Journal
Arguments worth having after the credits.
Original movie writing organised around taste—not access, hype or the entertainment-news treadmill.
Department TG
Taste Guides
Watchlists built around a feeling, not an algorithm.
TG.07 / Guides
Five great movies without villains
Five great movies without traditional villains, chosen for warmth, conflict and drama built from change, distance and ordinary human uncertainty.
TG.06 / Guides
Five movies like Knives Out with wit, clues and suspects
TG.01 / Guides
Great horror movies without jump scares
TG.02 / Guides
Five great movies under 100 minutes
TG.03 / Guides
Science fiction for people who hate lore
Department TD
Taste DNA
What loving one film reveals about the rest of your taste.
TD.07 / DNA
What loving Mulholland Drive says about your movie taste
Mulholland Drive’s movie taste DNA explained: dream logic, identity, Hollywood desire and the surreal films you should watch next.
TD.06 / DNA
What loving The Grand Budapest Hotel says about your movie taste
TD.01 / DNA
What loving Arrival says about your movie taste
TD.02 / DNA
What loving Parasite says about your movie taste
TD.03 / DNA
What loving The Substance says about your movie taste
Department SD
Split Decision
The case for, the case against, and the taste fault line between them.
SD.07 / Debate
Everything Everywhere All at Once: the case for and against
Is Everything Everywhere All at Once brilliant or exhausting? A balanced case for its emotional maximalism, invention, humour and excess.
SD.06 / Debate
Oppenheimer: the case for and against
SD.01 / Debate
The Last Jedi: the case for and against
SD.02 / Debate
Joker: the case for and against
SD.03 / Debate
Babylon: the case for and against
Department AC
AI Cinema
The films, makers and arguments behind synthetic moving images.
AC.07 / AI Cinema
Can an AI-generated actor give a performance?
Can an AI-generated character truly perform? A practical look at acting, authorship, voice, editing and emotion in synthetic cinema.
AC.06 / AI Cinema
Why AI films should stop chasing photorealism
AC.01 / AI Cinema
What makes an AI short film worth watching?
AC.02 / AI Cinema
Feast: appetite, texture and two-minute confidence
AC.03 / AI Cinema
Where is the human author in an AI-generated film?
Department WT
Worth Your Time
A decisive answer to the worst question of the evening.
WT.07 / Tonight
Five movies worth downloading for a long flight
Five engaging movies to download for a long flight, chosen for clear stories, strong momentum and the ability to survive a small screen.
WT.06 / Tonight
Five date-night movies that are not romantic comedies
WT.01 / Tonight
One great movie for every version of tonight
WT.02 / Tonight
Spectacle without homework
WT.03 / Tonight
Rainy-night movies for people who dislike comfort movies
Department DM
Director Maps
Where to enter a filmography—and where your taste should go next.
DM.07 / Maps
Céline Sciamma: where should you start?
A taste-based guide to Céline Sciamma’s films, from Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Petite Maman to Girlhood, Tomboy and Water Lilies.
DM.06 / Maps
Hayao Miyazaki: where should you start?
DM.01 / Maps
Christopher Nolan: where should you start?
DM.02 / Maps
Denis Villeneuve: where should you start?
DM.03 / Maps
Bong Joon-ho: where should you start?
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