Takashi Miike: 13 Assassins

Takashi Miike’s next two movies are samuari based and that gets me pretty excited. The first, 13 Assassins, released April 29th (apple trailer here // UK trailer here), “delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down […]

Chez Eddy: Sony Alpha Spot

Paris based 3D animation and Production Studio Chez Eddy released this new commecial for Sony Alpha Spot, directed by Johnatan Broda through Rapp Agency. The soundtrack is an origainl composition, recorded in NYC by Attention O’Chiens. Chez Eddy also launched a new site today as well, make sure to check out some of […]

Op Art

Brian DePalma’s short documentary from the MOMA’s 1965 Op Art exhibition: “The Responsive Eye.” Op Art has long been an inspiration of mine but I have to admit, I couldn’t help thinking of Roger Sterling in his cozy new office at SCDP. haha

Oliver Zeller, adNAU, Tino Schaedler: 2011

Keeping on the space age tip, NYC based former writer turned director and VFX designer, Oliver Zeller directed this teaser short faux commerical for i-cocoon.com, featuring a future concept by Tino Schaedler. Both Oliver and Tino make up the design collective adNAU. The film reveals an evolution in computing interaction, within a setting inspired […]

Tronic: The Cool Hunter

N.Y based Tronic Studio recently directed and animated this spot for The Cool Hunter, with music and sound design by Q Department. Also, Tronic’s Vivian Rosenthal and Jesse Seppi were named to the Creativity 50: 2010.

Milk.se + Waytion: Elkedjan

New work from Swedish agency Milk; TV ads for Elkedjan. Here is the first of 9 spots airing on swedish television. Production was completed by Waytion.

Eddie O’Keefe: The Ghosts

Eddie O’Keefe is an American that likes pretty girls, patty melts, Coca-Cola and the month of October and this is his latest directorial project: The Ghosts. Its about greasers and pretty American girls. I love the gritty darkness and 50’s Rumble Fish Americana.

CinemaKC Show Open

Very nice work on this CinemaKC Show Open from Claudia Chagui and Chris Waner. CinemanKC sounds quite interesting too with a mission to “Create an actual and virtual space for members of the film community that facilitates communication and collaboration among local filmmakers and the movie-going public.” Would be worth checking out if […]

Modernista, Shilo, Cassidy Gearhart: SOS

Working in association with advertising agency Modernista, Shilo engaged Cassidy Gearhart to direct “SOS: Save Our Supplies,” a visually poetic, live-action, 1:52 short film that is a central piece in the agency’s cross-media campaign for the Brooklyn-based non-profit Doc to Dock, Inc. The film recently went live earlier on the new website created […]

Metronomy: The Look

While we’re on the subject of minimalism and directors, Lorenzo Fonda just busted out this sweet little piece of minimalistic awesomeness for Metronomy’s new single “The Look.”  The stop motion is really great, and plays as a nice little story juxtapozed with the footage of the band.