Phoenix "Entertainment" (Patrick Daughters, dir.)

It has been a while away for both Phoenix and director Patrick Daughters, and what better way to come back than with a larger than life ode to Korean cinema. The look mixes genres and eras —employing vernacular images of opening ceremony style choreography, Hong Kong gangster action and a superstar DJ to tell the tale of tragic love(s). With a dose of historical warrior costuming thrown in, this plays like the trailer to a Cloud Atlas sweeping epic where some of the narratives end bathed in blood and others with a kiss.

Doug Stern also writes music video treatments and practices with a children's choir.