Creation Myth

Each edition of Wolphin, the quarterly DVD “magazine” by the McSweeney’s gang, is an eclectic mix of kooky, dull and, at times, significant short films and docs. For the third disc in the series, they’ve reached a highpoint with the inclusion of several pieces that are essential watching instead of just quirky filler: “Walleyball” documents a game of volleyball played over the Tijuana border and “A Stranger in Her Own City” is about a rebellious 13-year-old girl who flouts tradition in her small Yemeni town. The rightfully random—Dennis Hopper blowing himself up in “The Russian Suicide Chair”—remain and include the elegant acrobatics of trap-jaw ants and a gun-shooting god.