Soundtrack Paridice

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.

This video essay, featuring film scholar Leonard Leff, addresses the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes' British context and political underpinnings and the details and techniques that undeniably make it a 'Hitchcock picture.'

Paradiso, the release from Chino Amobi, was one of 2017's biggest sounds in electronic music. Artist Rick Farin took the helm to create this immersive, and satisfyingly odd, 3D animated video to accompany Amobi's music—detailing a city called Paradiso, and the beautiful humanoid inhabitants who call it home.