Tag: Open Culture

Wonderfully Kitschy Propaganda Posters From Chinese Space Program (1962-2003)

by Dark Matters • January 13, 2015

Image from 1962-2003

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Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies

by Dark Matters • January 10, 2015

Read Kurosawa’s fascinating selections at Open Culture.

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Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa

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From left, Rod Steiger, Jester Hairston, and Sidney Poitier in “The Heat of the Night” (1967)

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From left, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, and Lil Dagover in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”(“Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari”) (1920)

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Watch a Music Video & Hear Tracks From Maya Angelou’s Posthumous Hip-Hop Album “Caged Bird Songs”

by Dark Matters • December 31, 2014

The 13-song album was released in November 2014.

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The Origins of Anime (1917-1931)

by Dark Matters • December 28, 2014

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Early Japanese Animations

A Sneak Preview of Haruki Murakami’s Forthcoming Illustrated Novel, “The Strange Library”

by Dark Matters • September 27, 2014

Thanks to The Guardian gallery!

Jorge Luis Borges, During Stint as Film Critic, Reviews King Kong (1933)

by Dark Matters • August 24, 2014

Read at OpenCulture.com.

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Watch the First Episode of Osamu Tezuka’s “Astro Boy.”

by Dark Matters • August 17, 2014

Watch and read more at Open Culture…

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James Earl Jones Reads Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

by Dark Matters • July 29, 2014

James Earl Jones reads “The Raven”

Watch “Song of Myself” readings at Open Culture

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