Video Essay Movies

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Surrounded by reflections of color, an ephemeral being explores the ethereal, sweet, and dangerous nature of sexual affection for another. It yearns...

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,...

An experimental short assembled from YouTube videos of the director’s former classmate, TV fragments, and a 2006 graduation interview recorded...

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...

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...

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

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