Auld Lang Syne
John Hodgman telepathically communicates the meaning of, “Auld Lang Syne.”
“Dance, Dance, Dance to the Radio”
Playmobil recreation of Joy Division performing “Transmission” on the BBC.
Terror of Monkeys vs. Robots
Manipulated by mad scientists, humiliated for humanity’s pleasure, will robots and apes tire of making our cars, vacuuming our floors, fighting our wars, washing our cats and smoking our cigarettes? Who will break first as humankind continually fails to distinguish androids from robots, apes from monkeys? We return […]
The Cyriak Method
Fast Company interviews animator Cyriak Harris about his process and his surreal animated cat videos (also cow and bear videos): “The process could be described as improvisation on a glacial timescale. For Welcome to Kitty City I started with a simple video clip of a cat but had […]
Posada Documentary
A complete short documentary on the brilliant Mexican illustrator and satirist, Jose Guadalupe Posada from the Academic Film Archive. It includes both his calavera (or skeleton) and non-calavera prints.
The Tell-Tale Heart, 1953
The 1953 animated version of The Tell-Tale Heart, narrated by James Mason. According to Open Culture, it received an X rating in the UK and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in the US. (Thanks, Kate Laity!)
The Cultural Gutter 