Film
Senses of Cinema
Senses of Cinema is an innovative, online film journal that has set the standard for professional, high quality analysis and debate on international film and screen culture since launching almost 20 years ago. It’s one of the longest-running online film journals in the world. They publish four issues per year. Each issue includes a fresh selection…
Adequate Emily
Adequate Emily is a transgender filmmaker, film lover, film analyst and overall cinephile who discusses media and how it affects her, and how it’s made. Her video essays are long form analyses of films, while her “Adequate Shorts” are shorter reviews on contemporary films done in a simpler way. She’s also directed a short student…
Invisible People
Invisible People is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about homelessness through innovative storytelling, news, and advocacy. Since their launch in 2008, Invisible People has become a pioneer and trusted resource for inspiring action and raising awareness in support of advocacy, policy change and thoughtful dialogue around poverty in North America and the…
Princess Weekes
Princess Weekes creates video essays about pop culture, race, feminism, and other social issues with “a lot of nuance and profanity.” She’s also an assistant editor at themarysue.com covering the same topics in writing. If it’s breaking down how Game of Thrones has always been trash or discussing the intersection of pop culture and race…
MovieBitches
MovieBitches (Avaryl and Andrew) publish snarky reviews of Hollywood’s latest and not-so-greatest movies and RuPaul’s Drag Race RuViews while nursing positively gigantic glasses of wine. They see them, so you don’t have to! (And have been doing so since 2013!) These two have a delightful chemistry and banter that’ll make you want to cozy up…
Laura Crone
Laura Crone is a video creator publishing popular video essays about film, feminism, music, nerd culture, and more, through the filter of an unapologetic social justice warrior, and always involving a lot of her feelings. Discussing her feelings around mostly film and television series turns out to be something that a lot of people can…
Issa Rae’s HOORAE
HOORAE is a media company led by producer, writer and director, Issa Rae. Rae got her start in digital with her award-winning web series and the accompanying New York Times best-seller, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” Since then she’s created and starred in “Insecure,” directed the acclaimed “The Hate U Give,” and starred in…
Movies Silently
Movies Silently is Fritzi Kramer, who creates reviews and articles on silent movies that are fun, accessible and enthusiastic. Her main focus is American films from the silent feature period: 1915-1929. She also covers some foreign silent, remakes, and homages to silent films, as well as later period silent films. She posts mini biographies of…
Archipel
Archipel is a team of two foreigners based in Tokyo making documentaries about Japanese creators. From gaming, manga to illustrators, their documentaries cover a wide range of fields and are all available ad-free on YouTube. Their stated goal is to be able to capture as many profiles as possible in order to build an archive…
Twin Sun Film Foundation
Twin Sun Film Foundation is two filmmakers out of Vancouver, B.C. who share a passion for Star Wars. In 2018 they created Bucketheads, an award-winning Star Wars Fan Film that you can watch right now. Due to its success, they’re making a whole Bucketheads series that follows Nova Squad during the final days of the…