Fandor was founded in 2010 in San Francisco, California by Dan Aronson, Jonathan Marlow and Albert Reinhardt.

Leadership has included former Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly,[2] independent film producer and former director of the San Francisco Film Society Ted Hope[3] and Larry Aidem,[4] former Sundance Channel head.

[5] In January 2021, American independent entertainment company Cinedigm announced the acquisition of Fandor, with plans to relaunch the service and the digital editorial publication Keyframe.

[8] The podcast releases weekly episodes composed of interviews, such as those with RogerEbert.com CEO Chaz Ebert, Noir Alley host Eddie Muller, Elvira, filmmaker Camille Griffin, University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh and celebrity chef Tyler Florence.

Keyframe offers curated recommendations in Weekly Watchlists, covering topics from director George A. Romero to exploitation filmmaking, spaghetti westerns and 1980s slashers.