art Watch "Zen for Film" (1965), a film about nothing, and everything David Pescovitz

videos Watch this head-spinning video of interconnected Olympic acrobatics David Pescovitz

film 'Super 8: An Illustrated History' Will Scratch That Analog Itch Janelle Hessig

art From 1929, a splendid experimental animation that imagines life's origins David Pescovitz

animals Watch the Private Life of a Cat David Pescovitz

music Watch Ryuichi Sakamoto "Playing the Piano for the Isolated" David Pescovitz

Japan Watch: "Godspeed You! Black Emperor," a short 1976 documentary about a Japanese motorcycle youth subculture David Pescovitz

documentaries A new documentary about the bizarre Biosphere 2 "human zoo" David Pescovitz

art Fantastic short film of overlapping stock footage David Pescovitz

art Watch Laurie Anderson's fantastic "What You Mean We?" (1986) from PBS's Alive from Off Center David Pescovitz

animation This dark and amazing animation about the end of humankind aired on Ed Sullivan in 1956 David Pescovitz

happy mutants Jonathan Lethem on Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Corporate Monster: a short, contemporary take on "They Live" Cory Doctorow

medicine Scientists develop eye-on-a-chip to improve treatment of diseases David Pescovitz

art Mesmerizing 1980s experimental Japanese film using video cut-ups to deconstruct architecture David Pescovitz

music Watch the new short film by Mike Mills and The National David Pescovitz

music Watch Madonna, at age 16, star in a high-schooler's experimental film David Pescovitz

Science More promising news about phages, the parasites that prey on parasites Cory Doctorow

books RIP, author Carol Emshwiller Cory Doctorow

music New anthology of Michele Mercure's 80s synth music from the cassette underground David Pescovitz