Video Essay Movies

A cinematic essay by Sean Kelly about his experiences with Asperger's Syndrome.

There are two Bergmans. One speaks English, the other Italian. They fall in love and set off impulsively to live together. But reality is far from...

From 1920 to 1965, the great Buster Keaton made spectacular use of locomotives in his films. This video essay charts the course of his iconic...

Video essay on Heart of Stone, folktales and gothic horror by film and literature scholar Mary Going. Included on the Eureka! Entertainment release...

The New York of News from Home was filmed in 1976, while the one of Taxi Driver was filmed in the summer of 1975. Both works reflect the same...

Non-human animals have always been around us, shaping and being shaped by our shared worlds. Yet in the modern city, their presence is increasingly...

A video essay on the film by writer and pop culture historian Keith Allison where he gives a concise historical-and-critical companion to Alberto De...

A love letter to cinema and a personal reflection on loneliness. Segment from Fringe Hippo's anthology film "Elegy Apokalypto".

The film, grounded in the photo series titled "Right to be Flawed"—published on a-part.online, the official publishing platform of the...

A video poem about a house. The home, or at least its foundations, are what evoke memories of that childhood, now lost in time.

A video essay by filmmaker Kogonada exploring the use of doors in the 13 feature films of Robert Bresson

After the making of my previous film (PLAY DEAD!), some unfinished business remained on my desktop. Home movies and various body horror films from my...

In a world bedazzled by intractable images, do we need the essay film now more than ever? Kevin B. Lee weighs up this distinctively self-aware,...

A video essay on the history and morality of the Robin Hood legend.

A visual essay on the trope of the wax/statue woman in Gothic horror by author and critic Kat Ellinger. She examines the film through “body...