The Pink Aisle returns for the next three weeks in the leadup to the Margot Robbie Barbie film with Behind the Barbie - the Ruth Handler Story; a three-part mini-series which explores the life and legacy of Barbie's creator, Ruth Handler. Join Henry and...
2023-06-23 02:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Obviously, this is a bit of a facetious title, but I wanted to talk about why Harper Row, AKA 'Bluebird', is my favorite supporting character in Batman due to the ways it helps bring out an underexplored element of the character.
Boy Howdy, I love me some Inscryption, especially Luke Carder. In this Junk Drawer Essay, I explore how this character appeals to me in such a weirdly specific way that I wanted to talk about it.
As someone who writes things that are arguably too long, I have always been fascinated by the micro-essay format as a challenge to write something shorter than one minute.
With that, I want to introduce Junk Drawer Essays, which I hope to open to you lovely patrons as an opportunity to requ...
2023-06-06 23:38:22 +0000 UTC View Post
As a little bonus to The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin, I wanted to do a little cover of the theme song from the 1990s Moomin Anime 2023-06-03 00:26:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Update 6/19/23: I have uploaded a new version video with a couple of critical changes. I have hired fellow Moomin Scholar Kiki from Transparency 2023-06-03 00:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
An exclusive look into some video footage I filmed before we went to the premiere of Cat (2019). I was initially going to use this footage as an opener for my video on the film I released at the tail end of 2020, but I couldn't find the footage, only to stumble across it years later on the hard d...
2023-05-26 20:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post
"People like us? We don't get happy endings. We just get to keep going." - 'Ice Pick Joe' Morelli
In this video, I seek to examine the underappreciated 1973 film Goncharov, which has remained relatively unknown in the United States up until November 2022.
Often, video games are designed to be a point of rest in your life, a form of entertainment that is potentially rivaled by the bed, a piece of furniture designed to facilitate sleep, rest, and ...
2022-11-29 02:04:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, this past weekend I was inspired to write a little something about the 1973 film Goncharov. I don't want to rush out a video version of this essay, but I will be trying to work to get this out as soon as possible. But until then, please enjoy the first draft of my script ab...
2022-11-24 18:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a little bit of a dumb short, but I need to share this someone. I don’t want to pivot to short form videos under this specific format, but if this is something you are all into, let me know.
I might update y’all once I finish the game.
I swear to god, if they pull the same...
2022-11-16 05:04:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Early Access Time! October was such a busy month for me that this video took a little extra long to get out, but I am looking to try something a little different for the holiday season this year so I hope you will stay tuned for that. Thanks for your continued support and enjoy the early access t...
2022-11-13 20:37:23 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video, I want to pitch Jeff Smith’s classic BONE. While some might have only heard about the series to the recent cancellation of the Netflix adaptation or might only remember reading it as a kid, this video seeks to explore the value this series has with its lack of complete adaptation...
2022-08-28 03:48:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
I hope all is well! I've been really busy with the start of school, so progress on the next vid is a little slower, but I have a preview of a small segment!
As the title says, my next video is going to be discussing Jeff Smith's Bone and the surprisingly prescient le...
2022-08-21 01:41:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This video explores the 2022 Horror anthology film The House and the statements that it could make about our relationship with housing, and the true horrors that lie within its passages.
Author's Note: Most of this video is pretty much done, but I do have some effe...
2022-07-29 00:45:23 +0000 UTC View Post
The Offical Download of my What You Need Cover with full Metadata and Album Art
Sung and Produced by Henry Kathman
Featuring vocals by Emily Hart
Special Thank...
2022-06-28 18:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Just as a little bonus, I have the video cover of 'What You Need' performed by myself and my sister, Emily. This was a more intense music production than songs I've sung in the past, so please let me know how I did!
The animation for the Tree Shamans was also done by me using Photoshop and ...
2022-06-28 18:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, now that I have finished my video about Centaurworld, I am now working on my video about the film ...
2022-06-18 04:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: the final video is live with some improvements and revisions!
Hey all! This one got done pretty quickly! I guess that's what happens when a video is less than 2 hours long!
But this video is about the Netflix series Centaurworld and the harsh anachronis...
2022-06-16 16:55:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! This is kind of on a whim, but I've been thinking a lot about the world of Video Essays, and I wanted to share a list of some of my favorite video essays to watch and give you a little blurb about my thoughts.
While there are some YouTube channe...
2022-06-07 02:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, as you might have seen in this post, my Cinderella Video is getting close to done, but one o...
2022-05-04 00:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video, I have examined 28 different adaptations of Cinderella produced in the past 25 years, including film, video games, ballets, musicals, and more than a couple of entries into the Cinderella Story franchise. The goal is to examine the ways that this classic fairy tale has evolved in t...
2022-05-04 00:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everybody,
I am still making progress on the Cinderella Video. If all goes according to plan, it should be out by the end of April. The camera footage has been filmed and edited for a while now (here...
2022-04-02 20:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video, I will be exploring Porco Rosso and the relationship between the real-world history of the Adriatic Sea during the rise of Italian Fascism and the Anti-war themes of Studio Ghibli. Is this film an Antifascist classic that many describe it as? Watch to hear my thoughts on t...
2022-03-13 23:49:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! So while I work on the Cinderella Video, I have also finished a much shorter video to potentially tide people over while I work on this two-and-a-half-hour behemoth. Normally, I would upload this to YouTube, but Studio Ghibli is notorious for copyright striking anything that uses its mus...
2022-03-01 03:50:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everybody!
This year, my goal is to be more consistent about releasing videos once a month. To help with this, I am updating my reward goals for reaching a certain number of patrons.
Without further ado:
2022-02-19 19:25:22 +0000 UTC
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I wanted to start 2022 with a shorter essay discussing why The Beatles Get Back was such an important movie for me last year. This is definitely a more personal one of these kinds of essays, but I hope you appreciate it.
Music by 2022-02-03 03:57:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Lyrics:
Welcome to Activision, take a look around,
Believe us when we say accountability’s not found,
We've got mountains of lawsuits, comeuppance is due,
but Call of Duty had a fruitful Q2..... 2022-01-29 15:22:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everybody! Thanks for sticking with me through my drought. Expect more stuff to come out in February. But until then, enjoy this little song.
In solidarity with the workers of Activision Blizzard, I wrote this parody of 'Welcome to the Internet' from Bo Burnam's Ins...
2022-01-29 15:15:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Guys!
I'm still hard at work at my next video projects, but the fine folks at Worlds Elsewhere reached out to me to help make art for their production of...
2021-10-24 01:47:19 +0000 UTC View Post