Greenpeace: Walking with Aurora, the giant Polar Bear
On the 15th September, Aurora, the giant Polar Bear that walked through central London, towards the doors of Shell's HQ to protest about plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. Here, filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond made a short film that captures the beauty and spectacle that was Aurora. Watch the journey of how she came to be, from conception and construction all the way through to that moment when she carried the names of the millions who want to save the Arctic to Shell’s doorstep.
Greenpeace film feat Jim Carer (Downton Abbey's Carson)
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
More info here - read info, sign petition, and/or donate: savesantashome.org
SANTA LOVES THE NORTH POLE.
It’s his home, and where he, the Elves and Mrs Claus produce, organise and deliver presents for all the children of the world. But the North Pole is only a frozen ocean and it’s melting away faster and faster. Santa can no longer function. His warehouse is flooded. All the presents are ruined.
Bourgeois & Maurice and Sink The Pink! present Santamental
Pull on something shiny and get 'elfing crazy' with our favourite pop siblings Bourgeois and Maurice and their spandex-clad dance troupe partners in crime, Sink the Pink.
Captain Picard sings 'Let is Snow' and wins the internet.
Incredible Star Trek fandom doing what the internet does best. By the time we got to 'Shut up, Wesley!' we were truly experiencing the spirit of Christmas.
Adam Kay's John Lewis Advert parody
Adam Kay of Amateur Transplants fame has teamed up with animation artist October Jones to translate that John Lewis ad for us. Go on, buy a fucking toaster.
Read our interview with Adam last christmas here.
Lars von Trier's NYMPHOMANIAC - official trailer
NYMPHOMANIAC is the wild and poetic story of a woman's journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg).
On a cold winter's evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligmna (Stellan Skarsgard), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life.
He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushy branched-out and multifaceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
I AM FYA: I'm a Girl
I AM FYA's new work takes the whole female-nudity-in-music-videos thing to a new level; and it's fantastic. Nudey onesie now firmly on my Christmas wishlist.
The Correspondents: Fear and Delight
From their forthcoming album 'Puppet Loosely Strung', Fear and Delight is directed by Naren Wilks. It's making us want an archery set in our christmas stocking.