Video: How to Age Gracefully
People from the ages of 7 to 93 answer the question, “What advice would you give your younger self?” This charming video by Andrew Norton was selected by the Vimeo … Continue reading
Video: Buster Keaton — The Art of the Gag
— Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after … Continue reading
Video: Guerrilla Girls Talk Art with Stephen Colbert
Guerrilla Girls: “We’re feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. How do we expose sexism, racism and corruption in politics, art, … Continue reading
Video: The Old Mill (Walt Disney production — 1937)
The Old Mill is a 1937 Silly Symphony cartoon produced by Walt Disney depicting the natural community of animals populating an old abandoned windmill in the country, and how they … Continue reading
Video: Wes Anderson “From Above”
This short video by Kogonada is a “supercut” (a compilation of shots) from Wes Anderson films — all from the point of view of a character looking down at what’s … Continue reading
Video: Garrison Keillor on Humor
In this Blank on Blank animation of a 1994 interview, George Plimpton interviews Garrison Keillor who claims, “My family was shocked when I came home with a volume of Hemingway … … Continue reading
Video: “Penny Lane” by the Beatles (1968)
Two days after recording some overdubs for ‘A Day In The Life’, The Beatles spent the afternoon in East London at Angel Lane, Stratford, filming scenes for the video of … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Why Donald Trump?
Liberals and leftists in America consistently underestimate the political savvy of the leaders on the right. We forget that presidential elections are not decided by reasoned debate in which important … Continue reading
Video: Blooms — Strobe-animated Sculptures
John Edmark is an inventor, designer and artist who teaches at Stanford University. One of his creations is a series of 3D-printed sculptures designed with proportions corresponding to the Fibonacci … Continue reading
Video: “Lose Yourself to Dance” — Burning Man 2013
Burning Man is an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock City—a temporary community erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The event is described as an experiment … Continue reading
Video: Branded Dreams — The Future of Advertising
Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels and Béla Zsigmond (aka Studio Smack in the Netherlands) say of this video: “We see ads everyday and everywhere. While some people try to avoid seeing … Continue reading
The Making of De Staat’s video “Witch Doctor”
Try not to be too creeped out by this music video featuring Dutch rock band De Staat and their song “Witch Doctor”—it features a completely computer-generated moshpit of shirtless men … Continue reading
Video: “Small Deaths” by Lynne Ramsay
In this short video poem by the Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, a girl’s growing awareness of death and grief is evoked in a series of vignettes.
Video: “Mr. Cellophane” performed by John C. Reilly from the film version of Chicago
. Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I’m there. — Chicago features music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book … Continue reading
