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How Armaturist Jeanne McIvor Built and Repaired Cat Puppets for LAIKA’s Animated Film ‘Coraline’
The LAIKA animation studio released a fantastic behind-the-scenes video that gives us a glimpse at how lead armaturist Jeanne McIvor carefully built and repaired the…
Hybrids, A Sci-Fi Short About an Ex-Soldier Who Hunts an Alien to Avenge Her Daughter’s Death
DUST presents Hybrids, a sci-fi short film written directed by Patrick Kalyn about an ex-special forces soldier and mother who hunts down an alien to…
Unorthodox Recording Studios That Turned Out Legendary Rock Albums
In a locus episode of his incredibly informative video essays about music, YouTuber Polyphonic, talked about three different recording studios that were rather unorthodox in…
Amazing Drone Footage That Captures the Unique Otherworldly Beauty of Iceland From High Above
When Israeli Ran Rosenzweig visited Iceland for the first time, he captured gorgeous 4K drone footage that shows the incredibly unique, fascinatingly otherworldly beauty of…
A Day In the Life of a Rescued Fox Named Jack
In a lovely video from 2010, retired engineer Mike Trowler shared how much he cared for a rescued pet fox named Jack, a gentle animal…
A Beautiful Film About One of the Last European Artisans Who Craft Paper Completely by Hand
In the beautiful, short documentary “The Papermaker“, director Daniel Egenolf of Kings and Kongs Film Production, goes inside the Arthouse Bethanian workshop of Gangolf Ulbricht,…
People From Around the World Demonstrate What Cats and Dogs Sound Like in Their Countries
In a cuddly episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all…
The Fascinating Chemical Reaction That Takes Place In the Preparation of a Chinese Century Egg
The American Chemical Society series Reactions analyzed the preparation of a traditional Chinese century egg (pidan), noting the fascinating chemical reactions that takes place once…
Pastry Chef Spends Three Days Attempting to Create a Gourmet Version of Crunchy Cheetos
In a crunchy episode of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz spent a creative three days brainstorming…
Flag Waver, A Website That Turns Uploaded Images Into an Animated Flag Waving in the Wind
Flag Waver is a website that allows users to upload any image and watch it wave in the wind as an animated flag.