Mortimer

Mortimer tells the story of possibly the weirdest job interview ever.

Mortimer from Nolan Sarner on Vimeo.
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Chatroulette – 71% Male, 15% Female, 14% Pervert

Oh come now, don’t pretend you have no idea what Chatroulette is or that you haven’t been tempted to fire up the web cam – that’s if you haven’t already, are you in the 14%?
Humorous, inventive short doc about the service that’s fast eating up Internet hours around the globe.

chat roulette from Casey Neistat on [...]

Polka Face – Logan Triplett

This is what you get when Lady Gaga meets Polka and it’s all capture in gorgeous Canon 7d + Ziess lense glory.

Polka Face (Poker Face Parody) from Logan Triplett on Vimeo.
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Micmacs – Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Hitchcockian, Capraesque and Kubrickian are all terms used to describe the relative filmmakers’ distinctive styles, well maybe it’s about time we add Jeunetian to the list (I thought Jeunetesque sounded better for a French filmmaker, but was a bit too close to the already existing Junoesque). It’s not that I’m comparing Jean-Pierre Jeunet to the [...]

Charlie Brooker – How To Report The News

Charlie Brooker shows us just how easy it is to make ‘News’.

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Damn You Noah Baumbach

Miranda July did it first. She stole a song I really wanted to use in one of my films. I mean really wanted to use Spiritualized’s cover of The Troggs’ Anyway That You Want Me which sound-tracked the wonderful Me And You And Everyone We Know. Now Noah Baumbach has done it. Anyone who knows me [...]

Four Lions

To say I’m excited about UK japester Chris Morris’ foray in to features with Jihadist Comedy Four Lions would be the understatement of the decade (yes I realise we’re only 22 days into this one, but you know what I mean!). This is after all the man who had Clare Rayner beating off a room [...]

Drunk History

On August 6th 2007
Mark Gagliardi drank a bottle of Scotch…
and then discussed a famous historical event
and so began, Drunk History.

Drunk History Vol. 1 – Featuring Michael Cera from Michael Cera

Drunk History vol. 2 – Featuring Jack Black from Jack Black

Drunk History vol. 2.5 – Featuring Jack Black from Jack Black

Drunk History vol. 3 – Featuring [...]

DN EP 148: Machan – Uberto Pasolini

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After reading about a group of desperate slum dwellers from Sri Lanka who daringly posed as the non-existent national handball team in order to secure their passage out of the country, producer Uberto Pasolini decided to temporarily sit in the director’s chair to bring their true life story to [...]

Machan – Uberto Pasolini

Machan (2008)
Based on a true story, this tragicomical tale tells the story of a sports team with a difference… Living on the margins of society, under impossible pressures, a group of desperate slum dwellers find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria, Germany. This one-way ticket to the West could be the answer to their [...]