After “Helvetica” and “Objectified”, the director Gary Hustwit rounds off his contemporary design trilogy with “Urbanized”, which enlightens us in the art of urban design. Over half the world’s population now lives in urban surroundings, and 75% will call a…

The son of Mexican immigrants, singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez recorded two politically conscious albums in 1969 and 1970. Set against swirling string arrangements, they flopped at home. But in apartheid-era South Africa, Sugar Man’s subversive music was passed around like…

Have you ever seen a hidden message? In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his classic horror film, The Shining. Loved and hated by equal numbers, the film is considered a genre standard by many loyalists, while other viewers dismiss it as…

Super Meat Boy is the pride and passion of designer Edmund McMillen and programmer Tommy Refenes. Their original videogame is their sole occupation and after three painstaking years, they’re waiting to see it drop on Xbox LIVE. Will the masses…

Six feet by nine feet. That’s the size of the solitary confinement cell that Herman Joshua Wallace has called home for the past forty years. A former Black Panther perhaps wrongfully convicted of murdering a prison guard, Wallace is an…

Beauty Is Embarrassing is the irreverent and inspiring story of one of America’s most important artists, Wayne White, a man who began his career as a humble puppeteer. When the Tennessee-raised White moves to New York, his big break comes…