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• 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
• Werner Herzog Presents Two Visions of America in How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck (1981) and God’s Angry Man (1976), 26 Dec 2013 in Film
• On the Air: Watch the 1950s Sitcom by David Lynch and His Twin Peaks Co-Creator Mark Frost, 25 Dec 2013 in Television
• Andy Warhol’s Christmas Art, 24 Dec 2013 in Art
• David Lynch Presents the Interview Project: 121 Mini-Documentaries About Life in America, 20 Dec 2013 in Film
• Watch Three Films by the Immensely Prolific & Widely-Admired “B‑Movie” Filmmaker, Roger Corman, 19 Dec 2013 in Film
• See Peter O’Toole Talk Hamlet with Orson Welles (1963) and Play Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (1986), 18 Dec 2013 in Theatre
• From the Drain: A Creepy Comedy David Cronenberg Made in Film School (1967), 17 Dec 2013 in Film
• John Waters Makes Handmade Christmas Cards, Says the “Whole Purpose of Life is Christmas”, 13 Dec 2013 in Creativity&Film&Life
• Orson Welles Records Two Songs with the 1980s Heavy-Metal Band Manowar, 12 Dec 2013 in Music
• Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space: “The Worst Movie Ever Made,” “The Ultimate Cult Flick,” or Both?, 11 Dec 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Ingmar Bergman Names the 11 Films He Liked Above All Others (1994), 10 Dec 2013 in Film
• Join Clive James on His Classic Television Trips to Paris, LA, Tokyo, Rio, Cairo & Beyond, 06 Dec 2013 in Television&Travel
• Filmmaker Luis Buñuel Shows How to Make the Perfect Dry Martini, 05 Dec 2013 in Food & Drink
• Susan Sontag’s 50 Favorite Films (and Her Own Cinematic Creations), 04 Dec 2013 in Film
• How Ray Bradbury Wrote the Script for John Huston’s Moby Dick (1956), 03 Dec 2013 in Film&Literature
• A Young Jean-Luc Godard Picks the 10 Best American Films Ever Made (1963), 02 Dec 2013 in Film
• F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 13 Tips for What to Do with Your Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey, 29 Nov 2013 in Comedy&Food & Drink
• What Cultural Icons of the 19th & 20th Centuries Would Have Liked About Life in the 21st Century, 28 Nov 2013 in History&Literature
• Marilyn Monroe’s Handwritten Turkey-and-Stuffing Recipe, 27 Nov 2013 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch Charlie Chaplin Demand 342 Takes of One Scene from City Lights, 26 Nov 2013 in Film
• Filmmaker Michel Gondry Presents an Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky, 25 Nov 2013 in Animation&Film&Philosophy
• November 22, 1963: Watch Errol Morris’ Short Documentary About the Kennedy Assassination, 22 Nov 2013 in History&Photography
• The 10 Hidden Cuts in Rope (1948), Alfred Hitchcock’s Famous “One-Shot” Feature Film, 21 Nov 2013 in Film
• Watch Leonardo da Vinci’s Musical Invention, the Viola Organista, Being Played for the Very First Time, 20 Nov 2013 in History&Music
• Stephen Fry Explains Cloud Computing in a Short Animated Video, 19 Nov 2013 in Technology
• How Benoit Mandelbrot Discovered Fractals: A Short Film by Errol Morris, 18 Nov 2013 in Film&Math
• Watch Wes Anderson’s Charming New Short Film, Castello Cavalcanti, Starring Jason Schwartzman, 15 Nov 2013 in Film
• 16-Year-Old Marcel Proust Tells His Grandfather About His Misguided Adventures at the Local Brothel, 14 Nov 2013 in Letters&Literature
• The Black Rider: A Theatrical Production by Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs & Robert Wilson (1990), 13 Nov 2013 in Music&Theatre
• Charles Bukowski Takes You on a Very Strange Tour of Hollywood, 12 Nov 2013 in Poetry
• James Joyce’s Dublin Captured in Vintage Photos from 1897 to 1904, 09 Nov 2013 in History&Literature&Photography
• The Nazi’s Philistine Grudge Against Abstract Art and The “Degenerate Art Exhibition” of 1937, 07 Nov 2013 in Art&History&Museums
• 1966 Film Explores the Making of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (and Our High-Tech Future), 06 Nov 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Watch After the Ball, the 1897 “Adult” Film by Pioneering Director Georges Méliès (Almost NSFW), 05 Nov 2013 in Film
• Hear Homer’s Iliad Read in the Original Ancient Greek, 04 Nov 2013 in History&Literature
• Watch Goethe’s Haunting Poem, “Der Erlkönig,” Presented in an Artful Sand Animation, 01 Nov 2013 in Music&Poetry
• American Filmmakers in Japanese Ads: Quentin Tarantino Sells Cell Phones, Orson Welles Hawks Whisky, 31 Oct 2013 in Film&Television
• Run Vintage Video Games (From Pac-Man to E.T.) and Software in Your Web Browser, Thanks to Archive.org, 30 Oct 2013 in Archives&Internet Archive&Software&Technology&Video Games
• Watch Very First Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Plays: King John, The Tempest, Richard III & More (1899–1936), 30 Oct 2013 in Film&Theatre
• Doodlebug, Christopher Nolan’s First Short: What Came Before The Dark Night, Memento & Inception (1997), 28 Oct 2013 in Film
• Watch Red Shirley, Lou Reed’s Short Documentary on His Fascinating 100-Year-Old Cousin (2010), 28 Oct 2013 in Film&History
• Watch 8 New Video Essays on Wes Anderson’s Films: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums & More, 25 Oct 2013 in Film
• Download Vintage Film Posters in High-Res: From The Philadelphia Story to Attack of the Crab Monsters, 25 Oct 2013 in Film
• Noam Chomsky Schools 9/11 Truther; Explains the Science of Making Credible Claims, 24 Oct 2013 in Politics&Science
• An Animation of Orson Welles’ Famous Frozen Peas Rant, 22 Oct 2013 in Animation&Television
• The Haircut: A Student Film Starring the Great John Cassavetes (1982), 21 Oct 2013 in Film
• Ingmar Bergman Evaluates His Fellow Filmmakers — The “Affected” Godard, “Infantile” Hitchcock & Sublime Tarkovsky, 18 Oct 2013 in Film
• Apocalypse Now’s “Ride of the Valkyries” Attack: The Anatomy of a Classic Scene, 17 Oct 2013 in Film
• Watch the Very First Trailers for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi (1976–83), 16 Oct 2013 in Film
• How Ridley Scott Turned Footage From the Beginning of The Shining Into the End of Blade Runner, 15 Oct 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Who Created the Famous Shower Scene in Psycho? Alfred Hitchcock or the Legendary Designer Saul Bass?, 14 Oct 2013 in Film
• David Lynch Presents the History of Surrealist Film (1987), 11 Oct 2013 in Film
• Free Online: 10 of the Greatest Silent Films of All Time, 10 Oct 2013 in Film
• Crash Course on Literature: Watch John Green’s Fun Introductions to Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye & Other Classics, 09 Oct 2013 in Education&K-12&Literature
• Andy Warhol Creates Album Covers for Jazz Legends Thelonious Monk, Count Basie & Kenny Burrell, 08 Oct 2013 in Art&Music
• Animated Video Explores the Invented Languages of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones & Star Trek, 07 Oct 2013 in Animation&Language Lessons&Literature
• Debussy’s Clair de lune: The Classical Music Visualization with 21 Million Views, 04 Oct 2013 in Music
• The Penultimate Truth About Philip K. Dick: Documentary Explores the Mysterious Universe of PKD, 03 Oct 2013 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Mark Twain’s Advice to Little Girls: Witty Counsel to Young Ladies of 1865, 02 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Literature
• Stanley Kubrick to Ingmar Bergman: “You Are the Greatest Filmmaker at Work Today” (1960), 01 Oct 2013 in Film&Letters
• Slavoj Žižek’s Pervert’s Guide to Ideology Decodes The Dark Knight and They Live, 30 Sep 2013 in Film&Philosophy
• Hergé Draws Tintin in Vintage Footage (and What Explains the Character’s Enduring Appeal), 27 Sep 2013 in Comics/Cartoons
• Watch Dating Dos and Don’ts: An Old-School Instructional Guide to Teenage Romance (1949), 26 Sep 2013 in Animation&Education&Film&History
• Portraits of Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Walter Benjamin & Other Literary Legends by Gisèle Freund, 25 Sep 2013 in Literature&Photography
• Watch The Surreal 1960s Films and Commercials of Jim Henson, 24 Sep 2013 in Animation&Film
• Frida Kahlo Writes a Personal Letter to Georgia O’Keeffe After O’Keeffe’s Nervous Breakdown (1933), 23 Sep 2013 in Art&Letters