• A 30-Minute Introduction to Japanese Jazz from the 1970s: Like Japanese Whisky, It’s Underrated, But Very High Quality, 10 Apr 2020 in Music
• Coursera Makes Courses & Certificates Free During Coronavirus Quarantine: Take Courses in Psychology, Music, Wellness, Professional Development & More Online, 10 Apr 2020 in Online Courses
• One of the Earliest Known Uses of the “F‑word” Discovered: It Appears in a 1568 Anthology Compiled During a Plague, 08 Apr 2020 in History&Language
• Classic Songs Re-Imagined as Vintage Book Covers During Our Troubled Times: “Under Pressure,” “It’s the End of the World as We Know It,” “Shelter from the Storm” & More, 07 Apr 2020 in Art&Books&Current Affairs&Music
• Customize Your Zoom Virtual Background with Free Works of Art, 06 Apr 2020 in Art&Technology
• HBO Is Streaming 500 Hours of Shows for Free: The Sopranos, The Wire, and More, 03 Apr 2020 in Television
• Pandemic Literature: A Meta-List of the Books You Should Read in Coronavirus Quarantine, 02 Apr 2020 in Books&History&Literature
• Watch Online 75 Short Films from 2020’s South by Southwest Festival, 01 Apr 2020 in Film
• Take a 3D Tour Through Ancient Giza, Including the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx & More, 31 Mar 2020 in Architecture&History&Technology
• The Cork-Lined Bedroom & Writing Room of Marcel Proust, the Original Master of Social Distancing, 30 Mar 2020 in Books&Writing
• The National Emergency Library Makes 1.5 Million Books Free to Read Right Now, 27 Mar 2020 in Books&Internet Archive&Libraries
• How to Teach and Learn Philosophy During the Pandemic: A Collection of 450+ Philosophy Videos Free Online, 26 Mar 2020 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• Watch Curated Playlists of Experimental Videos & Films to Get You Through COVID-19: Miranda July, Jan Švankmajer, Guy Maddin & More, 25 Mar 2020 in Film
• The “Feynman Technique” for Studying Effectively: An Animated Primer, 24 Mar 2020 in Education&Physics&Productivity&Science
• Japanese Artist Has Drawn Every Meal He’s Eaten for 32 Years: Behold the Delicious Illustrations of Itsuo Kobayashi, 24 Mar 2020 in Art&Food & Drink
• How a Virus Spreads, and How to Avoid It: A Former NASA Engineer Demonstrates with a Blacklight in a Classroom, 20 Mar 2020 in Biology&Health
• The Books We Can Use to Rebuild Civilization, Selected by Neal Stephenson, Brian Eno, Tim O’Reilly & More, 19 Mar 2020 in Books
• Live Performers Now Streaming Shows, from their Homes to Yours: Neil Young, Coldplay, Broadway Stars, Metropolitan Operas & More, 18 Mar 2020 in Music&Theatre
• A 5‑Hour, One-Take Cinematic Tour of Russia’s Hermitage Museum, Shot Entirely on an iPhone, 17 Mar 2020 in Museums&Technology
• Use Your Time in Isolation to Learn Everything You’ve Always Wanted To: Free Online Courses, Audio Books, eBooks, Movies, Coloring Books & More, 16 Mar 2020 in Education&Online Courses
• Why You Should Read The Plague, the Albert Camus Novel the Coronavirus Has Made a Bestseller Again, 13 Mar 2020 in Literature
• The History of the Plague: Every Major Epidemic in an Animated Map, 12 Mar 2020 in Health&History&Maps
• Take a Drive Through 1940s, 50s & 60s Los Angeles with Vintage Through-the-Car-Window Films, 11 Mar 2020 in History&Travel
• See How Traditional Japanese Carpenters Can Build a Whole Building Using No Nails or Screws, 10 Mar 2020 in Architecture
• Paris Had a Moving Sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison Film Captured It in Action, 09 Mar 2020 in History&Technology
• Hear H.P. Lovecraft Horror Stories Read by Roddy McDowall, 06 Mar 2020 in Literature
• The Earth Archive Will 3D-Scan the Entire World & Create an “Open-Source” Record of Our Planet, 05 Mar 2020 in Environment&Science
• Meet ‘The Afronauts’: An Introduction to Zambia’s Forgotten 1960s Space Program, 04 Mar 2020 in History&Science
• An Interactive Social Network of Abstract Artists: Kandinsky, Picasso, Brancusi & Many More, 03 Mar 2020 in Art&History
• Chinese Museums, Closed by the Coronavirus, Put Their Exhibitions Online, 02 Mar 2020 in Museums
• The Story of Physics Animated in 4 Minutes: From Galileo and Newton, to Einstein, 28 Feb 2020 in History&Physics
• Bernie Sanders Time as an Educational Filmmaker: Watch His Documentary on Socialist Activist Eugene V. Debs (1979), 27 Feb 2020 in Film&History&Politics
• How France Invented a Popular, Profitable Internet of Its Own in the 80s: The Rise and Fall of Minitel, 26 Feb 2020 in History&Technology
• Watch the Spectacular Hieronymus Bosch Parade, Which Floats Through the Garden of Earthly Delights Painter’s Hometown Every Year, 25 Feb 2020 in Art
• Wes Anderson’s Shorts Films & Commercials: A Playlist of 8 Short Andersonian Works, 24 Feb 2020 in Film
• Hunter Thompson Died 15 Years Ago: Hear Him Remembered by Tom Wolfe, Johnny Depp, Ralph Steadman, and Others, 21 Feb 2020 in Literature
• Salvador Dalí Strolls onto The Dick Cavett Show with an Anteater, Then Talks About Dreams & Surrealism, the Golden Ratio & More (1970), 20 Feb 2020 in Art&Television
• Use the “Eisenhower Matrix” to Manage Your Time & Increase Your Productivity: The System Designed by the 34th President of the United States, 19 Feb 2020 in Life&Productivity
• Watch More Than 400 Classic Korean Films Free Online Thanks to the Korean Film Archive, 18 Feb 2020 in Archives&Film
• Explore Ancient Athens 3D, a Digital Reconstruction of the Greek City-State at the Height of Its Influence, 17 Feb 2020 in Architecture&History
• Watch This Year’s Oscar-Winning Short The Neighbor’s Window, a Surprising Tale of Urban Voyeurism, 14 Feb 2020 in Film
• Wes Anderson Releases the Official Trailer for His New Film, The French Dispatch: Watch It Online, 13 Feb 2020 in Film
• David Bowie Became Ziggy Stardust 48 Years Ago This Week: Watch Original Footage, 12 Feb 2020 in History&Music
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library Makes 150,000 High-Res Illustrations of the Natural World Free to Download, 11 Feb 2020 in Archives&Art&Nature
• Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece, Featuring 4,000 Illustrations: See Them Online, 10 Feb 2020 in Art&Books&Sci Fi
• Daphne Oram Created the BBC’s First-Ever Piece of Electronic Music (1957), 07 Feb 2020 in History&Music&Television
• The Graphic Novel Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, 06 Feb 2020 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Literature
• The Met Puts 650+ Japanese Illustrated Books Online: Marvel at Hokusai’s One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji and More, 05 Feb 2020 in Archives&Art&Books
• 36,000 Flash Games Have Been Archived and Saved Before Flash Goes Extinct: Play Them Offline, 04 Feb 2020 in Archives&Video Games
• How Walter Murch Revolutionized the Sound of Modern Cinema: A New Video Essay Explores His Innovations in American Graffiti, The Godfather & More, 03 Feb 2020 in Film
• Monty Python Pays Tribute to Terry Jones: Watch Their Montage of Jones’ Beloved Characters in Action, 31 Jan 2020 in Comedy
• Why the Soviets Doctored Their Most Iconic World War II Victory Photo, “Raising a Flag Over the Reichstag”, 30 Jan 2020 in History&Photography
• The e‑Book Imagined in 1935, 29 Jan 2020 in Books&History&Technology
• The Secret of the “Perfect Montage” at the Heart of Parasite, the Korean Film Now Sweeping World Cinema, 28 Jan 2020 in Film
• China’s 8,000 Terracotta Warriors: An Animated & Interactive Introduction to a Great Archaeological Discovery, 27 Jan 2020 in Art&History
• A Concise Breakdown of How Time Travel Works in Popular Movies, Books & TV Shows, 24 Jan 2020 in Film&Literature&Sci Fi
• The Flute of Shame: Discover the Instrument/Device Used to Publicly Humiliate Bad Musicians During the Medieval Period, 23 Jan 2020 in History&Music
• The First Real Museum of Philosophy Prepares to Launch: See the Museo della Filosofia in Milan, 22 Jan 2020 in Museums&Philosophy
• Can You Spot Liars Through Their Body Language? A Former FBI Agent Breaks Down the Clues in Non-Verbal Communication, 21 Jan 2020 in Psychology
• How to Draw Like an Architect: An Introduction in Six Videos, 20 Jan 2020 in Architecture&Art
• Hear Christopher Tolkien (RIP) Read the Work of His Father J.R.R. Tolkien, Which He Tirelessly Worked to Preserve, 17 Jan 2020 in Books&Literature
• How Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Incited a Riot? An Animated Introduction, 16 Jan 2020 in Dance&History&Music
• How Sam Mendes’ WWI Film 1917 Was Made to Look Like One Long, Harrowing Shot, 15 Jan 2020 in Film
• Leonardo da Vinci’s Inventions Come to Life as Museum-Quality, Workable Models: A Swing Bridge, Scythed Chariot, Perpetual Motion Machine & More, 14 Jan 2020 in History&Physics&Technology
• Discover the Apprehension Engine: Brian Eno Called It “the Most Terrifying Musical Instrument of All Time”, 13 Jan 2020 in Music
• 14 Paris Museums Put 390,000 Works of Art Online: Download Classics by Monet, Cézanne & More, 10 Jan 2020 in Archives&Art&Museums
• The Art & Philosophy of Bonsai, 09 Jan 2020 in Art&Nature&Philosophy
• A Map of the Disney Entertainment Empire Reveals the Deep Connections Between Its Movies, Its Merchandise, Disneyland & More (1967), 08 Jan 2020 in Business&Comics/Cartoons&Film&Television
• Watch Peluca, the Student Film That Became the Cultural Phenomenon Napoleon Dynamite (2002), 07 Jan 2020 in Film
• The Vatican Library Goes Online and Digitizes Tens of Thousands of Manuscripts, Books, Coins, and More, 06 Jan 2020 in Books&History
• How Anna Karina (RIP) Became the Mesmerizing Face of the French New Wave, 03 Jan 2020 in Film
• The Music, Books & Films Liberated into the Public Domain in 2020: Rhapsody in Blue, The Magic Mountain, Sherlock, Jr., and More, 02 Jan 2020 in Books&Film&Music
• RIP Syd Mead: Revisit the Life and & Art of the Designer Behind Blade Runner, Alien & More, 01 Jan 2020 in Art&Film&Sci Fi
• A Recently-Discovered 44,000-Year-Old Cave Painting Tells the Oldest Known Story, 31 Dec 2019 in Art&History
• Why You Should Read Dune: An Animated Introduction to Frank Herbert’s Ecological, Psychological Sci-Fi Epic, 30 Dec 2019 in Animation&Books&Literature&Sci Fi
• Illustrations from the Soviet Children’s Book Your Name? Robot, Created by Tarkovsky Art Director Mikhail Romadin (1979), 27 Dec 2019 in Art&Books
• Watch Annie Leibovitz Photograph and Get Scolded by Queen Elizabeth: “What Do You Think This Is?”, 26 Dec 2019 in Photography
• Hear Neil Gaiman Read A Christmas Carol Just as Dickens Read It, 25 Dec 2019 in Audio Books&History&Literature
• When Salvador Dalí Created Christmas Cards That Were Too Avant Garde for Hallmark (1960), 25 Dec 2019 in Art&History
• Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, the Most Troubling Christmas Film Ever Made, 24 Dec 2019 in Film
• A Beautiful New Book of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Visual History of 200 Japanese Masterpieces Created Between 1680 and 1938, 23 Dec 2019 in Art&Books
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches Scientific Thinking and Communication in a New Online Course, 20 Dec 2019 in Online Courses&Science
• The Zen of Bill Murray: I Want to Be “Really Here, Really in It, Really Alive in the Moment”, 19 Dec 2019 in Life&Philosophy&Religion
• Why the University of Chicago Rejected Kurt Vonnegut’s Master’s Thesis (and How a Novel Got Him His Degree 27 Years Later), 18 Dec 2019 in Literature&Writing
• Seven Videos Explain How Edward Hopper’s Paintings Expressed American Loneliness and Alienation, 17 Dec 2019 in Art
• How Andrew Wyeth Made a Painting: A Journey Into His Best-Known Work Christina’s World, 16 Dec 2019 in Art
• “Don’t Try”: The Philosophy of the Hardworking Charles Bukowski, 13 Dec 2019 in Creativity&Life&Literature