Every weekday I write a post at Open Culture, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, television, radio, or language. Here are ten of my favorites from the more than 250 I wrote in 2013:
- Blade Runner: The Pillar of Sci-Fi Cinema that Siskel, Ebert, and Studio Execs Originally Hated
- Hergé Draws Tintin in Vintage Footage (and What Explains the Character’s Enduring Appeal)
- Japanese Movie Posters of 10 David Lynch Films
- Join Clive James on His Classic Television Trips to Paris, LA, Tokyo, Rio, Cairo & Beyond
- Meet “Dashan,” the Canadian Comedian Who Achieved Accidental Stardom in China
- Read and Hear Famous Writers (and Armchair Sportsmen) J.M. Coetzee and Paul Auster’s Correspondence
- Trains and the Brits Who Love Them: Monty Python’s Michael Palin on Great Railway Journeys
- Watch Another Green World, a Hypnotic Portrait of Brian Eno (2010)
- Watch Brian Eno’s “Video Paintings,” Where 1980s TV Technology Meets Visual Art
- Wes Anderson’s First Short Film: The Black-and-White, Jazz-Scored Bottle Rocket (1992)
See also my ten favorite Open Culture posts of 2012.