'Blok': Playful, Voyeuristic Vintage Polish Experimental Animation
In what appears to be a single continuous shot, viewers get a glimpse of a series of vignettes that take place inside various apartment rooms More »
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Maria Popova is the editor of Brain Pickings. She writes for Wired UK and GOOD, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow.
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