Dogville

I just saw Lars von Trier's Dogville over the course of two nights and was struck by the sheer originality of the production and the devastating indictment of American society.  More on this later.

The Baader-Meinhof Complex

Napoleon's March

Charles Joseph Minard's figurative chart of Napoleon's Russian campaign.  Edward Tufte describes it as "probably the best statistical graph ever drawn." (click image for larger view)