Society & Culture

Why the Tavern Scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious...

Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur fro...

The World in a Cloverleaf: A World Map from 1581

In 1581, the medieval cartographer and Protestant theologian Heinrich Bünting cr...

Compare the “It Ain’t Me Babe” Scene from A Complete Un...

A Complete Unknown, the new movie about Bob Dylan’s rise in the folk-music scene...

The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead...

What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore...

Explore the Newly-Launched Public Domain Image Archive ...

We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, ...

How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Children During th...

In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star...

In 1894, A French Writer Predicted the End of Books & t...

The end of the nineteenth century is still widely referred to as the fin de sièc...

Nirvana Before They Were Nirvana: Watch Their 1988 Perf...

Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a ...

Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live: ...

Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the...

Discover the Playful Drawings That Charles Darwin’s Chi...

Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own ...

Watch Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosau...

“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, ...

Do You Really Need to Take 10,000 Steps a Day?

We are regularly urged to take 10,000 steps a day. However, it turns out 10,000 ...

Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finis...

 Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV ...

Authorities Warn of Scams Amid Los Angeles Wildfires; U...

LOS ANGELES — As devastating wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles Count...

Man Disguised as Firefighter Arrested for Burglary Amid...

A man posing as a firefighter was arrested in Malibu for burglarizing a home dur...

‘No One Came’: LA Fire Department Criticized for Delaye...

LA firefighters took at least 45 minutes to arrive at the scene of the Pacific P...

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