VIDEO: Don Hertzfeldt Simpsons Couch Opening

An Oscar-nominated animated film director for the fantastic Rejected, Don Hertzfeldt became the newest artist to try their hand at making the usually brilliant opening couch gags on “The Simpsons” even more brilliant. A futuristic, surrealistic, insanely unique look at everyone’s favorite Prime Time family, Hertzfeldt delivers exactly what you’d expect from him and yet still makes it wholly unexpected. Check it out below:

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VIDEO: “Barely Legal Pawn”

“Cable money, though” A partial ad for Audi—in the way that Jerry Seinfeld‘s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” is for Acura (product placement)—and full viral promotion for the 2014 Primetime Emmys, former award-winners Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have some fun spoofing “Pawn Stars”. “Barely Legal Pawn” is a comedic treat for all involved with the “Breaking Bad” co-stars going full white trash and the “Veep” star straight man. Complete with a few barbs volleyed at each other as far as acting diffculity in their respective programs—and at…

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VIDEO: Jenny Lewis’ “Just One of the Guys”

Indie-folk/Alt-country, genre hyphenate singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis is back with her third (second if you don’t count her collaboration with The Watson Twins) solo album entitled The Voyager. It follows a successful duo disc with beau Johnathan Rice and last year’s Rilo Kiley effort Rkives. And it’s great. The first video has been released for track “Just One of the Guys”—a song dealing her biological clock and perhaps indifference to joining the maternal club. Directed by Lewis herself, it features Anne Hathaway, Brie Larson, a hilarious Kristen Stewart, and a fourth…

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VIDEO: Weird Al Yankovic’s “Tacky”

I can’t say I ever find myself clamoring for more Weird Al Yankovic, but I always come running when he pops back into society with a new parody video. With his latest album Mandatory Fun on its way, the first single “Tacky” has hit the web as a pretty great play on Pharrell Williams‘ “Happy”. Through a cast consisting of Aisha Taylor, Margaret Cho, Eric Stonestreet, Kristen Schaal, and Jack Black in what appears to be one continuous take, the lyrics of his song come to life. Check it out…

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VIDEO: Aaron David Gleason’s “Mastermind”

Director Jeremiah Kipp—who sent me his impressive short film The Days God Slept (review) last year—has just released a music video he created for Aaron David Gleason‘s new song “Mastermind”. A mood piece of aggression with a cast that includes The Princess Bride‘s Chris Sarandon and the musician’s mother—of Boogie Nights fame—Joanna Gleason, Kipp gives us multiple characters in rhythmic cross-cuts and split screen as the music plays. Check it out below:

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VIDEO: kogonada’s Wes Anderson // Centered

If you haven’t already subscribed to kogonada‘s fantastic cinema-centric Vimeo channel, this is your chance. The artist has been active since 2012 and has already done a piece about Stanley Kubrick‘s use of one-point perspective, but it’s his dissection of Wes Anderson‘s symmetry entitled Wes Anderson // Centered that had the internets abuzz. Check it out below: Wes Anderson // Centered from kogonada on Vimeo.

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VIDEO: Atomic Tom Music Video for Take Me Home Tonight

I’ll admit, the more I see about the film Take Me Home Tonight, the more I want to see it. Atomic Tom came onto the scene with a music video/Apple promo on the NYC subway, played and shot live on iPhones, and now have covered “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League. The video includes members of the film’s cast as they pay homage to a ton of classic 80s flicks. Good times are had by all, including us, the viewers. Courtesy of Relativity Media LLC: The 80’s are…

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