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openculture, 20 hours ago to random

Ancient Greek Armor Gets Tested in an 11-Hour Battle Simulation Inspired by the Iliad

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/ancient-greek-armor-gets-tested-in-an-11-hour-battle-simulation-inspired-by-the-iliad.html

openculture, 1 day ago to random

Watch the Hugely-Ambitious Soviet Film Adaptation of War and Peace Free Online (1966–67)

https://www.openculture.com/2022/07/watch-the-hugely-ambitious-four-part-soviet-adaptation-of-war-and-peace-free-online-1966-67.html

openculture, 1 day ago to random

Glass: The Oscar-Winning “Perfect Short Documentary” on Dutch Glassmaking (1958)

https://www.openculture.com/2016/03/glass-1958.html

openculture, 1 day ago to random

The Great Leonard Nimoy Reads H.G. Wells’ Seminal Sci-Fi Novel The War of the Worlds

https://www.openculture.com/2015/10/the-great-leonard-nimoy-reads-h-g-wells-seminal-sci-fi-novel-the-war-of-the-worlds-1976.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World

https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/hear-aldous-huxley-narrate-his-dystopian-masterpiece-brave-new-world.html

openculture, 1 day ago to random

Hunter S. Thompson’s Harrowing, Chemical-Filled Daily Routine

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/hunter-s-thompsons-harrowing-chemical-filled-daily-routine.html

openculture, 1 day ago to random

Watch Philosophy Lectures That Became a Hit During COVID by Professor Michael Sugrue (RIP): From Plato and Marcus Aurelius to Critical Theory

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/watch-philosophy-lectures-that-became-a-hit-during-covid-by-professor-michael-sugrue-rip.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Free: Watch Battleship Potemkin and Other Films by Sergei Eisenstein, the Revolutionary Soviet Filmmaker

https://www.openculture.com/2022/06/free-watch-battleship-potemkin-and-other-films-by-sergei-eisenstein-the-revolutionary-soviet-filmmaker.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Tolstoy and Gandhi Exchange Letters: Two Thinkers’ Quest for Gentleness, Humility & Love (1909)

https://www.openculture.com/2015/09/tolstoy-and-gandhi-exchange-letters.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Patti Smith’s 40 Favorite Books

https://www.openculture.com/2018/04/patti-smiths-40-favorite-books.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Eight Free Films by Dziga Vertov, Creator of Soviet Avant-Garde Documentaries

https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/eight-free-films-by-dziga-vertov.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Composes a Soundtrack to Arthur C. Clarke’s Documentary Fractals: The Colors of Infinity

https://www.openculture.com/2021/05/david-gilmour-composes-a-soundtrack-to-arthur-c-clarkes-documentary-on-mind-bending-fractals.html

openculture, 2 days ago to random

Blade Runner is a “Waste of Time”: Siskel & Ebert in 1982

https://www.openculture.com/2011/08/blade_runner_is_a_waste_of_time.html

openculture, 3 days ago to random

The Word “Robot” Originated in a Czech Play in 1921: Discover Karel Čapek’s Sci-Fi Play R.U.R. (a.k.a. Rossum’s Universal Robots)

https://www.openculture.com/2020/02/the-word-robot-originated-in-a-czech-play-in-1921.html

openculture, 3 days ago to random

Six Postcards From Famous Writers: Hemingway, Kafka, Kerouac & More

https://www.openculture.com/2013/03/six_postcards_from_famous_writers_hemingway_kafka_kerouac_more.html

openculture, 3 days ago to random

Pablo Picasso’s Tender Illustrations For Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (1934)

https://www.openculture.com/2013/10/picasso-illustrations-for-aristophanes-lysistrata.html

openculture, 3 days ago to random

Wes Anderson Directs & Stars in an Ad Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Montblanc’s Signature Pen

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/wes-anderson-directs-stars-in-an-ad-celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-montblancs-signature-pen.html

openculture, 7 days ago to random

Medieval Cats Behaving Badly: Kitties That Left Paw Prints … and Peed … on 15th Century Manuscripts

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/medieval-cats-behaving-badly-kitties-that-left-paw-prints-and-peed-on-15th-century-manuscripts.html

openculture, 4 days ago to random

Hear the Song Written on a Sinner’s Buttock in Hieronymus Bosch’s Painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights"

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/hear-the-song-written-on-a-sinners-buttock-in-hieronymus-boschs-painting-the-garden-of-earthly-delights.html

openculture, 5 days ago to random

4 Franz Kafka Animations: Watch Creative Animated Shorts from Poland, Japan, Russia & Canada

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/4-franz-kafka-animations.html

openculture, 5 days ago to random

Behold Soviet Animations of Ray Bradbury Stories

https://www.openculture.com/2024/03/behold-soviet-animations-of-ray-bradbury-stories-here-there-be-tygers-there-will-come-soft-rain.html

openculture, 5 days ago to random

9‑Year-Old Edward Hopper Draws a Picture on the Back of His 3rd Grade Report Card

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/9-year-old-edward-hopper-draws-a-picture-on-the-back-of-his-third-grade-report-card.html

openculture, 5 days ago to random

Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future of Online Education in 1988–and It’s Now Coming True in the Age of AI & Smartphones

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/isaac-asimov-predicts-the-future-of-online-education-in-1988-and-its-now-coming-true.html

openculture, 5 days ago to random

Fritz Lang First Depicted Artificial Intelligence on Film in Metropolis (1927), and It Frightened People Even Then

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/fritz-lang-first-depicted-artificial-intelligence-on-film-in-metropolis-1927.html

openculture, 6 days ago to random

Monty Python’s Michael Palin Presents His Favorite Painting, J. M. W. Turner’s Rain, Steam and Speed

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/monty-pythons-michael-palin-presents-his-favorite-painting-j-m-w-turners-rain-steam-and-speed.html