In a world bedazzled by intractable images, do we need the essay film now more than ever? Kevin B. Lee weighs up this distinctively self-aware, searching form of cinema through both video and text.

Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.1/10

Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10

Side by Side
2012
7.2/10

Fuck
2006
6.4/10

Powaqqatsi
1988
7.3/10

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
7.0/10

The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
7.5/10

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
2016
6.9/10

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
6.2/10

Room 237
2012
6.1/10

Love, Antosha
2019
7.4/10

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.2/10

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.9/10

X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time
2015
6.4/10

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
7.3/10

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.9/10

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
7.8/10

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
7.8/10

Casting By
2012
6.9/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10
Filmfarsi
2019
2/10