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Why Do Filmmakers Call The Battle of Algiers the Greatest War Movie Ever?: Watch It Free Online

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The Oldest Known Depiction of Human Sexuality: The Turin Papyrus (Circa 1150 B.C.E.)

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The Unlikely Friendship of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla

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Talking Heads’ David Byrne Performs a Tiny Desk Concert

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Inside Disney’s Long, Frustrated Quest to Create Artificial Human Beings: A Six-Hour Documentary

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An Immersive, ASMR-Style Look at Japanese Woodblock Printing

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How the “Marvelization” of Cinema Accelerates the Decline of Filmmaking

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The Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant”: Watch Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic

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What Makes Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Perhaps the Most Revolutionary Painting of the 20th Century?

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Thanksgiving Menu at the Plaza Hotel in New York City (1899)

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How to Improve Your Attention Span: Daniel Pink’s Strategies for the Digital Age

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Watch Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Lusitania, the First Major Animated Propaganda Film (1918)

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200 Ansel Adams Photographs Expose the Rigors of Life in Japanese Internment Camps During WW II

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Take a 2‑Hour Walking Tour Through New York City: Architects Reveal the Secrets Behind Its Most Iconic Buildings

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How IKEA Revolutionized Furniture-Making

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Why Movies Don’t Feel Real Anymore: A Close Look at Changing Filmmaking Techniques

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J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work

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An Introduction to Hilma af Klint: Once a Forgotten Painter, Now a Celebrated Pioneer of Abstract Art

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The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai: An Introduction to the Iconic Japanese Woodblock Print in 17 Minutes

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The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the Modern Day

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