Crash Course
Little Theater and American Avant Garde: Crash Course Theater #40
In the early 20th century United States, big melodramatic productions were on Broadway, and everywhere across the country. Which inevitably led to an Avant-Garde backlash. An interesting part of the backlash was Little Theater, a...
Professor Dave Explains
Late Modern Philosophy Part 2: The Roots of Analytic Philosophy
We just introduced continental philosophy, so let's take a look at the analytic tradition that arose around the same time, as the modern era was drawing to a close. Of the two schools, this was the one more concerned with philosophy of...
PBS
Who Can You Trust? Unreliable Narrators (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios
Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more control over the plot than the narrator - expositing the who, what, where, when and how directly into the reader’s mind....
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Gilded Age - The Victorians
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Gilded Age uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
Curated Video
Roland Emmerich and actors give press conference about new film
AP Television
Berlin Germany April 30 2010
1. Pan down to man in costume
2. Midshot Vanessa Redgrave sits down at table
3. Wide shot table.
4. SOUNDBITE( English ) Roland Emmerich- director:
" This movie is like a little bit of a weird...
Curated Video
Seething Edwardian passion inspires fashion newcomer
1. Exterior
1. Various backstage
2. Various catwalk
3. Finale, with Torrente designer Julien Fournie
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Julien Fournie, Designer:
"The inspiration for the collection is all of the heroines of Henry James, you know,...
Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT3 - CANNES SELECTION
French/Nat
In this year's contest for the coveted Palme D'or it looks like Asian films are already in the lead with strong competition from European directors, a few American heavyweight contenders and France as the outsider.
There were...
Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: PRESENCE OF MIND
English/Nat
The classic short novel by HENRY JAMES, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, is regarded by many as one of the finest horror stories of all time.
The story of an impressionable, spinster governess in Victorian Britain who comes to believe...
Learn Out Loud
Learn Out Loud: Free American Classics
Over 150 audio texts from writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many others. The list includes many classics that are taught in middle school or high school.