What's so interesting about 1966, you ask? ...Watch this, when you get a chance. I bet the answer'll jump right out at you.
This "Still Stuntin'" Video Is Great, Great Fun
"He’s been in over 14 Bond films, set sail (and sunk) aboard the Titanic, and swashbuckled alongside Indiana Jones. With a career spanning 54 years, Rocky Taylor has lived the adventures most of us only see on screen. He’s the oldest working stuntman in England, and he’s got the Guinness Record to prove it."
Because I Am Entirely Predictable, Here's A Sad Stop-Motion Film About A Robot Struggling To Survive In A Post-Apocalyptic World
Another Gorgeous Time-Lapse (In Stunning 4K): "Monsoon IV"
Looking For Ways To Make Me Happy? Here's A Short List...
"Thou, In The Darkness Drear, Their One True Light"
This Is About As Halloween-y As I Get
It's Practically Halloween, So Today's Short Is About Dancing Skeletons (Of Course)
This Time-Lapse Features A Place I've Actually Been: The Wind River Mountains
Voracious Reading FTW
Today's SVS Is A Stop-Motion Film About The Terrible Lives Of French Orphans
"Handel Via Schiff" Is One Of My Favorite Phrases
No Commentary Necessary — "Branagh's Crispin"
Today's Ear Worm? The "Suite Algérienne" of Camille Saint-Saëns
Today's Gorgeous Short Features An Unlikely Pairing Of Animals
This one's called Fox And The Whale, and it's a really wonderful bit of animation. Robin Joseph, its creator, has combined some impressively photorealistic images and backdrops with an entirely unrealistic (but charming) fox on a guest for an elusive whale—a metaphor, perhaps, of its search for something else?
Moonshadow
"The Gnomist" Is Probably Just What You Need Today (Or Any Day That Ends With A "Y")
Today's SVS Recommendation Is A First
Sean (Second Son) told me that I should watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood because he thought it was great and he was pretty sure I'd like it. And he was right, on both counts. ...the storytelling and worldbuilding are top-notch, and it's also quite a bit darker than the style would suggest, which is definitely a "Joseph's Wheelhouse" thing.
How Many "Last Leaves" Do We Need, Anyway?
Today's Summa Short Film (SSF) Is A Real Visual Treat. (Or Is That "Visual Trip?")
"In a dystopian world where books are banned and fossil fuels completely consumed, the ruling corporations confiscated all the books to burn them and generate energy. However, in New York City there is an underground group of ex scientists, writers and artists who remember the books and risk their lives to find and save them from being destroyed."