Jello Biafra and the Space Brothers
Footage of Jello Biafra interviewing the Archangel Urial and other members of Unarius, a religion based on their encounters with aliens, the Space Brothers.
Learning from Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick
Tony Zhou looks at “The Geometry of a Scene” in Akira Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well and Domus looks at Stanley Kubrick’s use of one-point perspective. (Make sure to watch Tony Zhou’s other video essays in his Every Frame A Painting series).
“Tetrahedra of Space” and Other Frank R. Paul Covers
Dangerous Minds has a gallery of Frank R. Paul’s pulp science fiction covers. (via Stephanie Johnson).
Live Action Sailor Moon
Comics Alliance shares 17 minutes of live action Sailor Moon reading fan mail, answering questing and generally setting up episodes during a Sailor Moon marathon.
Transformers: The Romance of the Machine
Hasbro’s toy brand Transformers turned thirty last year. Children around the world have been hearing the Transformers’ story for decades, passed on by cartoons, comics, movies, and toys. It’s always the same, more or less. An alien race of transforming robots is at war, divided into two factions: […]
Chad Stahelski and David Leitch on Stunts and Oscars
At Playboy, Marc Bernardin talks to stunt performers/stunt coordinators/directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch about the Academy Awards unwillingess to create a category for stunts. “There is sort of also this sort of bravado stunt men have had since the beginning. We’re the guys behind the guys and […]
The Cultural Gutter 