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Ugly Delicious is Momofuku’s David Chang’s new Netflix series about food around the world, looking at their origins and their meaning. Via the New York Times: David Chang and his new Netflix series, “Ugly Delicious,” can most easily be defined by what they’re not. Mr. Chang is not a fastidious French kitchen god, a high-energy […]
Ryan Coogler, the director of Black Panther, breaks down the casino fight scene in the film, showing the amount of detail that went into its design. Via Slashfilm: In a video for Vanity Fair, director Ryan Coogler breaks down the minutiae of the scene, including everything from the colors of T’Challa, Nakia, and Okoye’s outfits, […]
The critically acclaimed game Papers Please now has a short film that captures the aesthetic and mood of the game’s totalitarian regime. Via Polygon: The YouTube version of this Russian-language film offers subtitles in 22 languages, which is an artful statement itself. Several of them are nations formerly of the Eastern Bloc, whose cold, bureaucratic […]
Duck, Death, and the Tulip is a beautifully made, minimal, short animation about a duck who finds that death has been following it for its entire life. Via Short of the week: Based on Wolf Erlbruch’s picture book of the same name, Jorge Sandoval and Ella Yoon’s stellar, tranquil animation feels like if Ingmar Bergman […]
Netflix’s Rotten is a set of true crime documentaries about Big Food that will make you rethink how you look at the food you eat. Via the Atlantic: If Netflix’s Chef’s Table is a delectable exercise in the art of haute cuisine food porn, Rotten, its newest docuseries, is more of an appetite suppressant. Over […]
Megaforce and W+K have come up with a gorgeous new ad for Nike, celebrating London, Londoners, and the diversity and energy of the city. Via Adweek: Some Nike commercials are as memorable for their camerawork, and the way they’re shot, as for their celebrity stars or message of inspiration. Guy Ritchie’s stunning 2008 spot “Take […]
Guns Found Here is a 10 minute documentary on the ATF’s National Tracing Centre, which, like much of the USA’s guns system, is broken. But the men and women in there try to make it work. Via GQ: There’s no telling how many guns we have in America—and when one gets used in a crime, […]
Black Panther has set records for its opening weekend. Here’s a close look at its score with Ludwig Göransson, who has worked with Coogler on all his films. Via Variety: Ludwig Göransson, the Swedish-born composer who was charged with scoring Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie and has worked with director Ryan Coogler on all of his […]
Diesel bootlegs itself with this pop up store in NYC’s Chinatown. Little did passers-by know that “DEISEL” was a Diesel brand-strengthening exercise. Via Vogue: “HANDBAG, handbag, watches, watches.” Down in New York’s Chinatown, sales assistants operate from behind concealed doors and the trunks of cars, plying their luxury knock-offs to fashion fans who want that […]
Geico has had a great run of funny pre-roll ads that really make use of the time constraints to get their message out in a hilarious way. The latest set, also by the Martin Agency, is about Geico interrupting its own ads. Via Adweek: The earlier “Unskippable,” “Fast Forward” and “Crushed” campaigns tried to give […]