The best video essays of 2022

By Daniel Schindel  Dec 29, 2022, 11:00am EST

10 videos that will entertain you and make you feel smarter. What's not to like?

INTIMATE THRESHOLDS BY DESIREE GARCIA

Less than four minutes long, this essay is nonetheless entrancing, thanks to Garcia's continually inventive editing. Instead of a drawn-out exploration of the theme of female artistic competition in film, she contrasts two examples through visceral juxtaposition: 1940's Dance, Girl, Dance and 2010's Black Swan. With split screens, hazy picture-in-picture, precise cuts, and some remarkable use of captions, the essay makes its ideas intuitively felt rather than explaining itself through lecture.

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