Bo Burnham knows the secret of a hit pop song. Be vague, be catchy, repeat stuff, and obscure your darkest desires down lest they pop up and scare your audience. Bo could actually use some help on that last element — ie: the fingerbanging references should be masked at least a little bit, you shouldn't let your inner devil voice take over, and tearing a heart out should always be metaphorical.
The barometer of success for hitchhiking is not getting murdered, so consider Hoodie Allen a huge winner as he manages to survive several odd pick-ups and get the girl in the end.
The parade of women in varying states of NSFW undress has got The Weeknd dizzy. And you might be a bit dizzy too, after you follow the hypnotic and graceful camera moves that pull you through just another night after night after night in his hotel suite.
It's the little things that make Grimes compelling: There she is in what looks like a Fantasy set-up, complete with sword and a mini-Stonehedge background, yet she's wearing what looks like a pair of Flip-Flops.
Call it The Dentist Dilemma. Getting poked, prodded and worse? Terrible. Getting a halluinatory buzz from laughing gas? Awesome. Or frightening, as is the case in this Elliphant video.
Part bittersweet May/December romance, part family drama, part contract killer doublecross, but entirely NSFW and filled with enough violence to make Tarantino proud.
Director AG Rojas has discovered another America... Focusing on towns and people and situations you'd likely rather ignore, but need to be seen. "I Am What I Am" is set in Taft, CA, which he previously introduced us to via the short film "Cody," coincidentally shot in the immediate wake of a school shooting and concurrently with this piece.
"I Am What I Am" stars Rory Culkin as a young man very much in need of transcendence. And he eventually achieves liftoff, but I don't know if it leads to a better place.
It's a powerful short film, even if it's likely a tough watch for most people, but one that needed to be seen.
A good man is hard to find. So, you might be better off finding yourself. Even if that sounds like an invitation to masturbation, this video has Brit girl group The Saturdays playing dual roles as Desperate Housewives and Boorish Husbands who turn out to be perfect couples.