Who Am I?: Rethinking “The Author” by Brandon Lake and Nick Jonas

This past year has been unusually hard for my family when it comes to pets. About…

Linnan Liu’s Color and Sound

Linnan Liu started out writing stories, but she was captivated early on by cinema, and these…

Why Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphics Is Easier Than You Think

We’ve fea­tured Egyp­tol­o­gist Ilona Regul­s­ki here on Open Cul­ture a few times before. Once, she explained…

This Is the Coolest Carlos Alcaraz Has Ever Looked

Less than a week after earning an elusive spot on GQ’s list of the most stylish…

Modern Transcendence in Movies: Unearthing Lost Beauty in La Chimera

The last two entries in this series on the search for transcendence in modern movies catapulted…

Inside IN[COMMON]: Exploring What We Share at Seattle Design Festival

Summer is one of the best times to experience Seattle. Emerging from months of gloomy days…

Discover the Mundaneum, an Early 20th-Century “Internet” That Put the World’s Knowledge on Millions of Index Cards

Pitch to friends or fam­i­ly the idea of a trip to Mons, Bel­gium to vis­it the…

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Can Now Wear Matching Cartier Watches

Cartier now appears to be the official watch of the Kelce-Swift household. Kansas City Chiefs tight…

“It’s Massive in There”: The Inhuman Hell of Backrooms

Note: This article discusses characters and events in the film Backrooms but seeks to avoid major…

Cast, Rumours & Release Date

An ambitious farm girl dreams of pursuing a writing career in 1900s Australia. That’s the premise…