Film
Five Video Essays for the Holiday Season
Killer bananas, Grand Theft Auto telephone poles, online gambling, and other ways to fill a little downtime.
Video Essays
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Five Video Essays to Ring in Autumn
This month: sneaky video games, fast fashion, a suspicious new trend in homeschooling, and more.
Film
Five Video Essays to Watch in August
This month: Tetris competitions, “adulting” amusement parks, the pitfalls of activist art, and more.
Film
Five Video Essays to Close Out May
Plus, a tool set to make your own video essays.
Film
Art Made for Nobody, and Other Video Essays to Watch This Month
This April: video essays on Palestine, AI, Nathan Fielder, and more.
Film
A Batch of Video Essays for the Last Days of Winter
Donald Duck, Disney theme parks, and other excitement make up this month’s video essay roundup.
Film
A Holiday’s Worth of Video Essays
This month, a range of video essays about tech-related subjects and history.
Film
Video Essays to Watch This Holiday Weekend
This month, we feature videos on criticism, artificial intelligence, social media, and more.
Film
Five Video Essays That Go Beyond the Surface
With so many to sort through, here are some recommendations for the best recent video essays to check out.
Film
Reimagining the Archives of a Revolution
Portuguese filmmaker Filipa César, whose work is the subject of an online retrospective hosted by Metrograph, seeks to help Bissau-Guineans preserve the memory of their revolution.
Opinion
Why We Should Care About the Video Essay
Playing in the poetic space between documentary and fiction, the inclusion of found footage and screen recordings has turned the video essay into a representation of online life.
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Kevin B. Lee's New Video Essay Explores Mourning with Minari
In a Hyperallergic exclusive, Lee muses on the aftermath of the Atlanta spa shootings and how the media imagines Asian Americans.