Rappers Singing Badly: A Brief History
With the release of Kanye West's Auto-Tune album rapidly approaching, we've taken a look back at ten memorably off-key performances.
Posted 11/13/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Ilya Chaiken Blacks Out
Shot on a dime, 'Blackout' is a funny, genuinely unsettling look at an unfortunate hookup in the midst of the big power outage of 2003.
Posted 11/10/08 in Vulture
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Pixar’s ‘Up’ Trailer: Wow!
Is there any possible chance that this won't be next year's best movie? No!
Posted 10/23/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Branan Edgens Would Like to Sell You David Lynch’s Coffee
'The Darkest Coffee' functions less as a commercial and more as a four-minute creepfest about the experience of consuming said hot beverage.
Posted 10/16/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Myna Joseph Follows Creepy Sisters Into the Woods
Fair warning: 'Man' is not an easy film to watch.
Posted 10/09/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Jonas Åkerlund Makes a Music Video Without the Music
'The Hidden' features no soundtrack — but it's easy to see from it what makes Akerlund such a great music-video director.
Posted 10/03/08 in Vulture
Bizarre Marketing Campaigns
Is This Dan Aykroyd ‘Crystal Head Vodka’ Ad for Real?
Or has the 'Ghostbusters 3' viral-marketing campaign begun!
Posted 10/02/08 in Vulture
Apropos of Nothing
Masterpiece Theater: John Hodgman’s Spam
In the best time-killing video we've seen today, the comedian reads his spam in a spot-on parody of the PBS classic.
Larissa Bates Has an Eye for Boys Wrestling and Men in Bear Suits
Did we mention that those men in bear suits are dancing? It's mesmerizing.
Posted 09/29/08 in Vulture
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Tina Fey: More Palin Than Palin Herself
The 'SNL' alum reprised her role as Palin — and the people rejoiced.
Posted 09/26/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Andrew Cooke Laments the Plight of the Fake Yogi
Andrew Cooke's hilarious mockumentary follows a yogi who might be longing a bit too hard for the trappings of modern life.
Posted 09/18/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker David Bond Flunks Art Class
'Lions Are Green' is about a young colorblind boy who draws a green lion in class and gets called out for it.
Posted 09/12/08 in Vulture
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Filmmakers Nathan and Keary Kensinger Open a Secret Commie Bookstore
It's the best film about a secret commie San Francisco bookstore you'll ever see.
Performance Artist Alix Pearlstein Breaks Down Nonbiodegradable Material
In Alix Pearlstein’s Goldrush, on view at the Kitchen through October 18, a theatrically dressed man plonks down a sheet of foam core and in rushes a crew of men and women dressed in gold shimmering dresses, leather pants, and...
Posted 09/11/08 in Vulture
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Posted 08/28/08 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Kentucker Audley Says There’s Gonna Be No Dancing
Audley's short is an intense, despairing look at obsession and the twisted nature of attraction.
Lego Miniman Turns 30; Childhood Officially Dead
The iconic Lego toy is aging, but a sexed-up wardrobe signals youthful vigor.
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