Ray Harryhausen’s Collection, Documented
The Documentation Officer for the Ray Harryhausen collection shares some of Harryhausen’s film materials.
Using Fantasy To Be Better Than We Are In Real Life
Instead of raving about Satyajit Ray’s well-known-outside-of-India projects like the Apu Trilogy (Pather Pancahli/Song of the Little Road, Aprajito/The Unvanquished, and Apur Sansar/The World of Apu) or Jalsaghar/The Music Room (available through Criterion), I want to rave about his fantastic fantastical 1968 children’s film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne/The […]
Behold: Rude Removal!
Adult Swim aired the never before aired Dexter’s Laboratory episode, “Rude Removal” and you can see it here. (via @matthewkumar)
Dr. Zaius Meets Paul Williams
Dana Gould is Dr. Zaius meeting Paul Williams as Paul Williams. Dana Gould has also been Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius as Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain.
RIP, Dear Abby
Columnist Pauline Phillips has died. Ms. Phillips was best known for her advice column, “Dear Abby.” The New York Times has an obituary. At NPR’s Monkey See blog, Linda Holmes writes about why people ask strangers for advice, noting that it’s a “curiously optimistic thing to do.”
Lying About The Past
A professor uses online hoaxes to teach about hoaxes, history, historical method and trust.
The Cultural Gutter 