Caught me completely off guard...

If you have about 5 minutes. Best thing I've found on Vimeo in ages.

http://www.vimeo.com/6671502

The Octoclub

A new blog attempting to chart the development of an artistic venture by a group of WSA graduates around the concept of the noble octopus. Please follow or email me for access if you would like to contribute!

http://www.octoclub.blogspot.com/

News: First Teaser From Yuasa's YOJOHAN SHINWA TAIKEI

News: First Teaser From Yuasa's YOJOHAN SHINWA TAIKEI

Simon Panrucker

Enough fine art pretense. Natural film-making talent here combined with humor, original stories, experimentation, and a host of other unexpected talents thrown in that make you remember the fun side of the medium. Below is his latest film but be sure to check out his Vimeo account for more.

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Everything I've seen by this director is golden. Specifically the films:
Last Life in the Universe
Ploy

Best sexy vampire film to date...

Forget all your crap American television shows / films... This is how it's done...

Thirst (Bakjwi)

Directed by Park Chan-wook, widely known for Oldboy and I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK.

Nice surrealist / pornographic take on Alice in Wonderland

Nice original feature film...

Is called Pontypool. The less you hear about it before watching it the better but I highly suggest downloading, buying, or going to see it somewhere as it has a nice dialog intensive plot and some really fun ideas. Again, I would have linked a trailer here but I went into it blind and think that works best!

Speaking of inspirations...

to read:
Expanded Cinema, Gene Youngblood

to watch online:
Man With A Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov
Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky
Begotten, E. Elias Merhige
Stereo, David Cronenberg

Nick Cross - Yellow Cake

I recently stumbled upon some animation by Nick Cross and was very impressed. There is also another finished work of his online at Vimeo.

Film by award-winning animator, Nick Cross. 'Yellow Cake' is a lamentable tragedy mixed full of pleasant mirth.