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16 Oct 2024
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🔒The Case for Depression as a Villain (Full Video)

🔒The Case for Depression as a Villain (Full Video)

The extended version of our new Video Essay for Paid Aficionados!

lock-1 By Nor García Grau, Umnia El-Neil 28 Nov 2025
Stranger Things, Thunderbolts, and The Case for Depression as a Villain (Video Essay)

Stranger Things, Thunderbolts, and The Case for Depression as a Villain (Video Essay)

In this Video Essay filmed earlier this year, Nor García Grau explores how Depression has become a brilliant, and relatable, foil in popular media in 2025.

By Nor García Grau, Umnia El-Neil 28 Nov 2025
A collection of Short Films for the Zeitgeist | Sweet and Short

A collection of Short Films for the Zeitgeist | Sweet and Short

Sleep demons, sandy beaches, liminal spaces and so much more! Anika valiantly trawls through the archive of Shorts in our inbox, and brings us her favourites!

By Anika Williams-Hewitt 08 Nov 2025
Man Strives For Greatness, but there are Consequences™: How to break the Toxic Ambition loop on Film

Man Strives For Greatness, but there are Consequences™: How to break the Toxic Ambition loop on Film

Can anyone imagine greatness without the same old consequences?

lock-1 By Umnia El-Neil 07 Nov 2025
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