Film
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…
MindGame Studios
MindGame Studios is Zach Macias, an independent, award-winning filmmaker and stop motion animator, his specialty being in LEGO animations (also known as brickfilms). He’s produced more than 70 short films over the years, some of which are award-winning and have been screened at festivals, competitions, and educational outlets around the world. He’s worked in a…
Kate Hildenbrand
Kate Hildenbrand is a marine ecologist, conservation filmmaker, and photographer. She creates fun and visually captivating videos about nature, mostly sea creatures. Her goal is to create a space where normal humans can learn about this stunningly beautiful and wondrous planet, to understand and see the beauty, and to feel like they can make a…
Another Gaze
Another Gaze provides a forum for critical discussion about feminism and film across modes of production and geographies. They’ve produced four print issues and programmed films and events, both in-person and online. They’ve launched a streaming platform featuring week-long programmes of rare films worthy of feminist analysis, together with new writing and translations about these…
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…
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…
Maggie Mae Fish
Maggie Mae Fish is an actor and writer who makes YouTube film analysis videos and who plays video games and tabletop games with friends on Twitch. She also writes comedy videos and essays and used to be on Cracked. Despite her comedic bent, her film analysis videos are PhD material that true film enthusiasts will…