Kinolog
Notes on keeping a movie diary, choosing what to watch, and what AI can honestly do with taste. Written by the people building Kinolog.
July 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Private diaries, automatic tracking, better recommendations, or list completionism — which complaint is yours decides the right Letterboxd alternative. An honest tour, including when to stay.
July 9, 2026 · 5 min read
Most movie diaries die of perfectionism. The ten-second rule, notes your future self can use, honestly vague dates, and the small rituals that keep a film log alive for years.
July 9, 2026 · 5 min read
Constraints first, your own history second, the watchlist as a queue, and first-veto-wins for couples — a practical system for the nightly what-should-we-watch stalemate.
July 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Collaborative filtering, mood quizzes, and taste-profile readers are different machines wearing one label. How each works, the hallucination problem, and four tests for any AI recommender.
July 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Where the Letterboxd export lives, what's inside the zip, and how to move a decade of ratings, reviews, and your watchlist into Kinolog in five minutes — dates kept honest.