Skate or Try
If a skater travels out of the city, far from urban parks and handrails, he does not cease to skate. A film by Vitùc
Andrew Womack
El Coyote
A “coyote” is a smuggler paid to traffic people over the border from Mexico into the US. This film is one coyote’s story, adapted from an original interview. Directed by Javier Barboza
Go With the Flow
Whatever this video is about, don’t worry about it. It is what it is. Whatever it is. Directed and animated by Masanobu Hiraoka
Time-Lapse of the 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower
While you were (probably) sleeping, Earth was treated to its annual viewing of the Perseid cloud, a stream of debris flung behind the Swift-Tuttle comet. See also: NASA’s live coverage of the Perseid meteor shower includes four hours of color commentary by meteor experts.
Fear Causes Hesitation, and Hesitation Will Cause Your Worst Fears to Come True
Riley Blakeway shot “Life Therapy” using only available light from dusk to dawn. It has nothing to do with Point Break, but what a great movie that was. For a second there I absolutely thought someone was going to surf off that waterfall. rileyblakeway.com
Ash Koosha, “I Feel That”
The new Ash Koosha album, GUUD, is definitely worth your time. But if you don’t have that kind of time right now, watch this instead. Video by Hirad Sab. hiradsab.com
We Should Hope to Be This Good at Anything
Robert Gagno is Canada’s pinball champion. He also has autism. Wizard Mode follows his journey into the international pinball circuit. This short film is a preview of the forthcoming documentary of the same name. wizardmodefilm.com
It’s So Hot Out, It Feels Cold
“What shapes us? Do we shape as much as we are shaped?” “You Could Sunbathe in This Storm” is a beautiful short film by Alice Dunseath that, at least to us, feels like the dead of summer and the dead of winter all at once. That crackling noise: Is it
You Understand What You Confront
“These animals have such a tolerance for humans. And we have no tolerance for them. These animals need to be protected. And we need to evolve in the way we see them.” The particular exhilaration of watching sharks at night, in a film with Joe Romeiro and Bill Fisher.
Make Like a Tree and Never Leaf
The next time someone tells you to go fly a kite, show them this, and they’ll invite you to stay and show them more delightful videos. Filmmaker Cy Kuckenbaker cut multiple kite-flying sessions into a single take: “In the near future, you will be able to make a