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CriticWise Journal department
Worth Your Time
A decisive answer to the worst question of the evening.
Practical movie-night programming for limited time, incompatible group chats and moods too specific for a streaming-service menu.
WT.01 / Tonight
One great movie for every version of tonight
Five decisive movie-night recommendations for when you want comfort, tension, wonder, laughter or an emotional reckoning.
CriticWise Editorial 3 min
WT.02 / Tonight
Spectacle without homework
CriticWise Editorial 3 min
WT.03 / Tonight
Rainy-night movies for people who dislike comfort movies
CriticWise Editorial 3 min
WT.04 / Tonight
Movies the whole group chat can agree on
CriticWise Editorial 3 min
WT.05 / Tonight
Five gateway films for rebuilding a neglected watchlist
CriticWise Editorial 3 min
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.
AC
AI Cinema
The films, makers and arguments behind synthetic moving images.
DM
Director Maps
Where to enter a filmography—and where your taste should go next.