In this web exclusive, Sean Ono Lennon talks with Anthony Mason about The Claypool Lennon Delirium, his musical collaboration with Les Claypool of Primus, and his upcoming jazz album. He also discusses […]
Extended interview: Sean Ono Lennon
SANSEDAI (三世代) – Award Winning Documentary Short Film
Through intimate conversations over old photobooks and home movies from the 1930s, sansedai (三世代) explores themes of identity and belonging as it follows the filmmaker’s 92-year-old grandmother’s journey growing up during war, […]
Looking for Life in ‘The Dying World’: How Lauren Tsai Made the Year’s Most Beautiful Animated Short
The most beautiful and entrancing animated film I saw this year — a five-minute stop-motion short called “The Dying World,” directed by 27-year-old artist, actress, model, and one-time reality TV star Lauren […]
Rolling Stone Short Film: Yello – Oh Yeah
This is the story of how Yello’s 1980s hit “Oh Yeah” became one of the most recognizable songs in American pop culture. From its Swiss avant-garde origins to ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ […]
Yoshida dormitory, Kyoto University
For his documentary Yoshida Dorm, director Jamie McCormack visits the elite Kyoto University to meet with a radical community fighting to maintain Japan’s oldest student accommodation. Built in 1913, the dorm is […]
At Toma House in Nara, Japan, a historic Shinto priest house becomes an art space built on memory
In the Japanese city of Nara, Shingo Sakuma and Jin-Yi Liu have preserved an 18th century Shinto priest family’s residence on the edge of a primeval forest leading to the Kasugataisha Shrine. […]
Architect Suzuko Yamada’s gorilla-inspired steel Tokyo home establishes rhythms its towering garden
Japanese architect Suzuko Yamada’s suburban Tokyo home brings together an effusion of living trees with a network of bare steel pipes, enfolding a shape-shifting design that encourages flow between the split-level interior […]
Watch the new Hirokazu Kore-eda short film shot on iPhone
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new short film, “Last Scene,” was shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro.
Surf’s Up: Pōhaku
Previous NOWNESS contributor Bradley Tangonan, a Hawaiian-born director and producer, presents this thoughtful new film taken from an ongoing series exploring native Hawaiian culture, craftsmanship, and the spiritual energy (or ‘mana’) of […]
The Paris Project
Writer-Director Tamara P. Carter (THE LEFTOVERS) introduces an experimental drama about a Brooklyn based artist who moves to Paris to get married and start a new life. As a harrowed past catches […]
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