CriticWise Journal department
AI Cinema
The films, makers and arguments behind synthetic moving images.
Curator notes, viewing guides and critical essays about AI-assisted filmmaking—focused on the work rather than the product-demo spectacle.
AC.01 / AI Cinema
What makes an AI short film worth watching?
A practical critical framework for judging AI-generated short films by authorship, continuity, sound, intention and what remains after the novelty.
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?
AC.04 / AI Cinema
How to watch AI films without becoming a product reviewer
AC.05 / AI Cinema
An AI short-film starter pack for sceptics
Elsewhere in the issue
Change the argument.
TG
Taste Guides
Watchlists built around a feeling, not an algorithm.
TD
Taste DNA
What loving one film reveals about the rest of your taste.
SD
Split Decision
The case for, the case against, and the taste fault line between them.
WT
Worth Your Time
A decisive answer to the worst question of the evening.
DM
Director Maps
Where to enter a filmography—and where your taste should go next.