“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
“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.
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
The video for “Other Side of the Boundary” by Springtime Carnivore, directed by Eddie O’Keefe, wraps what could’ve been 21 different videos for the song in one mesmerizing, unique montage. Eddie O’Keefe previously directed Springtime Carnivore’s “Creature Feature”—about the ghosts of five masked swimwear pageant
On Sundays when you’re ready to tuck into an evening of HBO, what you’re really doing is putting off the inevitable: another Monday morning of existential career crisis. What you should be doing: redefining your view of success. Animation for The School of Life directed by Lara Lee
This computer is programmed to “sing” number-one ballads from the 1990s. As soon as one ends, another begins. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. Created by Martin Backes, the
My parents didn’t want me to be a drummer because they were concerned I’d destroy their upholstery practicing rolls with my drumsticks. (This is not an unreasonable concern, if you’ve ever been to a drummer’s apartment.) If only they’d seen this video, they would have
Azel Phara, “Green” According to Bif, the directing duo behind the film, the pastels represent nature and the contrasting colors are “representative of damaging human action.” Directed by bif. Produced by Mill+.
This simulated flyover depicts Pluto’s Norgay Mountains and Sputnik Plain, named thusly in our continuing history of Earth-centric interplanetary exploration. The animation was created from images captured by New Horizons from a distance of 48,000 miles, and shows features as small as a half-mile across. Video
“Newsome was halfway up the 30-foot pole when police demanded that she climb back down, but she continued upward and removed the flag.”
