I don’t know much about this guy, other than he seems to be some sort of genius. This site of his has a lot of weird cool experiments and projects that you can play with. A few I liked:

tonematrix
superellipse
color-traces

You can find several ways to keep an eye on his work here

Good times: Paul Thomas Anderson’s religious cult flick (often referred to as The master, though officially untitled as of now) is a go.  Philip Seymour Hoffman has been cast to play a man who starts his own religion in the 50’s, while Joaquin Phoenix plays a drifter with a penchant for the bottle who gets involved in the church / cult / organisation.

P.T.A on Scientology anyone? (more…)

Theo recommends that you procure the ‘Cooper Tapes‘ in full and listen to them while travelling on public transport. You’ll exhibit the smug expression of someone who is enjoying himself more than those around him. For now, peruse them here on Thuxtable… (more…)

Guest writer Dr Searle, celebrity self-help guru and braai afficionado, reminisces the cricketing blunder that left an entire sporting nation weeping over what might have been.

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I’m pretty embarrassed that I ever looked forward to this film, but there was a moment when the trailer first launched and this really looked promising. In an effort to unravel this cinematic disappointment, here’s looking back at the blight that was Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes. It even includes a graph.

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I love this blog. Theo loves this blog. In particular, this post:

The Raft, part 1
The Raft, part 2

(It’s must see stuff – approx have 20 mins run time).

Boston Big Picture is worth bookmarking and checking out regularly. It’s a blog by Alan Taylor offering various galleries of photos to a different theme, like this one about the volcano in Iceland with the unpronounceable name. Or click through here for a quick taste.

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Is it ok to enjoy an ad if it’s well made? It feels wrong and Theo doesn’t like to encourage it, but TV Land would be a different place if it were run by the Lynch’s and Jonze’s of the world.

David Lynch encourages you to smoke

Harmony Korine does some selling too I actually think he should stick with advertising, his nonsensical experimental anti-Hollywood-for-the-sake-of-it style is quite enjoyable in one minute or two minute bursts.

Spike Jonze sells Levi’s

Wes Anderson and Brad pitt – Japanses mobile phone commercial

Peter Berg directs Alec Baldwin

One of Theo’s favourite ads by Johnathon Glazer (like Spike Jonze, Johnathon Glazer was better known for advertising and music videos before their forays into feature films)

Martin Scorsese and Robert Deniro do New York

Cool Hand Luke
As simple and cool as it gets. First 2 minutes only.

Ken Park
Krap Nek. (A beast of an opening marred only by the entire rest of the movie.) 3 Minutes.

Once upon a time in the West
You brought too many horses. (Not enough can be said about this film. Theo is a fan.) 6 minutes.

Happiness
Not so much. 6 minutes.

Magnolia
That this is not just “something that happened.” 6 minutes.

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