Dec 4 "Please, Mr. Kennedy"

Actors Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Driver cut a novelty record in this scene, a highlight of the new Coen Brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the New York folk-music scene in 1961. The cinematography is by three-time Oscar nominee Bruno Delbonnel; the editing is, of co…

Dec 3 Mr. Christmas

Bruce Mertz debuts an enormous array of Christmas lights on Thanksgiving night every year at his home in Concord, CA, complete with a recording of "God Bless America" and some banjo Christmas tunes. "Mr. Christmas" is his story. Nick Palmer directed and edited; Amanda Treyz was the cinema…

Dec 2 The Kraken Rum: Black Ink

Director Tim Miller at Blur Studio created a glossy black sea monster to create a big impression for rum brand The Kraken. (The Bobby Darin music takes a bit of the edge off.) If the black-on-black style seems a bit familiar, you may be flashing back on Blur's similarly striking animated …