Video: Tashi and the Monk
. Eight years ago Buddhist monk Lobsang Phuntsok, hand-picked by the Dalai Lama to share Tibetan Buddhism with the West, felt called to leave a life as a spiritual teacher … Continue reading
Audio: Bob Dylan performs “The Times They Are A Changin'”
. Email subscribers may click on the title of this post to listen to the audio recording. . The Times They Are A Changin’ Come gather ’round people where ever … Continue reading
Video: Official “Pantsuit Power” Flash Mob for Hillary
. The video, accompanied by Justin Timberlake’s contagiously boppy disco-pop song “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” was posted on Facebook and Vimeo this week by Humanity for Hillary, a social media … Continue reading
Video: Leonard Cohen recites “A Thousand Kisses Deep”
. Leonard Cohen’s recitation of “A Thousand Kisses Deep” has varied in content over the years. This compilation was created by AlanM5049, who combined the 2009 Live In London performance … Continue reading
Video: The Best Drone Cinema in the World
. From the New York Drone Festival comes a montage of the best drone cinema in the world. . Hidden Worlds: Son Doong Cave made by ABC in April 2015 … Continue reading
Video: What “The Truman Show” Teaches Us About Politics
. In this short video essay, the Nerdwriter explores the political implications of “The Truman Show,” a 1998 American satirical film directed by Peter Weir, in which a young man slowly … Continue reading
William Blake: The Tyger
Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of … Continue reading
Video: “Symphony in Black” by Duke Ellington (featuring Billie Holiday’s first filmed performance)
. In September of 1935, Paramount Pictures released a nine-minute film — Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life, an early cinematic depiction of African-American culture. It features Duke … Continue reading
Video: Lou Reed’s screen test filmed by Andy Warhol
Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot close to 500 short movies of friends, celebrities, and models at his studio known as The Factory. The indie-rock duet Dean and Britta … Continue reading
Video: ‘The Kid’ by Charlie Chaplin (complete feature film)
Email subscribers may click on the title of this article to watch the complete version of the film. The Kid is a 1921 American silent film written, produced, and … Continue reading
Video: Official Trailer for “Snowden” by Oliver Stone
. Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone, the director of Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK, has released Snowden, the politically-charged thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, … Continue reading
Video: Wild Scotland
. This short lyrical film directed by John Duncan won first prize in the “Landscape” category at the 2016 New York Drone Film Festival. About this film, Duncan says, “For my … Continue reading
Video: “Orangutango” — Animation set to music by Igor Tkachenko
Orangutango (Graffiti Tango} is an award-winning animation set to music by Igor Tkachenko. Best Music Award – FIFI (International Internet Film Festival, France), 2001 Audience Prize – FIFI (International Internet … Continue reading
Video: Elgin Park
. . In this award-winning short film by Pittsburgh film collective Animal, we see a portrait of Michael Paul Smith who after a childhood scarred by bullying and dark family secrets, … Continue reading
