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• The Power of Food in Quentin Tarantino’s Films, 23 Apr 2013 in Film
• Salvador Dalí Creates a Dream Sequence for Spellbound, Hitchcock’s Psychoanalytic Thriller, 22 Apr 2013 in Film
• The Surreal Short Films of Louis C.K., 1993–1999, 19 Apr 2013 in Comedy&Film
• Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Gives Teenage Girls Endearing Advice About Boys (And Much More), 18 Apr 2013 in Music
• Abandoned Alternate Titles for Two Great Films: Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove and Hitchcock’s Vertigo, 17 Apr 2013 in Film
• Harvard Thinks Big 4 Offers TED-Style Talks on Stats, Milk, and Traffic-Directing Mimes, 16 Apr 2013 in Harvard
• The Always-NSFW Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes Catch Up in Jay and Silent Bob Get Old Podcast, 15 Apr 2013 in Film&Podcasts
• Tom Lehrer’s Mathematically and Scientifically Inclined Singing and Songwriting, Animated, 12 Apr 2013 in Math&Music&Physics
• A Shirtless Slavoj Žižek Explains the Purpose of Philosophy from the Comfort of His Bed, 11 Apr 2013 in Philosophy
• Alfred Hitchcock’s 7‑Minute Master Class on Film Editing, 10 Apr 2013 in Film
• Room 237: New Documentary Explores Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and Those It Obsesses, 09 Apr 2013 in Film
• David Byrne Discusses Here Lies Love, His Disco Musical with Fatboy Slim on the Life of Imelda Marcos, 08 Apr 2013 in Music&Theatre
• The Two Roger Eberts: Emphatic Critic on TV; Incisive Reviewer in Print, 05 Apr 2013 in Film&Television
• 50 Film Posters From Poland: From The Empire Strikes Back to Raiders of the Lost Ark, 04 Apr 2013 in Film
• Borges: Profile of a Writer Presents the Life and Writings of Argentina’s Favorite Son, Jorge Luis Borges, 03 Apr 2013 in Literature&Television
• Nico Sings “Chelsea Girls” in the Famous Chelsea Hotel, 02 Apr 2013 in Film&Music
• Orson Welles Teaches Baccarat, Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, and Keno at Caesars Palace (1978), 01 Apr 2013 in Film&Life
• Read, Hear, and See Tweeted Four Stories by Jennifer Egan, Author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, 29 Mar 2013 in Literature
• Leonard Bernstein Demystifies the Rock Revolution for Curious (if Square) Grown-Ups in 1967, 28 Mar 2013 in Music
• The Best of Quentin Tarantino: Celebrating the Director’s 50th Birthday with our Favorite Videos, 27 Mar 2013 in Film
• Read and Hear Famous Writers (and Armchair Sportsmen) J.M. Coetzee and Paul Auster’s Correspondence, 26 Mar 2013 in Literature&Sports
• Philip K. Dick Previews Blade Runner: “The Impact of the Film is Going to be Overwhelming” (1981), 25 Mar 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• Blade Runner: The Pillar of Sci-Fi Cinema that Siskel, Ebert, and Studio Execs Originally Hated, 22 Mar 2013 in Film&Sci Fi
• House of Earth: Hear Woody Guthrie’s Lost Novel, Published by Johnny Depp, as an Audio Book, 21 Mar 2013 in Audio Books&Literature
• Ralph Ellison Reads from His Novel-in-Progress, Juneteenth, in Rare Video Footage (1966), 20 Mar 2013 in Literature
• Watch Brian Eno’s “Video Paintings,” Where 1980s TV Technology Meets Visual Art, 19 Mar 2013 in Art&Music
• The Life and Controversial Work of Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe Profiled in 1988 Documentary, 18 Mar 2013 in Photography&Television
• BBC Radio Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere Begins Saturday: A Preview, 15 Mar 2013 in Radio
• Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove: Documentary Reveals How a Cold War Story Became a Kubrick Classic, 13 Mar 2013 in Film
• Watch Powers of Ten and Let Designers Charles & Ray Eames Take You on a Brilliant Tour of the Universe, 12 Mar 2013 in Film
• Bertrand Russell on His Student Ludwig Wittgenstein: Man of Genius or Merely an Eccentric?, 08 Mar 2013 in Philosophy
• David Foster Wallace Breaks Down Five Common Word Usage Mistakes in English, 07 Mar 2013 in Education&English Language&Writing
• Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking & Arthur C. Clarke Discuss God, the Universe, and Everything Else, 06 Mar 2013 in Astronomy&Science&Television
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents Some of the First Words Ever Spoken on Film .… and They’re Saucy Ones (1929), 05 Mar 2013 in Film
• Watch The Twilight Zone’s Pilot Episode, Pitched by Rod Serling Himself (1959), 04 Mar 2013 in Sci Fi&Television
• Arthur Conan Doyle Fills Out the Questionnaire Made Famous By Marcel Proust (1899), 01 Mar 2013 in Literature
• Take a Virtual Tour of the 1913 Exhibition That Introduced Avant-Garde Art to America, 28 Feb 2013 in Art&History&Museums
• An Oral History of Pulp Fiction: the Making of the Indie Film that Changed the Rules, 26 Feb 2013 in Film
• Listen to James Franco Read from Jack Kerouac’s Influential Beat Novel, On the Road, 25 Feb 2013 in Literature
• The Photographer Reveals the Philosophy, Techniques & Artistry of Edward Weston (1948), 22 Feb 2013 in Film&Photography
• Watch Huell Howser’s Decades of Television Travels Online. It’s California Gold!, 21 Feb 2013 in Television&Travel
• Hear Gertrude Stein Read Works Inspired by Matisse, Picasso, and T.S. Eliot (1934), 20 Feb 2013 in Literature&Poetry
• “Nothing Good Gets Away”: John Steinbeck Offers Love Advice in a Letter to His Son (1958), 19 Feb 2013 in Letters&Life&Literature
• In Under Three Minutes, Hans Rosling Visualizes the Incredible Progress of the “Developing World”, 18 Feb 2013 in Economics&Math
• David Lynch Talks About His 99 Favorite Photographs at Paris Photo 2012, 15 Feb 2013 in Photography
• From the Annals of Optimism: The Newspaper Industry in 1981 Imagines its Digital Future, 14 Feb 2013 in Technology&Television
• When Orson Welles Met H.G. Wells in 1940: Hear the Legends Discuss War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane, and WWII, 13 Feb 2013 in Literature&Radio
• Alain de Botton Presents Ten Virtues for the Modern Day, 12 Feb 2013 in Life&Philosophy
• The Genius of J.S. Bach’s “Crab Canon” Visualized on a Möbius Strip, 11 Feb 2013 in Music
• How Spike Lee Got His First Big Break: From She’s Gotta Have It to That Iconic Air Jordan Ad, 08 Feb 2013 in Film&Sports
• Neil Gaiman Launches New Crowdsourced Storytelling Project (Sponsored by the New BlackBerry), 07 Feb 2013 in Literature&Technology
• Monty Python’s Life of Brian: Religious Satire, Political Satire, or Blasphemy?, 06 Feb 2013 in Comedy&Film&Religion&Television
• The Podcast History of Our World Will Take You From Creation Myths to (Eventually) the Present Day, 05 Feb 2013 in History&Podcasts
• Kansas City Confidential: The 1952 Noir Film Said to Inspire Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, 04 Feb 2013 in Film
• Watch Paperman, A CGI Short from Disney that Looks and Feels Like Classic Handmade Animation, 01 Feb 2013 in Animation
• Read Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts Free Online, 31 Jan 2013 in Literature
• A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Casting of The Godfather with Coppola, Pacino, De Niro & Caan, 30 Jan 2013 in Film
• James Taylor Performs Live in 1970, Thanks to a Little Help from His Friends, The Beatles, 29 Jan 2013 in Music&Television
• Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis Draws from the Life of Greenwich Village Icon Dave Van Ronk, 28 Jan 2013 in Film&Music
• Meet “Dashan,” the Canadian Comedian Who Achieved Accidental Stardom in China, 25 Jan 2013 in Comedy&Life
• “Moon Hoax Not”: Short Film Explains Why It Was Impossible to Fake the Moon Landing, 24 Jan 2013 in Film&Technology
• Watch Bill Murray Perform a Satirical Anti-Technology Rant (1982), 23 Jan 2013 in Comedy&Technology&Television
• John Hodgman’s Advice for Writers: The Competition is Insane, and Persistence Trumps Talent, 22 Jan 2013 in Writing
• Watch Häxan, the Classic Cinematic Study of Witchcraft Narrated by William S. Burroughs (1922), 21 Jan 2013 in Film
• Hear Lost Acetate Versions of Songs from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966), 18 Jan 2013 in Music
• Watch Moving Short Films of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at the “Blue House”, 17 Jan 2013 in Art
• Hannah Arendt’s Original Articles on “the Banality of Evil” in the New Yorker Archive, 16 Jan 2013 in Film&History
• Watch Raymond Chandler’s Long-Unnoticed Cameo in Double Indemnity, 15 Jan 2013 in Film&Literature
• The Very First Film of J.G. Ballard’s Crash, Starring Ballard Himself (1971), 14 Jan 2013 in Film&Literature&Television
• Tim Burton Shoots Two Music Videos for The Killers, 11 Jan 2013 in Film&Music
• Trains and the Brits Who Love Them: Monty Python’s Michael Palin on Great Railway Journeys, 10 Jan 2013 in Television&Travel
• Jacques Lacan Talks About Psychoanalysis with Panache (1973), 09 Jan 2013 in Philosophy&Psychology
• “The Value of Culture” Revealed in a New BBC Radio Series by Melvyn Bragg, 08 Jan 2013 in History&Podcasts
• An Anti, Anti-Smoking Announcement from John Waters, 07 Jan 2013 in Comedy&Film
• Lick the Star: Sofia Coppola’s Very First Film Follows a 7th-Grade Conspiracy (1998), 04 Jan 2013 in Film
• Saul Bass’ Advice for Designers: Make Something Beautiful and Don’t Worry About the Money, 03 Jan 2013 in Design
• Andrei Tarkovsky’s Advice to Young Filmmakers: Sacrifice Yourself for Cinema, 02 Jan 2013 in Film
• The Genius of Charles Darwin Revealed in Three-Part Series by Richard Dawkins, 01 Jan 2013 in Biology&Television
• Charles and Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten: The Classic Film Re-Imagined By 40 Artists, 31 Dec 2012 in Art&Film
• Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen Take Phone Calls on New York Cable TV (1978), 28 Dec 2012 in Music&Television
• Watch Portrait of an Artist: Jackson Pollock, the 1987 Documentary Narrated by Melvyn Bragg, 27 Dec 2012 in Art&Film
• Decay: Zombies Invade the Large Hadron Collider in Movie Made by Ph.D. Students, 26 Dec 2012 in Film&Physics
• An Animated Christmas Fable by Maurice Sendak (1977), 25 Dec 2012 in Animation
• Michael Pollan Presents an Edible Education, A Free Online Course From UC Berkeley, 24 Dec 2012 in Life&UC Berkeley
• Peter Gabriel Plays Full Concert in Modena, Italy (1994), 21 Dec 2012 in Music
• A Christmas Carol, A Vintage Radio Broadcast by Orson Welles (1939), 20 Dec 2012 in Literature&Radio
• Watch 125 Korean Feature Films Free Online, Thanks to the Korean Film Archive, 18 Dec 2012 in Archives&Film
• Eraserhead Stories: David Lynch on the Making of His Famously Nightmarish Movie, 17 Dec 2012 in Film
• Annie Leibovitz, Photographer of Icons and Iconic Photographer, Profiled on American Masters, 14 Dec 2012 in Photography&Television
• Kickstart the Restoration of the Very First William S. Burroughs Documentary, 13 Dec 2012 in Film&Literature
• Marilyn Monroe Explains Relativity to Albert Einstein (in a Nicolas Roeg Movie), 12 Dec 2012 in Film&Physics
• Watch PBS’ American Masters Documentaries (Including Scorsese’s Homage to Kazan) Free Online, 11 Dec 2012 in Television
• Nate Silver (Sporting a Cookie Monster T‑Shirt) Talks Serious Stats with Conan O’Brien, 10 Dec 2012 in Media&Politics
• The Power of “Outrospection” — A Way of Life, A Force for Social Change — Explained with Animation, 07 Dec 2012 in Psychology
• Pier Paolo Pasolini Talks and Reads Poetry with Ezra Pound (1967), 06 Dec 2012 in Poetry
• Orson Welles’ The Stranger Free Online, Where 1940s Film Noir Meets Real Horrors of WWII, 04 Dec 2012 in Film
• Philosophy with a Southern Drawl: Rick Roderick Teaches Derrida, Foucault, Sartre and Others, 04 Dec 2012 in Philosophy
• Conan O’Brien Plays Charlie Rose, Talks Presidential History with Edmund Morris, 30 Nov 2012 in History&Television
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Tips for Teaching at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (1967), 29 Nov 2012 in Literature&Writing
• The Epistemology of Dr. Seuss & More Philosophy Lessons from Great Children’s Stories, 28 Nov 2012 in K-12&Philosophy
• Nine Classic Superman Cartoons Restored and Now on YouTube, 27 Nov 2012 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons
• The Coen Brothers Make a TV Commercial — Ridiculing “Clean Coal”, 26 Nov 2012 in Comedy&Film&Technology&Television
• Watch the World’s Oldest Working Digital Computer — the 1951 Harwell Dekatron — Get Fired Up Again, 23 Nov 2012 in Technology
• 11,215 Free Grateful Dead Concert Recordings in the Internet Archive, 22 Nov 2012 in Internet Archive&Music
• The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (As Told by Those Who Helped Him Make It), 21 Nov 2012 in Film
• Brian Eno Once Composed Music for Windows 95; Now He Lets You Create Music with an iPad App, 20 Nov 2012 in iPad&iPhone&Music&Technology
• Watch The White Shadow, the Recently-Discovered and Earliest-Surviving Hitchcock Film, 19 Nov 2012 in Film
• Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) Pitches Janet Leigh (Scarlett Johansson) on the Famous Shower Scene, 16 Nov 2012 in Film
• After a Tour of Slavoj Žižek’s Pad, You’ll Never See Interior Design in the Same Way, 15 Nov 2012 in Life&Philosophy
• Watch Suddenly: Frank Sinatra Stars in a 1954 Noir Film, 14 Nov 2012 in Film
• Reefer Madness, 1936’s Most Unintentionally Hilarious “Anti-Drug” Exploitation Film, Free Online, 13 Nov 2012 in Film
• Watch Night of the Living Dead, the Seminal Zombie Movie, Free Online, 12 Nov 2012 in Film
• An Introduction to Yasujiro Ozu, “the Most Japanese of All Film Directors”, 09 Nov 2012 in Film
• Nicolas Cage, Paul Newman & Dennis Hopper Bring Their American Style to Japanese Commercials, 07 Nov 2012 in Television
• Take First-Class Philosophy Courses Anywhere with Free Oxford Podcasts, 06 Nov 2012 in Philosophy
• Japanese Cartoons from the 1920s and 30s Reveal the Stylistic Roots of Anime, 05 Nov 2012 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons
• Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers Break Down Star Wars as an Epic, Universal Myth, 01 Nov 2012 in Film&Television
• Watch James Burke’s TV Series Connections, and Discover the Unexpected History of Innovation, 30 Oct 2012 in History&Science&Technology&Television
• Lawrence Krauss Presents “Secular Sermon” on Theoretical Physics and the Meaning of Life, 29 Oct 2012 in Physics
• Watch Nosferatu, the Seminal Vampire Film, Free Online (1922), 26 Oct 2012 in Film
• Fellini: I’m a Born Liar Profiles the Filmmaker’s Love of Artifice (and Features Italo Calvino), 25 Oct 2012 in Film
• New Animated Film Tells the Life Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, 24 Oct 2012 in Comedy&Film
• Richard Linklater’s Slacker, the Classic Gen‑X Indie Film, 23 Oct 2012 in Film
• Hugh Hefner Defends “the Playboy Philosophy” to William F. Buckley (1966), 22 Oct 2012 in Religion&Television
• Watch Scarlet Street, Fritz Lang’s Censored Noir Film, Starring the Great Edward G. Robinson (1945), 19 Oct 2012 in Film
• Aldous Huxley’s Most Beautiful, LSD-Assisted Death: A Letter from His Widow, 18 Oct 2012 in Literature&Psychology
• The Strange Tale of Rodriguez: Detroit Musician Becomes a Star in South Africa … Without Knowing It, 17 Oct 2012 in Film&Music
• The Making of The Empire Strikes Back Showcased on Long-Lost Dutch TV Documentary, 16 Oct 2012 in Film
• 60-Second Adventures in Religion: Watch New Animations by The Open University, 15 Oct 2012 in Religion
• Learn New Languages (From Arabic to Yiddish) with 150+ Free Podcasts, 12 Oct 2012 in Language Lessons&Podcasts
• Pull My Daisy: 1959 Beatnik Film Stars Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Shot by Robert Frank, 11 Oct 2012 in Film&Poetry
• The Quantum Physics of Harry Potter, Broken Down By a Physicist and a Magician, 10 Oct 2012 in Books&Science
• Art.sy Rolls Out Huge Archive of Fine-Art Images and an Intelligent Art Appreciation Guide, 09 Oct 2012 in Art&Technology
• Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Tweeted Daily By 92nd Street Y, 08 Oct 2012 in Music
• Christopher Lee Narrates a Beautiful Animation of Tim Burton’s Poem, Nightmare Before Christmas, 05 Oct 2012 in Animation&Film
• The History of Byzantium Podcast Picks Up Where The History of Rome Left Off, 04 Oct 2012 in History&Podcasts
• The Long, Violent History of Israel and Palestine Musically Animated by Nina Paley, 03 Oct 2012 in Animation&History
• Hundreds of Fans Collectively Remade Star Wars; Now They Remake The Empire Strikes Back, 02 Oct 2012 in Film
• Read Joyce’s Ulysses Line by Line, for the Next 22 Years, with Frank Delaney’s Podcast, 01 Oct 2012 in Literature&Podcasts
• Norman Mailer: Strong Writer, Weak Actor, Brutally Wrestles Actor Rip Torn, 28 Sep 2012 in Film&Literature