Andrea Mazzarino: Children of War
Armed violence has percolated into just about every aspect of this country’s being — from violent video games to still-spiking mass shootings to local police forces armed with weapons of war.
Video: Charlie Chaplin and the Eating Machine
In Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 masterpiece Modern Times, we see the Billows Feeding Machine in action, not quite fulfilling its promise to “eliminate the lunch hour, increase your production, and decrease … Continue reading
Video: Everlast — Letters Home from the Garden of Stone
A moving song from Everest’s album “Love, War, and the Ghost of Whitey Ford.”
Video: Laura Bates — Everyday Sexism
In this fascinating talk, founder of the award-winning EverydaySexismProject, Laura Bates, talks about her inspiring initiative. EveryDaySexism is a growing collection of over 50,000 women’s experiences of gender imbalance. The … Continue reading
Video: Christina Hoff Sommers — The top five feminist myths of all time
Domestic violence statistics, girls sold as sex slaves, the wage gap– what are the real statistics behind the plight of American women? And are the real numbers beyond critical analysis? … Continue reading
Video: Head Over Heels
It’s not often that a student film gets nominated for an Oscar, but such was the case with Head Over Heels, the graduate film of animator Timothy Reckart that went … Continue reading
Video: Prehistoric Music of Ireland
This video shows a sample of Irish musical instruments from the Bronze Age to the early Medieval period.
Video: The Fallen of World War II
“More people died in World War II than any other war in history,” explains Neil Halloran in The Fallen of World War II. In his 15-minute film, Halloran uses innovative … Continue reading
Video: Physicians May Be Missing Their Most Important Tool
The leading causes of death in Western cultures — heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and auto-immune diseases — are caused by diet, and yet dietary recommendations for patients do not take … Continue reading
Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize 1993 Acceptance Speech (Text and Video)
“Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise.” Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard … Continue reading
Video: Six Reasons Why Men Are Avoiding Marriage
The percentage of people getting married is falling in the United States, and many observers claim that this trend reflects a change in young men’s attitudes toward marriage. Rather than … Continue reading
Video: J.S. Bach’s “Crab Canon” Visualized on a Mobius Strip
If you process things more visually than you do aurally, watch this video, a visualization of the piece by mathematical image-maker Jos Leys. You can follow the score, note for … Continue reading
Video: Young Leonard Cohen reads his poem “Prayer for Messiah”
Leonard Cohen reads his poem “Prayer for Messiah” in 1966 — before his days as a musician began. .
Video: Wes Anderson Centered
In this short elegant montage, the filmmaker Kogonada demonstrates how the technique of “centering” a shot is, well, central to the technique of Wes Anderson.
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