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How the Brilliant Intuitive Editing of ‘Mindhunter’ Helps Propel the Emotional Narrative Within Each Scene
Video essayist Thomas Flight (previously) breaks down the brilliant editing choices that were used in the excellent Netflix series Mindhunter, specifically noting how these seemingly…
Elaborate Handbags and Accessories Made to Look Like Pesky Insects and Other Unusual Creatures
Japanese artist Amanojaku to Hesomagari creates incredibly elaborate handbags and accessories that look like all sorts of pesky insects along with a whole host of…
A Wonderfully Spooky Halloween Stop-Motion Animation Made Using 15 Carved Pumpkins
With Halloween soon approaching, creative filmmaker Kevin Parry (previously) asked himself if he could animate a pumpkin. In response, Parry carved 15 different similarly shaped…
Compassionate Divers Gently Coax Reticent Octopus to Trade a Flexible Plastic Cup for a Protective Shell
While in the waters of Lembeh, Indonesia, diver Pall Sigurdsson convinced an octopus to trade a plastic cup for a protective shell.
Rescued Dog Comforts Tiny Foster Kitten During a Bath
A beautiful rescued hound dog named Ruby Jane watched as her compassionate human Stephanie Vice gave a tiny foster kitten named Bodie a bath. When…
Street Artist RiskRock Transforms an Abandoned Sudbury, Ontario Hospital Into Canada’s Largest Mural
During the UP Here Festival, Los Angeles street artist RiskRock, in collaboration with Monster Energy, transformed the Old St. Joseph Hospital in Sudbury, Ontario into…
The Unsettling Evolution of The Joker
With the release of the Todd Phillips film Joker, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take explore incredibly unsettling evolution of the The Joker…
Brilliant Claymation Imagining How Visitors of Museums Today Will Become the Subjects of Future Museums
Filmmaker Kirsten Lepore, who created the wonderfully uncomfortable “Hi Stranger” claymation video among other incredible projects, has released the fascinating animated short “Natural History Museum”.…
Star Wars Themed Le Creuset Cookware Collection
Cookware legend Le Creuset, in collaboration with Star Wars, has released the Star Wars x Le Creuset Collection, a beautiful series of handcrafted pieces featuring…
Sad Cats Share Their Feelings in a Therapy Session
In 2013, Ze Frank (previously) hilariously narrated “Sad Cat Diary”, a video in which a collection of depressed cats recounted the miserable state of their…