Articles
Not reviews. Context: what was happening in the genre and the culture when a film was made, and why it still matters.
Deep dive · 10 September 2026
New French Extremity, named in a 2004 complaint
New French Extremity was coined by James Quandt in Artforum in 2004. What the phrase covered, and how Cannes and the BBFC handled it.
Deep dive · 26 July 2026
Gore and disturb are not the same measurement
Why this site rates them separately, and what happens to a recommendation engine when you conflate them.