Paper Trail

Spare one minute for this.

SEAM – The Film

In the not-too-distant future, a tenuous peace between humans and remarkably humanlike “machines”—some don’t even know they’re not real—is tested when synthetics begin spontaneously exploding. A military-led search for these unwitting suicide bombers begins, sending a terrified machine woman and her human partner on the run. Superb. Thanks to Bob.

AWAKEN

AWAKEN is a feature documentary film from director Tom Lowe exploring humanity’s relationship with technology and the natural world. AWAKEN is a celebration of the spirit of life, an exploration of the Earth, and an ode to the Cosmos. Oh wow.

They Will All Die in Space

The starship Tantalus drifts through space. Produced, Written & Directed by Javier Chillon. Worth 15 minutes of your time.

Introduction to Storytelling

If this is your field, Pixar is a master worth learning from.

Watch The Host

As far as movie monsters went, the one at the center of The Host was a weird one—a wicked mean salamander with a mouth that had way too many hinges and teeth and a long grabby tail. The result of a chemical dump into the Han River by American military scientists, the monster isn’t really […]

The $100,000+ Oscar nominee swag bag

Distinctive Assets founder Lash Fary told INSIDER this year’s 26 bags will include over $100,000 worth of goodies that will be sent out to recipients in the weeks leading to the Academy Awards. This year’s items range from a Hawaiian getaway and three-day mansion stay in Northern California to a luxury handbag, maple syrup, and […]

Where the Sounds From the World’s Favorite Movies Are Born

WIRED gets a tour from veteran Foley artist John Roesch of the Skywalker’s custom built soundstage. Roesch reveals some of the strangest audio props that were used in films like ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Braveheart’. Fascinating.

The Magical Special Effects in Classic Silent Films

Harold Lloyd did indeed hang from a clock face on the side of a building in his classic Safety Last! (watch the scene up top), but as the gif shows, a mattress was only a few feet below, safely out of shot. The angle of the camera, the editing that had gone before, and the actual city […]

iBoy

Tom is an average teenager whose world is turned on its head when a violent encounter with local thugs leaves fragments of his shattered smartphone embedded in his brain. He wakes from a coma to discover that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of superpowers. With these […]