About
A one-person magazine of criticism about the things I watch, hear, read and play.
This site rests on one idea: anything looked at closely enough can be reviewed. The film in cinemas this week, an album released ten years ago, a documentary nobody is talking about.
I publish in English and Turkish. Some pieces exist in both languages; others stay in the language they were written in.
bariscanbozkurt@gmail.com →Ground rules
One writer
I write everything on this site myself. There are no other contributors.
No AI
No artificial intelligence is used in any of the writing.
Finished first
I do not review anything I have not finished: the film is watched to the end, the season completed, the game played through, the last page turned.
What do the scores mean?
Masterpiece. A score of its own, given once every few years: to works I believe are close to flawless and will last, culturally, for many years.
Very good. Still talked about years from now.
Flawed, and not to be missed.
A good work that, sadly, undermines itself in places.
It may be a guilty pleasure, it may do some things well, but it has its sins.
Middling. For the devoted only.
Weak. Life is short.
Privacy
There are no ads here and no cookies that follow you around. I keep totals only: how many times a page was opened and how long it was read. They cannot be tied to anyone. Your browser stores nothing but your choice of language and theme, and which scores you have scratched open.
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