Essay Film Movies

  • 2013
    Fragments of the House of Usher

    Fragments of the House of Usher

    Fragments of the House of Usher

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    A video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Roger Corman’s adaptation of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in relation to...

    Fragments of the House of Usher
  • 2015
    Elemental

    Elemental

    Elemental

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    40,000 years in the making: Kogonada's video essay created for The Connected Series.

    Elemental
  • 2020
    The Imperial Lullaby

    The Imperial Lullaby

    The Imperial Lullaby

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    The armies of Fascist Italy conquered Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, in May 1936, thus culminating the African colonial adventure of the ruthless...

    The Imperial Lullaby
  • 2021
    Um Documentário Brasileiro

    Um Documentário Brasileiro

    Um Documentário Brasileiro

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    Um Documentário Brasileiro
  • 2013
    Fata Morgana

    Fata Morgana

    Fata Morgana

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    Following Bellavista and Totó, Peter Schreiner completes his informal trilogy of epic, black-and-white digital-video essay-films with the...

    Fata Morgana
  • 2022
    Ante Meridiem

    Ante Meridiem

    Ante Meridiem

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    Ante Meridiem is a sensory journey through the first hours of dawn. Kind but vehement, he explores the dichotomy between silence and bustle, patience...

    Ante Meridiem
  • 2024
    Sinergia

    Sinergia

    Sinergia

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    It is a film essay that tries to tell the story of two people who communicate with some archival materials that they find in Santo Domingo at...

    Sinergia
  • 2012
    Revolutions Per Second

    Revolutions Per Second

    Revolutions Per Second

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    A 25-minute visual essay by Kent Jones about Jean-Luc Godard and his film 'Weekend'.

    Revolutions Per Second
  • 2019
    A Film Inspired by Real Events

    A Film Inspired by Real Events

    A Film Inspired by Real Events

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    Through the footage from his family's Handycam, the director creates a portrait of his family that is falling apart.

    A Film Inspired by Real Events
  • 2010
    Michael Berger: A Hysteria

    Michael Berger: A Hysteria

    Michael Berger: A Hysteria

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    Depicting the biography of a corrupt banker poses a cinematic dilemma. How can the intentions of an individual systematic contexts and historical...

    Michael Berger: A Hysteria
  • 2023
    Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

    Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

    Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

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    A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

    Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma
  • 2017
    #movieofmylife

    #movieofmylife

    #movieofmylife

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    Premiered at the 2017 Locarno International Film Festival.

    #movieofmylife
  • 2020
    Jetzt hier, nirgends

    Jetzt hier, nirgends

    Jetzt hier, nirgends

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    A short movie about dreams and the personalities we become in an unknown world where everything is possible.

    Jetzt hier, nirgends
  • 2024
    Taube Feuer

    Taube Feuer

    Taube Feuer

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    With noise-canceling headphones, they communicate with an inaudible counterpart. Decoupled, they move around the room and meet their surroundings....

    Taube Feuer
  • 2019
    Last Year at Marienbad A-Z

    Last Year at Marienbad A-Z

    Last Year at Marienbad A-Z

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    Film critic James Quandt looks at Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad in 26 different ways, each corresponding to a letter in the alphabet

    Last Year at Marienbad A-Z
  • 2016
    Treblinka

    Treblinka

    Treblinka

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    Present, past and future merge in the wagons of a train that crosses Eastern Europe in the XXI century: Poland, Russia, Ukraine. The slogan of the...

    Treblinka
  • 2022
    Mediocre

    Mediocre

    Mediocre

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    Mediocre
  • 2016
    Ego

    Ego

    Ego

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    After a dizzying trip through the cosmos we see how an astronaut is flung into space. Rudderless, irrevocably heading for the eternal black hole. The...

    Ego
  • 2024
    Donosti 2730

    Donosti 2730

    Donosti 2730

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    A youngster writes a letter to his grandmother about his last trip to Donosti (Spain). This city inspires him to ponder about the language of cinema,...

    Donosti 2730
  • 2014
    The Indispensable Practice of Vagueness

    The Indispensable Practice of Vagueness

    The Indispensable Practice of Vagueness

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    By the director: "Ar.Co embodies each person’s geography, it escapes normalisation. Each individual’s experience is his own. This film is...

    The Indispensable Practice of Vagueness