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Making video essays that explore the boundary between media


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When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie
16:46
The Most Underrated Type of Villain
34:29
This is Hollywood's Liberal Fantasy, and it's Falling Apart
21:39
I Went to Cannes to See 2025’s Most Promising Movies
21:07
They Remade the Battle of Helm's Deep in a Hospital Show, and It's Insane
22:11
When the long take just keeps going...
24:31
I Can't Stop Thinking About The Brutalist
29:27
Gladiator 2 – What Went Wrong?
24:08
Why Star Wars Can’t Move Forward
35:12
The 10 Best Movies of 2024
03:28:38
The 50 Most Life-Changing Movies of All Time
36:23
Movies I Thought About While My Wife Was Dying
04:15:10
The Complete Philosophy of Christopher Nolan | Full Documentary
40:40
Humanity Creates Its Own Worst Nightmares
32:18
How Modernity Devours Everything Sacred
39:36
Why So Many People Didn't 'Get' Oppenheimer
42:11
How Movie Culture Became Obsessed with Relatability & Purity
28:48
When the Filmmakers Actually Understand the Gameplay
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 the Same Now
32:33
The 10 Best Movies of 2023
24:20
Peter Jackson’s Most Profound Change to the Lord of the Rings
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
James Cameron Understands What Most Filmmakers Don’t
31:14
The 10 Best Movies of 2022
20:49
The Sad Beauty of Experiencing Someone Else’s Humanity
37:01
The Apocalyptic Filmmaker that Haunts My Soul
39:33
The Complete Philosophy of The Lord of the Rings
23:20
Dissecting The Rings of Power's Failed Mystery Box
19:11
Comparing The Rings of Power's Failed Battle to a Better One
25:51
When the Trailer is better than the Movie
01:18:11
Your 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 | Full Documentary
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 Doesn’t Exist* | Full Documentary
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