In Stilleben, Harun Farocki’s 1995 essay film (or film essay), we see a comparison between still-life paintings from the 17th-century and current commercial advertisements. The film aims to explore ...

"Matinee is almost like a thesis on the way that we turn to movies to process on our fears, and about the value of even the junkiest of schlock." Have you seen this movie? If you haven't yet, and ...

Over the last decade, long-form video essays have grown in popularity — arguably entering into a boom all their own. Viewers can easily look up a video essay on just about any topic they’d like to, ...

What's up Lore Masters, This is a non-Lore video with my thoughts on how Star Trek Discovery should end - but probably wont.. #startrek #startrekdiscovery #startrekdiscoverycanon ...

Polygon’s latest series, The Masterpieces of Streaming, looks at the new batch of classics that have emerged from an evolving era of entertainment. Like every medium before it, “video essays” on ...

The term “video essay” has a myriad of associations: once synonymous with the documentary film genre also known as the “essay film,” the phrase increasingly refers more broadly to the creative and ...

Still from “What You ACTUALLY Need to Make Clothes in an Apocalypse” by Bernadette Banner (screenshot by Dan Schindel) For this edition of Hyperallergic’s video essay column, we’re doing something a ...

Millennial favorite Rick and Morty has inspired its fair share of commentary, but rarely does the analysis come as well informed as this. Canipa, a Youtuber best known for his anime coverage, has ...