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Jiří Anger on "Towards a Film Theory from Below: Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up"
Dec 31, 2025
1h 27m 49s
On the Work of Katie Bird (Chiara Grizzaffi and Annalisa Pellino w/ Kevin B. Lee)
Oct 26, 2025
34m 45s
Katie Bird on Approaches to Videographic Practice
May 9, 2025
55m 31s
Jason Mittell on 'The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad'
May 1, 2025
1h 46m 51s
Episode 7. How to Measure the World - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery
Dec 23, 2024
35m 52s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 12/31/25 | Jiří Anger on "Towards a Film Theory from Below: Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up"✨ | videographic criticismarchival film+4 | Jiří Anger | Towards a Film Theory from Below: Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-UpThe First Frames of Czech Cinema+2 | — | film theoryarchival film+5 | — | 1h 27m 49s | |
| 10/26/25 |  On the Work of Katie Bird (Chiara Grizzaffi and Annalisa Pellino w/ Kevin B. Lee)✨ | video essaysKatie Bird+4 | Chiara GrizzaffiAnnalisa Pellino | Locarno Film FestivalSwiss National Science Foundation+1 | — | video essayKatie Bird+5 | — | 34m 45s | |
| 5/9/25 |  Katie Bird on Approaches to Videographic Practice✨ | videographic practicedesktop documentary+4 | Katie Bird | The Video Essay PodcastThe Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies+6 | — | videographic practicedesktop documentary+5 | — | 55m 31s | |
| 5/1/25 | Jason Mittell on 'The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad'✨ | videographic booksBreaking Bad+3 | Jason Mittell | Lever PressThe Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad | — | Breaking Badvideographic book+3 | — | 1h 46m 51s | |
| 12/23/24 |  Episode 7. How to Measure the World - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery✨ | video essaysfilm analysis+3 | Evelyn KreutzerJulian Ross+1 | FilmexplorerKetsa+3 | — | video essayFilmexplorer+3 | — | 35m 52s | |
| 12/2/24 |  On "Ways of Doing" w/ Lucy Fife Donaldson, Colleen Laird, Dayna McLeod, and Alison Peirse✨ | video essaysmethodological practices+3 | Lucy Fife DonaldsonColleen Laird+2 | The Video Essay PodcastThe Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies+2 | USI University of Lugano | video essayscollaboration+3 | — | 1h 07m 42s | |
| 10/17/24 |  Episode 6. Who Owns an Image? - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery✨ | video essaysimage ownership+3 | Evelyn KreutzerJulian Ross+1 | FilmexplorerA History of the World According to Getty Images+2 | — | video essayFilmexplorer+7 | — | 48m 25s | |
| 10/11/24 | Alice Lenay on Zoom Aesthetics & 'Twisties!'✨ | Zoom aestheticsTwisties!+4 | Alice Lenay | NECSUSCary Comes Home Festival | — | Zoom aestheticsTwisties!+4 | — | 37m 51s | |
| 8/22/24 |  Alan O’Leary and Evelyn Kreutzer on the Importance of Writing on Video Essays✨ | videographic criticismwriting in video essays+4 | Evelyn KreutzerAlan O’Leary | SCMSfeminist film studies+4 | — | videographic criticismvideo essays+3 | — | 56m 07s | |
| 7/23/24 |  Cinema & Machine Vision: Live at The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence w/ Daniel Chávez Heras✨ | Artificial IntelligenceFilm Studies+4 | Daniel Chávez Heras | Edinburgh University PressKing's College London+1 | London | AIFilm Studies+6 | — | 1h 11m 22s | |
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| 6/12/24 |  THE EXTENDED PLAY: Johannes Binotto & Kevin B. Lee Live at Austellungsraum Klingentalat | From movies to television, YouTube to TikTok, it’s a big world of audiovisual media out there. How many videographic works have tried to take them all in? A new installation work has tried to do just that. The Extended Play is a collaboration between artists Anina Müller and Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, which was exhibited at the Austellungsraum Klingental in Basel. The piece consists of four videos, or tracks, that function like a musical EP. Collectively they explore how moving images influence the ways humans inhabit their bodies, an extended play if you will. Track 1: The Portal borrows from stereotyped cinematic, dreamy imagery to explore the moment of exiting the cinema in a daze, where on- and off-screen worlds bleed into each other. In Track 2: The Main Character, two characters enter a medieval fantasy world cosplay inspired by Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, music videos and TikTok. Track 3: crying selfies <3 reflects on the selfies people, especially young femmes, take when they cry – as a refusal to participate in the capitalist, neo-liberal “girlboss” mindset. Track 4: No Pose No Rose is a YouTube style talk show on bodybuilding, exploring its exaggerated presentations of gender and an image-based understanding of the self. As part of the exhibition, the artists invited Kevin B. Lee and Johannes Binotto, co-leaders of the SNSF project “The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies” to share their reflections on the themes of their work in a joint conversation. They talk about their own relationship to different modes of media experience, from movies to social media, and the effects of these experiences on their own sense of embodiment. The Extended Play was supported by the Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Music by Ketsa. | — | ||||||
| 5/17/24 |  Krista Calvo & Colleen Laird on Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History | Today's episode is the first in a series of conversations on videos created as part of the project, Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History (DWGHFH), a year-long video essay mentoring and training program that culminated in a videographic special issue of MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. Led by Alison Peirse, DWGHFH features the work of thirty contributors on "women horror filmmakers in non-anglophone countries, with a particular focus on filmmakers from the Global Majority." This episode features a conversation with Krista Calvo, the creator of "Dos Hermanas: Uncanny Femininity, Grief & Childhood in Carillo's Animations," and Colleen Laird, creator of "Kūki." Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Subscribe on YouTube. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa and _HEAVYLEG. | — | ||||||
| 5/1/24 |  Making Video Essays About Alice Diop | Today's episode is the fourth in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. In this episode, Kevin talks with project members Libertad Gills, Marine de Dardel, and Silvia Cipelletti about the experience of making video essays on the work of Alice Diop, the featured filmmaker at this year's L'immagine e la parola, the spring edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The event for the group to produce original video essays on Diop's films. In this conversation, the group discusses how they approached the films for their video essays, knowing that they would be screened with Alice Diop in the audience. You can learn more about the project on their Instagram page. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Music by Ketsa. | — | ||||||
| 4/21/24 | Episode 44. Remixing George W. Bush w/ Christopher Jason Bell | Today's episode features a conversation with filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell, who joins the show to discuss Miss Me Yet, his ten-part found footage series on the presidency of George W. Bush and rehabilitation of Bush's image in recent years. The series is available to stream for free via Means TV. Also, check out an essay on Miss Me Yet written by Will in the latest issue of Millennium Film Journal. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Subscribe on YouTube. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 4/8/24 |  On Videographic Berlinale: Viewing Tips with Libertad Gills & Evelyn Kreutzer | Today's episode is the third in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation In this episode, Evelyn talks with Libertad Gills, a project affiliate and post-doctoral researcher for the Future of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts at the Locarno Film Festival, about works they encountered at this year's Berlinale that might be considered "videographic." Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter.Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Editing by Elsa Despoix, Evelyn Kreutzer, and Will DiGravio. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa. | — | ||||||
| 3/31/24 | Episode 43. Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History w/ Alison Peirse | Today's episode features a conversation with Alison Peirse, a horror film scholar and professor at the University of Leeds. Alison led the project Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History (DWGHFH), a year-long video essay mentoring and training program that culminated in a videographic special issue of MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. DWGHFH features the work of thirty contributors working on "women horror filmmakers in non-anglophone countries, with a particular focus on filmmakers from the Global Majority." Alison and Will discuss the origins of the project, the contributors and mentors who worked on DWGHFH, how the video essays exist into existing scholarship on women horror filmmakers, and much more. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Subscribe on YouTube. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 2/20/24 |  On Weirdness and Memory: Viewing Tips with Evelyn Kreutzer & Kevin B. Lee | Today's episode is the second in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation In this conversation, Kevin talks with Evelyn about her picks for the 2023 survey of the year's best video essays by Sight & Sound magazine. Evelyn's selections serve as an entry point for the two to discuss the broader themes of their research project. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Editing by Kevin B. Lee and Will DiGravio. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa. | — | ||||||
| 1/24/24 | Episode 42. Kleber Mendonça Filho on 'Pictures of Ghosts' | On today's episode, Will talks with filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho about his new film, Pictures of Ghosts. Set in the director's home city of Recife, in the Pernambuco state of Brazil, the film is a self-described "multidimensional journey through time, sound, architecture and filmmaking." Kleber talks about the film's origins, the art of voiceover narration, treating his own films as archival images, and the unique ways that cinema is able to tell stories of ghosts. Learn more about the film and when it might be screening near you, here. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Subscribe on YouTube. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 12/19/23 |  Curating Sight & Sound's Best Video Essays of 2023 | Today's episode centers on Sight & Sound magazine's new list, "The Best Video Essays of 2023." In a conversation moderated by Kevin B. Lee, the curators of this year's list, Irina Trocan, Queline Meadows, and Will Webb, discuss the results of the poll, their curatorial strategies, and offer general thoughts on the video essay landscape in 2023. This episode is the first in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and Kevin B. Lee, who, in his role as the Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, is leading a three-year research project on video essays with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Read Kevin's columns for Sight & Sound here. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Editing by Kevin B. Lee and Will DiGravio. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 9/29/23 | Episode 40. Evelyn Kreutzer on Videographic Vulnerability | On today's episode, Evelyn Kreutzer, a Berlin-based scholar, curator, and video essayist, joins to discuss her videographic origin story, collaborative projects (including Once Upon a Screen and Moving Poems), videographic vulnerability, the new Videography section of the journal zfm, and more. We also discuss Evelyn's video essay, "Footsteps," and a moving poem by Desirée de Jesús that pairs A Raisin in the Sun (1961) with Langston Hughes's 1951 poem "Harlem." Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 6/2/23 | Episode 38. Alexandre O. Philippe on 'Lynch/Oz' | On today's episode, writer-director Alexandre O. Philippe joins to discuss his new film, Lynch/Oz, which explores the relationship between the cinema of David Lynch and The Wizard of Oz (1939). Will and Alexandre discuss his influences, why he makes films about films, the importance of the theatrical experience, and collaborating with a group of writers and filmmakers to bring this work to the screen. Lynch/Oz debuts in New York City on June 2, 2023 at the IFC Center. Learn more here. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio hosted, produced and edited this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 5/25/23 | Episode 37. What is a Videographic PhD? | What is it like to study for a videographic PhD? On today's show, Emily and Will are joined by Jemma Saunders and Cormac Donnelly, who are pursuing PhDs at the University of Birmingham and the University of Glasgow, respectively. We talk about what prompted them to pursue videographic PhDs, how their universities evaluate and think about such work, and provide tips for those who may be interested in pursuing a PhD. Links to learn more: Jemma's Vimeo and Twitter. Cormac's Vimeo and Twitter. Learn more about the B-Film Creative Practice Colloquium here. Check out Cormac's Deformative Sound Lab. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio hosted, produced and edited this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 5/10/23 | Episode 36. Bianca Stigter on 'Three Minutes: A Lengthening' | On today's episode, Will is joined by the critic and filmmaker Bianca Stigter, director of Three Minutes: A Lengthening. Bianca and Will discuss the film's origins as a video essay, the process of creating this documentary, the various videographic techniques employed, and much more. Depending on your location Three Minutes: A Lengthening is available to stream via Hulu, BBC iPlayer, and on other VOD services. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio hosted, produced and edited this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music by Ketsa: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining." | — | ||||||
| 3/23/23 | Episode 35. Amanda Kim on 'Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV' | Today's episode features a conversation with Amanda Kim, director of the new documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV. We discuss Paik's life and work, how Kim approached the project, archival documentary practice, the role of community in Paik's life and in the creation of this film, Paik's shaping of video art and today's internet culture, and more. Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV debuts at Film Form in New York City on March 24, 2023. Learn more here. And learn more about the Museum of Modern Art's new exhibition, Signals: How Video Transformed the World, which includes a selection of works streaming online, here. Stream works by Nam June Paik via Internet Archive, here. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio is the host and producer of The Video Essay Podcast, and the editor of this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music via Free Music Archive: "Won't Be Stoppin" by Ketsa. And Nam June Paik's Global Groove (1973). | — | ||||||
| 2/28/23 |  Episode 34. Cary Grant: A Class Act | Today's episode features a conversation with video essayists who participated in "Cary Grant: A Class Act," a collaboration between the podcast and the Cary Comes Home Festival, directed by Dr. Charlotte Crofts. Video essayists were asked to submit works that deal with class in relation to the life and/or work of Grant, who was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England. The video essayists who participated are: Lara Callaghan, Kendahl Cruver, Will DiGravio (me), Wickham Flannagan, Dan O'Brien, and Stella Parker. You can watch all of the videos here. And learn more about the Cary Comes Home Festival here. Watch our 2020 conversation and videos, "The Journeys of Cary Grant," here. Support the podcast on Patreon. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more at the pod's website. Get the free newsletter. Will DiGravio is the host and producer of The Video Essay Podcast, and the editor of this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. Music via Free Music Archive: "Won't Be Stoppin" and "15 Waiting-Room" by Ketsa. | — | ||||||
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