Two Sides of a Tinder Date
After artists Andy Leek and Daniela Sea are matched on Tinder, each agrees to film their side of the date.
Andrew Womack
Polvo, “Tilebreaker”
Eddie Watkins, the original drummer for math rock pioneers Polvo, died this week. Whether or not you know their work, an excellent place to start learning (or paying your respects) is “Tilebreaker” from the band’s second album, Today’s Active Lifestyles.
Men Read Horrific Tweets to Women Sports Journalists
You are required to stay with it past the 45-second mark. “I’m having trouble looking at you when I’m saying these things.” by Just Not Sports
Between Two Thousand Ferns
Enjoy “Rife w/ Typo,” the latest from M. Sage, the video for which transports you to what might be the botanical garden at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Conservatory.
“It’s pretty much failure after failure. And then you get that gift, about once a year.”
A mini-doc about a National Geographic photographer and why he does what he does. (Job perks include peeing outdoors and avoiding humans.) More by Andy Maser
Looking for a Savior
While walking along a Bed-Stuy street in 2013, Antonius Wiriadjaja was shot by a stray bullet. In this video he recounts his shooting and recovery and reunites with John Morant, a bystander who helped save his life. One month after filming, Morant was shot and killed in South Carolina.
A Song for Your Mixtape
“A short film about a birthday party you weren’t invited to.” Official website: asongforyourmixtape.com
Rush Hour, Chopped and Screwed
Pedestrians on a busy crosswalk become motion blurs, creating new city backgrounds. By Hiroshi Kondo / STNW
Player Two
This short film is based on an actual YouTube comment. Years after his father died, a son rediscovers the Xbox they used to play together. There, in an old copy of Rally Sport Challenge, he can still race alongside his father’s ghost car. By John Wikstrøm
Say Hello to My Little Friend
A brief history of how Al Capone—aka “Scarface”—got his scars. Capone’s scars weren’t the result—as he claimed—of war wounds from overseas, but rather an inappropriate comment made to the sister of a man with a knife. via Laughing Squid