Almost all films are preceded by a disclaimer. There is a deeply embedded fear of being misunderstood—and all the attendant legal consequences. But these attempts at self-protection undermine the essence of film as a limitless imagination machine.

In this essay about the subconscious, the nightmares and hopes of many Russians, a portrayal of dreams they share on social media produces a disturbing, sometimes dryly comic film about the current state of Russian society.

Online, anger easily becomes a grotesque expression of male aggression, captured in memes and GIFs. In a pointed and humorous “desktop documentary,” Chloé Galibert-Laîné investigates how they can express this emotion authentically.

A confrontational but lighthearted essay looking at makeovers in Hollywood. Filmmaker Sue Ding and her childhood girlfriends analyze countless clips from the films they grew up with. Was the ugly duckling that became a swan as innocent as she seemed?