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How Costume Designers Embrace Characters In Order to Make Their Clothing a Natural Part of the Storyline
In a stylish video essay, Daniel Netzel of Film Radar takes a look behind the scenes at how costume designers work to make the clothing…
Brooklyn Hipsters Race to Get to Manhattan During L Train Shutdown in ‘Escape From HelL’ Board Game
Brooklyn multimedia artist Hunter Fine and writer Gil Arevalo have created “Escape From HelL”, a hilarious board game that pits hipsters from Williamsburg against one…
How ‘Georgia’s Grand Canyon’ Was Accidentally Formed by Settlers Who Didn’t Understand Area Soil
In a channeled episode of the world traveling series Amazing Places, host Tom Scott visits Providence Canyon, a picturesque site known by many as “Georgia’s…
The Truth About Foxes
Foxes really are the best dog+cat combo. via Johannes Grenzfurthner
The Films of 2018 Compiled Into an Incredible Montage
In honor of the coming new year, Irish video editor James Casey of The Solomon Society has compiled an incredible montage that features scenes from…
A Mesmerizing Compilation of Marble Sorting Trickshots
Kinetic artist DoodleChaos has created a mesmerizing compilation featuring a series of marble sorting trickshots set in different formations. These chain reactions utilized magnets, levers…
Family Battles Their Own Doppelgängers After a Weird Day at the Beach in the Jordan Peele Horror Film ‘Us’
In the highly anticipated second film from the brilliant mind of Jordan Peele entitled Us, a family of four, Gabe (Winston Duke) and Adelaide Wilson…
Beautiful Acoustic Guitar Covers of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ and ‘Dance of the Sugar Fairy’
The very talented musician Jamie Dupuis (previously) performed a beautiful acoustic harp guitar cover of the classic Christmas songs, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.…
Adorable Compilation of Cole and Marmalade’s Holiday Misdeeds With Shaming Stickies Calling Them Out
The mischievous feline duo of Cole and Marmalade along with their two little sisters, star in an adorable compilation of all of their holiday misdeeds.…
How Tchaikovsky’s ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ Became Synonymous With Christmas
In a very seasonal video essay, music vlogger Polyphonic takes a look at the iconic Yuletide music of “The Nutcracker” and the instrument upon which…