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Hi John Hess here from Filmmaker IQ – your indefatigable supporter of 24 fps – at least that’s how the YouTube algorithm has apparently labeled me … Seriously, I didn’t think my last video where I reviewed Gemini Man both in High Frame Rate and standard 24 would blow up like it did. And as …
>>Eiichi Ito: Good afternoon, welcome to the Library of Congress. I’m Eiichi Ito, one of the two reference librarians in the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. We are delighted to have all of you here for today’s program, a panel discussion entitled, Playing and Talking About Baseball Across the Pacific. This program will …
I know there’s a one-way ticket in here somewhere… So it’s nearing the end of Black History Month and this one has been one for the books. The unveiling of the Obama portraits for the Smithsonian, The exciting book releases of An American Marriage and Freshwater, Black Panther… [Beyoncé: World Stop…] Motion to rename Black …
The future might already be written. Cheer, shudder, or eye roll in disgust, but history shows that what awaits us is often spelled out in the pages of science fiction. The genre’s predictive track record stretches back thousands of years: Authors mused about the lunar landing as far back as 175 A.D., when Syrian satirist …
There are moments in time as a strongman where the world Seems to stop I think it’s time to break a record. What do you say let’s go Brian Come on, don’t you stop back up. I’m the four-time world Strongest Man. I knew I would crush these guys. It was never in doubt Yes. …
– I’d like to welcome everybody back for our second panel. I realize that this morning I forgot to mention the sponsors for this event. We have received support from Dartmouth’s 250th Committee. From the Dickey Center for International Understanding. From the Departments of Classics and of History. And for the work that you will …
The working class has been crucial, at every step of the way, in allowing, incoming forward, in retreating, in allowing the destruction of its institutions that had protected it. You know, in Europe none of this kind of thing happened in the same way. Why? Because the working class did not suffer the kind of …
Welcome back to our macabre series of shows featuring some of the worst things people have done to each other in the name of punishment. While in other shows we have talked about instruments of torture and killing that could be said to be basic – claws that rip flesh, cudgels that smash bones – …
Filipinas de mi corazón, (Philippines of my heart) Tus hijos jamás permitirán (Your children will never allow) Que así te robe (That you be robbed just like that) Tu bienestar y libertad. (Of your well-being and your liberty) Did you know that the original lyrics to the song “Bayan Ko” is not really Tagalog? So …
Keep a Stiff Upper lip, or stay calm and carry on. slogans that might describe the British civilian wartime spirit. Civilians, living under a reign of German Bombs. But was it really so? And was the response to the Blitz specifically British? The answer of both questions is: no. This is War Against Humanity; A …