Designer Stefan Sagmeister latest film investigates the various strategies of the therapy industry.

The Happy Film takes a look at the strategies serious psychologists ‘recommend to improve one’s personal well-being and overall happiness. Questions such as ‘Is it possible to train our mind in the same way’ that we train our bodies?’ and ‘Can we change our behavior to make’us happier?’ will be put to the test in this highly visual documentary.

Based loosely on Sagmeister’s Things I have Learned in My Life So Far.

The above video runs through the title sequence of the film, a tour de force of type design.

Painter and writer Justin Bua – known for his hip-hop styled portraiture and work with EA Games – makes his directorial debut this weekend with the premier of DMC: Walk This Way.

From the official release -

World renown artist and author Justin BUA is proud to announce his directorial debut of Walk this Way, the   untold story of one of music’s greatest legends Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels. As one of three founding members of the iconic group–RUN DMC–DMC brought rap to the mainstream of American culture, only to be left behind as hip-hop exploded and became one of the most significant cultural movements of our generation. Featuring Ice-T, Eminem, MC Lyte, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Mix Master Mike, Z-Trip and many more, BUA paints a picture and chronicles DMC’s battle–and ultimate   triumph–over his addiction to alcohol, the loss of his voice, and  ultimately, the reclaiming of his identity.

Walk this Way premieres Sunday July 10, 10 pm EST on Ovation.

View the official trailer after the leap.

Imagine a city where Robots inhabited large swaths of the urban landscape. Interesting enough thought? Then you’ll probably enjoy the above film.

Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London’s new robot workforce – robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do. The mechanical population of Brixton has rocketed, resulting in unplanned, cheap and quick additions to the skyline.

The film follows the trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living the predictable existence of a populous hemmed in by poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment. When the Police invade the one space which the robots can call their own, the fierce and strained relationship between the two sides explodes into an outbreak of violence echoing that of 1981.

With Support from

Kibwe Tavares – Direction, animation, modeling, lighting, texturingetc…
David Hoffman – Photographer Brixton riots archive.hoffmanphotos.com/​
Mourad Bennacer – Sound Designer designsonore.tumblr.com/​
DJ Hiatus “The Great Insurrection” hiatusmusic.net

OUTSIDE IN is a celebratory and historical look at street art through the lens of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s groundbreaking exhibition Art in the Streets. The film features renowned artists Shepard Fairey, Lee Quiñones, Swoon, Futura, Mister Cartoon, Revok, Martha Cooper, Invader to name a few. Director Alex Stapleton (Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel) documents the artist’s creative process, their pitfalls with the law, the poetic impermanence of their craft and the artists’ evolution from the back seat of a cop car to the walls of a well-respected institution.

Filmed at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) in conjunction with the exhibition Art in the Streets.

Presented by Levi’s.

Stand By is a fashion film directed by Jason Last, featuring Crystal Renn in Marchesa & shoes by Christian Louboutin; styled by James Worthington Demolet.

A short film by Dennis Swiatkowski.

Brent Rollins shares a few excellent film industry anecdotes.

Crossing Lines is a short film that documents Irish artist Conor Harrington trip to Tel Aviv, Israel and Bethleham, Palestine in May 2010.

Thank you to KnowHope, Zero Cents, Wisam Salsaa to whom this trip would not been possible and to all the people we met along the way, without their help this trip would not have been possible.

A Telling Production Presents ’ Crossing Lines ‘

Camera, Edit & Score – Andrew Telling

Grade – Chloe Hayward

Audio Mix & Master – Andrew Telling & Dave House

Additional thanks to Buddy Peace for Drums on tracks 3&4 and audio elimination assistance, Laurie Carter for Synths & KP3 and Mike Montgomery for Titles/Typography execution.

This is amazing. “PINA is a film for Pina Bausch by Wim Wenders. The feature-length dance film was shot in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and shows the exhilarating and inimitable art of the great German choreographer who died in the summer of 2009, inviting the viewer on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: right onto the stage of the legendary ensemble and together with the dancers beyond the theater, into the city and the surrounding industrial landscape of Wuppertal – the place that was the home and center of Pina Bausch’s creative life for more than 35 years.”