Clippy Returns, And Other Aesthetically Pleasing Videos

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Short Films | Animation | Documentaries | Food  | Video Essays

Short Films

Night Before The Morning Sun

Marc Grey | experimental | 11 MINUTES

In the fleeting moments before she forgets her dreams, a young woman searches her subconscious for an answer to the question on the tip of her tongue.

Animation

Behind The Trees

amanda palmer | cute | 3 MINUTES

Neil Gaiman has a penchant for talking in his sleep. His wife recorded one such interaction and then had it animated.  

Ghost

delta heavy | music video | 4 minutes

Clippy returns in a music video thoroughly informed by the Windows 98 operating system.

Documentaries

Drone Delivered Abortion Pills And The Fight For Reproductive Rights

Broadly | science | 36 MINUTES

The inaugural documentary from Broadly focuses on the medical abortion, a non-surgical procedure that induces a miscarriage through a cocktail of pharmaceutical drugs, which is both widely legal and increasingly hard to obtain.

Food

Booze Science: Ice

wired | 4 MINUTES

The path to good bartending is paved with esoteric knowledge. But even among the initiated, ice (and temperature) remains one of the most overlooked elements of the perfect cocktail.

 

Video Essays

Why CG Sucks (Except It Doesn't)

rocketjump film school | 8 MINUTES

Everyone loves to pretend that movies used to be so much better, and that practical effects are the answer. Realistically, CG is far more prevalent (and far less awful) than you probably realize.

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