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Architecture in Motion: Gothic Cathedral Gets its Own Two-Minute Music Video

We tend to experience buildings as static or slow-moving objects relative to our own points of view, but this simple work of creative adaptation turns an ordinary perspective into a dynamic ...

Layers of New York City: 232,000-Picture Urban Time Lapse Remixes Day & Night

New York City never sleeps, they say, and this animation shows just how active the city is by day and at night, combining elements of both in one film that represents "22 Trips to New York, 352 ...

Future Fonts: Tracing the Role of Typography in Science Fiction in Films

Whether intentionally retro, as in Stranger Things, or overtly futuristic, as in RoboCop, the role of typography in a movie goes well past the title, subtly but powerfully shaping the world ...

Clone Wars: How Star Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Inspired the Design of Naboo

Much of the magic of the Star Wars films derives from the fantastic landscapes and exotic built environments that serve as backdrops for its intergalactic tales of empires and rebellions. But ...

The Architect: New Film with All-Star Cast Features Egotistical Starchitect

All of the stereotypes associated with the architectural profession and its stars, real and exaggerated, are about to be revealed in an hour-and-a-half movie starring Parker Posey (wife), Eric ...

Urban Dystopia: 11 Short Sci-Fi Films Set in Future Cities

The science fiction of the past thirty years has evolved beyond the midcentury's optimistic space-age visions into a darker, grittier place, where technology is out of control and resources are ...

Oh Snap! 15 Abandoned & Shuttered Fotomat Film Kiosks

Rendered obsolete by technology, hundreds of abandoned Fotomat drive-thru photo development kiosks still stand in suburban shopping center parking lots. ...

Horror at the Met: Psycho House Replica on Museum Rooftop

Set against the New York City skyline, the house from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has never looked more out of place, elevated high above the treetops on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of ...

Ribbon of Light: Replacing LA’s Most Iconic Historical Bridge

Quite possibly the most filmed and photographed bridge in the world, the Sixth Street Viaduct, spanning the Los Angeles River, is a challenging icon to replace, but the Ribbon of Light aims to ...

Oil-Painted Van Gogh Film Features 12 Paintings Per Second

It took over 100 artists to paint this full-length movie, the first of its kind: a work where every frame was hand-painted, then combined into an epic animation about, in the style and using the ...

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