Tag: video essay

Slow motion is a very widely used tool for film directors, and this video essay takes a look at exactly how and why that is.

This wonderful video essay examines how symbolism is done right in Denis Villeneuve's haunting crime thriller, Prisoners.

This absolutely compelling video essay takes a look at the similarities between Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan and Damien Chazelle's Whiplash.

Anyone out there who doesn't think that There Will Be Blood is one of the best movies to come out of America in this fine new millennium?

Aspect Ratio has been an important part of cinema since the very beginning of movie time, but do you even know anything about it?

In Praise of Chairs. In cinema. Because if there's something that absolutely isn't praise enough when it comes to the films you love, it's chairs.

Always the bridesmaid and never the bride - the story of Vancouver. A nifty look into the way films and filmmakers are constantly tricking us.

Lars and the real films Does it get any better than a good video essay Probably, but good video essays really are

Long ones Long takes are a staple of cinema They can be wondrous They can be gratuitous They can have hidden narrative