Essay Film Movies

A dog's funeral becomes part of a chain of absurd events including a tomato ketchup battle, a reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz and a...

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 by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Roger Corman’s adaptation of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in relation to...

A woman goes on a strange journey through the woods; Bookended by two dreams.

In this deeply personal video diary, a young researcher tries to make sense of her fascination for the film "The Pain of Others" by Penny Lane. A...

A day in the life of Swedish poet Karl Holmqvist.

Technological advances and cultural development have disrupted the balance between humankind and other animals. Instead of looking at similarities,...

A personal essay film about the nature of artistic creation and the responsibility that comes along with it.

Originally produced anonymously and distributed by RTMark, Untitled #29.95 tells the story of the commercial art establishment's attempt to turn...

Produced for the 1972 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, Italy: The New Domestic Lanscape, Supersurface was the first of five films planned by...

A personal, poetic essay film exploring eye contact, social anxiety, and the nature of connection between self and other.

An experimental documentary about dead turtles, crab swarms, decaying tennis courts, and microscopic histories. The filmmakers shot their...

Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.

These six essays on film/image history reconstruct cinema history by 're-imagining' its origins, and its poetries, and use historical films...

Chris Gallagher’s feature-length film essay Time Being is an elegant and thought-provoking investigation of the nature and experience of time,...

Amid the chaos of existence, where warmth entwines with cold, passion ignites a fire that both liberates and consumes. Lust whispers sweet nothings,...

Mara—the spirit of the night, the weaver of darkened dreams—pressed upon my chest as sleep held me captive. My memory. In the haze of a...

A look into the career and impact of "classical liberal" talk show host Dave Rubin.

A story of diaspora. The film criticises the myth of Swiss neutrality, which violently masks structural, systemic, and social passivity.