Micky Flanagan's Christmas

What's a three-bird roast? And what's the sudden need for a new sofa? Micky explores our craze for Christmas, training as Santa and finding strange traditions along the way.

Film

"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a black-inked surface. On making contact with the liquid, the roll opens and of Its own accord frees itself of the gesture that fashioned it. As it comes alive in this way, the sliver of paper reveals Its hitherto unexposed content; this unpredictable kinematics is evidence of the constant impermanence of news. As well as exploring a certain archaeology of cinema, the mechanism references the passage of time: the ink, whether it is poured or printed, is the ink of ongoing human history." –Ismaïl Bahri

Ägypten: Geburt einer Großmacht

Nick Swardson: Make Joke from Face

As his birthday nears, a comedian shares hilarious life advice, misadventures involving diarrhea, helicopters, law encounters, cherished moments with friends, and his iconic "Terry" role in Reno 911.