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• Ubu Roi: Alfred Jarry’s Scandalous Play Strikingly Adapted for Television (1965), 28 Jul 2014 in Television&Theatre
• Watch The Reality of the Virtual: 74 Minutes of Pure Slavoj Žižek (2004), 25 Jul 2014 in Film&Philosophy
• One Woman, 17 British Accents, 24 Jul 2014 in English Language
• Dante’s Divine Comedy Illustrated in a Remarkable Illuminated Medieval Manuscript (c. 1450), 23 Jul 2014 in Art&Literature&Poetry
• T.S. Eliot Reads Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats & Other Classic Poems (75 Minutes, 1955), 22 Jul 2014 in Poetry
• T.S. Eliot Illustrates His Letters and Draws a Cover for Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, 21 Jul 2014 in Books&Letters
• What Goes Into Ramen Noodles, and What Happens When Ramen Noodles Go Into You, 18 Jul 2014 in Food & Drink
• Hunter S. Thompson’s Conspiratorial 9/11 Interview: “The Public Version of the News is Never Really What Happened”, 17 Jul 2014 in Politics
• The Ramones, a New Punk Band, Play One of Their Very First Shows at CBGB (1974), 16 Jul 2014 in Music
• Lost Kubrick: A Short Documentary on Stanley Kubrick’s Unfinished Films, 14 Jul 2014 in Film
• Percussionist Marlon Brando Patented His Invention for Tuning Conga Drums, 10 Jul 2014 in Music&Technology&Television
• Roger Ebert’s Final List of His Top 10 Favorite Films, 09 Jul 2014 in Film
• Marcel Duchamp, Chess Enthusiast, Created an Art Deco Chess Set That’s Now Available via 3D Printer, 08 Jul 2014 in Art&Games
• 13-Year-Old Charlotte Brontë & Her Brother Wrote Teeny Tiny Adventure Books, Measuring 1 x 2 Inches, 07 Jul 2014 in Books
• Norman Mailer’s 1191-Page Harlot’s Ghost Outlined in One Handwritten Sheet, 04 Jul 2014 in Books&Literature
• Wim Wenders Reveals His Rules of Cinema Perfection, 02 Jul 2014 in Film
• How J.K. Rowling Plotted Harry Potter with a Hand-Drawn Spreadsheet, 01 Jul 2014 in Books&Writing
• Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Turned Into an Illustrated Scroll: One Drawing for Every Page of the Novel, 30 Jun 2014 in Art&Literature
• The Speech Accent Archive: The English Accents of People Who Speak 341 Different Languages, 27 Jun 2014 in Archives&English Language
• Zeppelin Took My Blues Away: An Illustrated History of Zeppelin’s “Copyright Indiscretions”, 26 Jun 2014 in Music
• Young Leonard Cohen Reads His Poetry in 1966 (Before His Days as a Musician Began), 25 Jun 2014 in Poetry
• Listen to Audio Arts: The 1970s Tape Cassette Arts Magazine Featuring Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp & Many Others, 24 Jun 2014 in Art&Museums
• Hear the Earliest Known Talking Heads Recordings (1975), 23 Jun 2014 in Music
• Discover the Lost Films of Orson Welles, 23 Jun 2014 in Film
• X Minus One: Hear Classic Sci-Fi Radio Stories from Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury & Dick, 19 Jun 2014 in Radio&Sci Fi
• Tim Burton’s Hansel and Gretel Shot on 16mm Film with Amateur Japanese Actors (1983), 18 Jun 2014 in Film&Television
• The Famous Letter Where Freud Breaks His Relationship with Jung (1913), 17 Jun 2014 in Letters&Psychology
• Everything You Need to Enjoy Reading James Joyce’s Ulysses on Bloomsday, 16 Jun 2014 in Literature
• Stanley Kubrick Talks Cinema, Chess, ESP, Vietnam & His Cat in Interviews with Michel Ciment (1975–1987), 13 Jun 2014 in Film
• Sound Effects Genius Michael Winslow Performs the Sounds of 32 Typewriters (1898–1983), 12 Jun 2014 in Technology&Writing
• Study 40+ Languages with Free Lessons from the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, 11 Jun 2014 in Language Lessons
• Terry Gilliam, Guy Ritchie & Alejandro González Iñárritu Direct Soccer Ads for Nike, 10 Jun 2014 in Film&Sports&Television
• Dimension X: The 1950s SciFi Radio Show That Dramatized Stories by Asimov, Bradbury, Vonnegut & More, 09 Jun 2014 in Radio&Sci Fi
• The Only Known Recordings of C.S. Lewis (1944–1948), 06 Jun 2014 in Radio&Religion
• Illustrations of The Lord of the Rings in Russian Iconography Style (1993), 04 Jun 2014 in Art&Books&Literature
• Dick Cavett’s Worst Show: Starring John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara (1970), 03 Jun 2014 in Film&Television
• James Joyce’s Dirty Love Letters Read Aloud by Martin Starr, Paget Brewster & Other TV Comedy Actors (NSFW), 02 Jun 2014 in Comedy&History&Letters&Literature
• Protect and Survive: 1970s British Instructional Films on How to Live Through a Nuclear Attack, 30 May 2014 in History&Television
• Fear and Desire: Stanley Kubrick’s First and Least-Seen Feature Film (1953), 29 May 2014 in Film
• Ernest Hemingway’s “Love Letter” to His “Dearest Kraut,” Marlene Dietrich (1955), 28 May 2014 in History&Letters&Literature
• Ray Bradbury on Zen and the Art of Writing (1973), 27 May 2014 in Writing
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Writes a Job Recommendation for Walt Whitman (1863), 26 May 2014 in History&Literature
• Read 4,500 Unpublished Pages of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, 25 May 2014 in History&Literature
• The First Children’s Picture Book, 1658’s Orbis Sensualium Pictus, 22 May 2014 in Books&History
• Thomas Dolby Explains How a Synthesizer Works on a Jim Henson Kids Show (1989), 21 May 2014 in Music&Technology&Television
• Philip K. Dick’s Favorite Classical Music: A Free, 11-Hour Playlist, 20 May 2014 in Literature&Music&Sci Fi
• Andy Warhol Interviews Alfred Hitchcock (1974), 19 May 2014 in Art&Film
• The British Library Puts Online 1,200 Literary Treasures From Great Romantic & Victorian Writers, 16 May 2014 in History&Literature
• Salvador Dalí’s Haunting 1975 Illustrations for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 15 May 2014 in Art
• Teenage Lou Reed Sings Doo-Wop Music (1958–1962), 14 May 2014 in Music
• Howard Johnson’s Presents a Children’s Menu Featuring Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), 13 May 2014 in Film&Sci Fi
• Watch a Restored Version of Un Chien Andalou: Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí’s Surreal Film (1929), 12 May 2014 in Film
• Download 55 Free Online Literature Courses: From Dante and Milton to Kerouac and Tolkien, 09 May 2014 in Education&Literature
• Space Jazz, a Sonic Sci-Fi Opera by L. Ron Hubbard, Featuring Chick Corea (1983), 08 May 2014 in Jazz&Music&Opera&Religion&Sci Fi
• An Introduction to 100 Important Paintings with Videos Created by Smarthistory, 07 May 2014 in Art&History
• Metafilter Highlights a Trove of Werner Herzog Films Online, 06 May 2014 in Film
• Four Charles Bukowski Poems Animated, 05 May 2014 in Animation&Poetry
• Watch the Talking Heads Play a Vintage Concert in Syracuse (1978), 02 May 2014 in Music
• Albert Camus Wins the Nobel Prize & Sends a Letter of Gratitude to His Elementary School Teacher (1957), 01 May 2014 in Letters&Literature
• Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Performed by John Cale (and Produced by Brian Eno), 30 Apr 2014 in Music&Poetry
• Listen to “Brian Eno Day,” a 12-Hour Radio Show Spent With Eno & His Music (Recorded in 1988), 29 Apr 2014 in Art&Music&Radio
• J.R.R. Tolkien Snubs a German Publisher Asking for Proof of His “Aryan Descent” (1938), 28 Apr 2014 in History&Literature
• Andy Warhol’s Lost Computer Art Found on 30-Year-Old Floppy Disks, 25 Apr 2014 in Art&Technology
• Take a Virtual Tour of the Dictionary Shakespeare May Have Owned and Annotated, 24 Apr 2014 in History&Literature
• Sylvia Plath Annotates Her Copy of The Great Gatsby, 23 Apr 2014 in Literature
• Close Personal Friend: Watch a 1996 Portrait of Gen‑X Definer Douglas Coupland, 22 Apr 2014 in Film&Literature&Technology
• 1955 Psychology Experiment Sees What Happens When You Ask an Artist to Paint Under the Influence of LSD, 22 Apr 2014 in Science
• Orson Welles Tells Some Damn Good Stories in the Orson Welles’ Sketch Book (1955), 21 Apr 2014 in Film&Television
• A Brief Tour of British & Irish Accents: 14 Ways to Speak English in 84 Seconds, 17 Apr 2014 in English Language
• Read Hundreds of Free Sci-Fi Stories from Asimov, Lovecraft, Bradbury, Dick, Clarke & More, 16 Apr 2014 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Science & Cooking: Harvard’s Free Course on Making Cakes, Paella & Other Delicious Food, 15 Apr 2014 in Food & Drink&Harvard&Science
• Rare Audio: Albert Einstein Explains “Why I Am an American” on Day He Passes Citizenship Test (1940), 14 Apr 2014 in History
• Philosophize This!: The Popular, Entertaining Philosophy Podcast from an Unconventional Teacher, 11 Apr 2014 in Philosophy&Podcasts
• Ernest Hemingway’s Very First Published Stories, Free as an eBook, 10 Apr 2014 in Books&Literature
• Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening Illustrated a “Student’s Guide” for Apple Computers (1989), 10 Apr 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Technology
• How the CIA Turned Doctor Zhivago into a Propaganda Weapon Against the Soviet Union, 09 Apr 2014 in Books&History&Literature&Politics
• Hear Lost Recording of Pink Floyd Playing with Jazz Violinist Stéphane Grappelli on “Wish You Were Here”, 08 Apr 2014 in Music
• Notebook on Cities and Culture’s In-Depth Podcast Tour of South Korea Kickstarts Today, 07 Apr 2014 in Podcasts
• Listen to 21-Year-Old David Letterman’s College Radio Show (1969), 07 Apr 2014 in Comedy&Radio
• The Books You Think Every Intelligent Person Should Read: Crime and Punishment, Moby-Dick & Beyond (Many Free Online), 06 Apr 2014 in Books
• Stanley Kubrick Narrates a Promo Reel for Dr. Strangelove: Features Unused Takes, 03 Apr 2014 in Film
• What Books Should Every Intelligent Person Read?: Tell Us Your Picks; We’ll Tell You Ours, 02 Apr 2014 in Books
• Lists of the Best Sentences — Opening, Closing, and Otherwise — in English-Language Novels, 01 Apr 2014 in Books&Literature
• An Introduction to Dylanology, or How to Understand Bob Dylan by Digging Through His Garbage, 31 Mar 2014 in Music
• Watch Six TED-Style Lectures from Top Harvard Profs Presented at Harvard Thinks Big 5, 26 Mar 2014 in Harvard&TED Talks
• David Bowie Talks and Sings on The Dick Cavett Show (1974), 25 Mar 2014 in Music&Television
• Titanic: The Nazis Create a Mega-Budget Propaganda Film About the Ill-Fated Ship … and Then Banned It (1943), 24 Mar 2014 in Film&History
• Watch the Talking Heads Play Live in Dortmund, Germany During Their Heyday (1980), 22 Mar 2014 in Music
• Striking French, Russian & Polish Posters for the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky, 20 Mar 2014 in Art&Film
• abNormal: A Short Documentary on the Science of Being Different, 19 Mar 2014 in Science
• Aldous Huxley, Psychedelics Enthusiast, Lectures About “the Visionary Experience” at MIT (1962), 17 Mar 2014 in Literature&Psychology
• David Bowie and Cher Sing Duet of “Young Americans” and Other Songs on 1975 Variety Show, 14 Mar 2014 in Music&Television
• New Video Essay Celebrates HBO’s Deadwood, One of the Greatest Dramas in American TV History, 13 Mar 2014 in Television
• Watch Kevin Smith’s Clever First Film, Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary (1992), 12 Mar 2014 in Film
• Enjoy the Greatest Silent Films Ever Made in Our Collection of 101 Free Silent Films Online, 11 Mar 2014 in Film
• The Only Drawing from Maurice Sendak’s Short-Lived Attempt to Illustrate The Hobbit, 10 Mar 2014 in Art&Books
• 200 Free Documentaries: A Super Rich List of Finely-Crafted Documentaries on the Web, 08 Mar 2014 in Film
• Andy Warhol’s 1965 Film, Vinyl, Adapted from Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, 07 Mar 2014 in Film
• Buckminster Fuller Gives a Lecture About Semantics at San Quentin State Prison (1959), 06 Mar 2014 in Technology
• Read The Coming of Jap Herron, the Novel Mark Twain “Wrote” Through a Ouija Board After His Death (1917), 03 Mar 2014 in Books&Literature
• Opening Sentences From Great Novels, Diagrammed: Lolita, 1984 & More, 01 Mar 2014 in English Language&Literature
• George Washington’s 110 Rules for Civility and Decent Behavior, 26 Feb 2014 in History
• Beat the Devil: Watch John Huston’s Campy Noir Film with Humphrey Bogart & Gina Lollobrigida (1953), 25 Feb 2014 in Film
• Watch Boy and Bicycle: Ridley Scott’s Very First Film (1965), 24 Feb 2014 in Film
• Crime Jazz: How Miles Davis, Count Basie & Duke Ellington Created Soundtracks for Noir Films & TV, 23 Feb 2014 in Film&Music&Television
• The Art Assignment: Learn About Art & the Creative Process in a New Web Series by John & Sarah Green, 21 Feb 2014 in Art
• The Art of Restoring Classic Films: Criterion Shows You How It Refreshed Two Hitchcock Movies, 19 Feb 2014 in Film&Technology
• David Foster Wallace’s Surprising List of His 10 Favorite Books, from C.S. Lewis to Tom Clancy, 18 Feb 2014 in Books&Literature
• Jorge Luis Borges Chats with William F. Buckley on Firing Line (1977), 17 Feb 2014 in Literature&Television
• Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919: How One of America’s Strangest Tragedies Happened, 14 Feb 2014 in History
• What Happens When Your Brain is on Alfred Hitchcock: The Neuroscience of Film, 13 Feb 2014 in Film&Psychology&Science
• What Did Charles Darwin Read? See His Handwritten Reading List & Read Books from His Library Online, 12 Feb 2014 in Biology&History&Science
• The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528), 11 Feb 2014 in History&Writing
• Allen Ginsberg’s Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit: The Poet’s Final Days Captured in a 1997 Film, 10 Feb 2014 in Film
• Groucho Marx and T.S. Eliot Become Unexpected Pen Pals, Exchanging Portraits & Compliments (1961), 09 Feb 2014 in Comedy&Poetry
• Saul Bass’ Vivid Storyboards for Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960), 06 Feb 2014 in Film
• The Notecards on Which Vladimir Nabokov Wrote Lolita: A Look Inside the Author’s Creative Process, 05 Feb 2014 in Creativity&Literature
• Ira Glass’ Advice on Achieving Creative Excellence Presented in Two Artful, Typographic Videos, 04 Feb 2014 in Creativity&Life&Radio
• Read Two Poems David Foster Wallace Wrote During His Elementary School Days, 03 Feb 2014 in Literature&Poetry
• Ridley Scott on the Making of Apple’s Iconic “1984” Commercial, Aired on Super Bowl Sunday in 1984, 02 Feb 2014 in Technology&Television
• New York’s Famous Chelsea Hotel and Its Creative Residents Revisited in a 1981 Documentary, 31 Jan 2014 in History&Television
• The Tom Waits Map: A Mapping of Every Place Waits Has Sung About, From L.A. to Africa’s Jungles, 29 Jan 2014 in Maps&Music
• Quentin Tarantino & Steve Buscemi Rehearse Scenes for Reservoir Dogs in 1991 (NSFW), 29 Jan 2014 in Film
• Alfred Hitchcock and Vladimir Nabokov Trade Letters and Ideas for a Film Collaboration (1964), 27 Jan 2014 in Film&Letters&Literature
• Read Allen Ginsberg’s Poignant Final Poem “Things I’ll Not Do (Nostalgias)”, 24 Jan 2014 in Life&Poetry
• George Orwell’s Harrowing Race to Finish 1984 Before His Death, 23 Jan 2014 in Literature
• Jack Kerouac’s Hand-Drawn Map of the Hitchhiking Trip Narrated in On the Road, 21 Jan 2014 in Literature
• Federico Fellini, Born 94 Years Ago Today, Writes a Gushing Letter to Legendary Cartoonist, Moebius, 20 Jan 2014 in Art&Film
• Quentin Tarantino Lists His Favorite Records: Bob Dylan, Freda Payne, Phil Ochs and More, 17 Jan 2014 in Film&Music
• Fyodor Dostoevsky Draws Elaborate Doodles In His Manuscripts, 17 Jan 2014 in Art&Literature
• Read Beethoven’s Lengthy Love Letter to His Mysterious “Immortal Beloved” (1812), 16 Jan 2014 in Music
• How Hunter S. Thompson — and Psilocybin — Influenced the Art of Ralph Steadman, Creating the “Gonzo” Style, 14 Jan 2014 in Art&Literature
• Memory of the Camps (1985): The Holocaust Documentary that Traumatized Alfred Hitchcock, and Remained Unseen for 40 Years, 13 Jan 2014 in Film&History
• George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write 1984, 09 Jan 2014 in History&Literature
• Listen to Eight Interviews of Orson Welles by Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich (RIP), 07 Jan 2014 in Film
• Cartoonist R. Crumb Assesses 21 Cultural Figures, from Dylan & Hitchcock, to Kafka & The Beatles, 03 Jan 2014 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Film&Literature
• Chaos Cinema: A Breakdown of How 21st-Century Action Films Became Incoherent, 02 Jan 2014 in Film
• Milton Friedman & John Kenneth Galbraith’s Present Their Opposing Economic Philosophies on Two TV Series (1977–1980), 02 Jan 2014 in Economics&Television
• A Brief History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System, 31 Dec 2013 in Film&History
• Read 9 Free Articles by Hunter S. Thompson That Span His Gonzo Journalist Career (1965–2005), 27 Dec 2013 in Literature&Writing