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.
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
6.2/10
Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10
Room 237
2012
6.1/10
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
8.7/10
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.2/10
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
6.2/10
Love, Antosha
2019
7.4/10
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time
2015
6.4/10
McQueen
2018
7.5/10
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.2/10
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.2/10
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
8.5/10
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.9/10
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
2025
5.9/10
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.9/10
Side by Side
2012
7.3/10
Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
7.5/10
Report
1967
6.2/10
Terra incognita
2024
8/10
