Norwegian filmmaker Jakob Rørvik follows the daily routines of Thomas Duggan, a design graduate from Central St. Martins during his self-imposed exile in the British countryside. This introspective documentary examines Duggan’s slow transformation as he withdraws from connected society. Whether it’s a change for the better or the worse is for you to decide. [Nowness] More »
Hardcore pharmaceuticals turning an apathetic, anonymous public into exhibitionists while conventional relationships crumble to dust. This totally not safe for work (unless you work at the Power Exchange) music video for Bot’Ox’s latest single featuring Anna Jane was directed by Berlin-based Flokim Lucas. More »
What? You act like you’ve never seen a troop of baboons play Black Spire’s “Scars” before. Get with the times man. Kristof Luyckx directed the animation. More »
Whoa, who would have thought that mutating hexagons could be so beautiful. It’s like watching a sheet of sentient paper origami itself into form. More »
So this is what living inside our most recognizable plant would look like—a gently bobbing yellow haze, with occasional downpours of ring rain. Quite peaceful really, ignoring the fact that its atmosphere is almost entirely hydrogen and helium. This short by Brazillian multimedia designer, Nagash, mixes macro video with snippets of “Saturnine” and “How to Measure a Planet” by The Gathering. More »
This heart-wrenching short by Kyle Moy and Ellen Su, follows a young astronaut and his space dog as they desperately try to avoid a horrific and painful death. It serves as a gorgeously animated gut-check that while we can’t choose when we go out, we can choose how we do so. More »
And you thought the Warner Bros. cat and mouse duo had outlandish chase sequences? Psh. This CGI reboot by Brian Jin combine Tom and Jerry’s slapstick humor with an anime motiff and Michael Bay-caliber explosions as the duo wreaks havoc on an airport’s security installment (and takes down a terrorist for good measure). More »
Like a modern-day Dante traversing the pits of Hell before ascending into Paradise, J03 is a man far out of his depth and just looking for the road home. Well, not so much a man as an 8-bit robot trapped in the digital revolution. Check out this cool live action/3D animated short by Once Were Farmers and The Gate Films. More »
The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide
Posted in: Today's Chili Warning: The following may cause epileptic seizures. Do not watch “Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide” by Hertfordshire-based post-hardcore quartet Enter Shikari while driving, operating heavy machinery, flying commercial aircraft, twerking, tweeting, forking, or spooning. Especially do not watch after turning off the overhead lights and sitting really close to the monitor. In fact, do not watch this video at all, just stop thinking and obey. – mgmt. More »