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You've got to love it when magazines release better films than Hollywood. — Rolling Stone

What is Wholphin?

Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine from McSweeney's, lovingly encoded with the best short movies, documentaries and uncategorizable films — from rare Spike Jonze documentaries to Alexander Payne's first short feature. If it's good, rare, new or unseen, it's on Wholphin.

"...the most relentlessly fascinating and inventive showcase for new short films in the country." — IFC

Preview the DVD

Wholphin No. 7 features a short film by Gus Van Sant based on a William S. Burroughs short story; a face off between American gray squirrels and British red squirrels; a hallucinogenic post-Katrina New Orleans masterpiece; a documentary exploring autism from the animators of Waking Life; an incredibly close look at the sun in its most inactive and gorgeous state; Field Notes from Dimension X, bumper cars, UFOs and more. Issue 7 also includes a special bonus disc containing a highly controversial interactive scientific experiment in retroactive causality, in which the Wholphin audience, just by watching, will help to determine the role of consciousness in the establishment of a physical reality.

Inside the new issue

  • Refugee All Stars

    Documentary Excerpt, U.S.A.
    Directed by Banker White and Zach Niles
    30:00 minutes

  • Cold & Dry

    Short Film, U.S.A.
    Directed by Kristoffer Joner
    12:00 minutes

  • The Discipline of DE

    Short Adaptation, U.S.A.
    Directed by Gus Van Sant
    9:00 minutes

  • Nutkin's Last Stand

    Documentary, U.S.A.
    Directed by Nicholas Berger
    18:00 minutes

  • Field Notes From Dimension X

    Animated Short, U.S.A.
    Directed by Carson Mell
    4:00 minutes

  • Choque

    Short Film, Spain
    Directed by Nacho Vigalondo
    11:00 minutes

  • David Huggins: Experienced

    Short Film, U.S.A.
    Directed by Jeremy Vaeni
    7:00 minutes

  • The Even More Fun Trip

    Animated Short, U.S.A.
    Directed by Bob Sabiston
    16:30 minutes

  • Glory at Sea

    Short Film, U.S.A.
    Directed by Benjamin Zeitlin
    25:00 minutes

  • Look at the Sun

    Nature Study, U.S.A.
    Directed by Wholphin
    5:00 minutes

  • Willam Tell

    Performance Art, U.S.A.
    Directed by William Lamson
    3:40 minutes

  • Fantasie In Bubblewrap

    Animated Short, U.S.A.
    Directed by Arthur Metcalf
    4:30 minutes

  • Bonus Disc: Select Your Intention

    Interactive Scientific Experiment, U.S.A.
    Directed by Aaron Michels
    45:00 minutes