music Members of Flaming Lips and Los Lobos score Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923) David Pescovitz

movies Watch the epic silent film The Ten Commandments (1923) David Pescovitz

music Ennio Morricone, 1928-2020 Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Happy Public Domain Day 2020! Cory Doctorow

film The world's first Christmas movie is a silent one made in 1898 Rusty Blazenhoff

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books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

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History Restored video of High Street in Marseille, France in 1896 Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

History Watch these newly discovered film clips from the glamorous birth of Technicolor David Pescovitz

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video Get inspired by environmentalist Rachel Carson's political fights Andrea James

Games Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space Gareth Branwyn

experimental cinema Guy Maddin’s Seances is a Different Movie Every Time You Watch It Richard Kaufman

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movies 14 "lost" films still to be found Rob Beschizza

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cinema Mysterious famous Japanese actress dies Richard Kaufman

robots The first robot in cinema Richard Kaufman