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Making video essays that explore the boundary between media


30:38
Why the Planet of the Apes Just Hits Different
30:02
Movie Monologues That Changed My Entire Worldview
23:56
Why Every Action Movie Looks Like This Now
32:33
The 10 Best Movies of 2023
24:20
Lighting the Beacons, and Other Perfect Movie Metaphors
36:57
The Marvelization of Cinema
17:38
2023's Most Beautiful Movie About Love
23:45
Movies that Show the True Size of the Universe
21:29
Why Oppenheimer’s Ending Felt So Devastating
21:59
Why Oppenheimer Should (Not) Have Shown Real Nuclear Violence
01:20:29
The Ultimate Christopher Nolan Analysis: Interstellar, Dunkirk & Tenet
01:26:11
The Ultimate Christopher Nolan Analysis: The Breakout Years
01:02:33
The Ultimate Christopher Nolan Analysis: How a Director Rises
24:24
Escaping Our Mental Prisons: What Psychedelic Movies Are Really About
21:23
When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie
22:19
Aftersun, and the Pain of Broken Memories
24:48
Why Apocalypse Stories Feel Different Now
19:54
Is All Quiet on the Western Front a Good Anti-War Movie?
19:47
How James Cameron Mastered Environmental Storytelling
31:14
The 10 Best Movies of 2022
20:49
How Movies Show Us Who We Can Be
37:01
The Apocalyptic Filmmaker that Haunts My Soul
39:33
The Complete Philosophy of The Lord of the Rings
23:20
Why the Big Twist in The Rings of Power Didn't Work
19:11
How The Rings of Power Messed Up Its Grand Battle
25:51
Movie Trailers That Are Pure Art
01:18:11
Life is Not a Hero's Journey
28:51
Multiverses, Nihilism, and How it Feels to be Alive Right Now
27:52
The Problem With Adventure Movies Today
22:50
The Psychology of Severance | Who You Are... Without Memory
01:29:40
Redefining the Anti-War Video Game
22:14
The Missing Key to Understanding Christopher Nolan
33:00
The Myth of Heroic Masculine Purpose, and How it’s Harming Men
41:35
Don’t Look Up – A Problematic Metaphor For Climate Change?
25:18
The 12 Best Movies of 2021
26:38
3 Types of Identity Crisis You Didn't Even Know You Had
25:22
Why the Best Religious Movies are Godless
33:04
What Denis Villeneuve Reveals About the Dark Depths of Humanity
50:54
Nature is a Human Construct, and it’s Time to Change it
33:43
How (Not) To Tell a Meaningful Zombie Story
25:31
Why We Can't Save Those We Love
23:21
Stories of The Netherlands – An Introduction to Dutch Cinema
43:59
Can We Be Heroes Again? Confronting the Banality of Modern Evil
22:49
Why You Keep Coming Back To Skyrim
22:34
In Search Of Absolute Beauty
24:15
The Humanistic Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
25:53
Why Vigilantes Can't Deliver Meaningful Justice
24:21
Who We Really Are... When Everything Goes Wrong
19:55
The Real Reason You Love Time Travel Stories
26:45
Why Star Wars Feels So Different Now
01:00:00
Coming to Terms With The Last of Us: Part 2 – Complete Review and Analysis
58:30
Lies of Heroism – Redefining the Anti-War Film
13:36
The Universal Beauty of LGBT+ Love Stories
10:00
Werner Herzog's Strangest Movie
28:34
Understanding the Films of Terrence Malick
26:28
Stories as Identities: Who Are We Without Them?
28:15
Your Life is Not a Hero's Journey
28:05
The Fundamental Difference Between Stories And Reality
15:32
Contagion – Anatomy of a Global Pandemic
16:15
We Are All Meant To Shine – The Philosophy of Doctor Sleep