About

TwitterCritic is a small site about writing film reviews short enough to post. It has two parts. The homepage is a micro-review builder: you name a film, give it a rating and a one-line take, and it hands you a post that fits X's 280-character limit plus a review card image to go with it. The rest of the site is our own reviews and a handful of guides on writing short criticism.

Why silent films

Every film we review is a silent feature released between 1920 and 1928, and every one is in the public domain in the United States. That choice is practical. Anyone reading a review can go and watch the film the same evening, for free and legally, through a library, a film archive or a public-domain collection. Our guide on where to watch public-domain classics explains how.

It is also a good test of the format. A film like Sunrise or The General has had a century of essays written about it. Saying something useful about it in a couple of sentences is harder than it sounds, and that is the skill the builder is meant to help with.

We don't publish film stills, posters or frame grabs. The review cards the builder makes are drawn from your own text, so they're yours to use.

Who writes it

The reviews and guides are written and edited by the TwitterCritic Team, a small group of people who watch too many old movies and post about them. We don't take money from distributors or streaming services, we don't use affiliate links, and nobody pays to be reviewed.

The domain

TwitterCritic was relaunched in 2026 under new, independent management. It has no connection to earlier owners of this domain or to any service that used the name before.

TwitterCritic is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by X Corp. "X" and "Twitter" are used only to describe the platform the builder writes posts for.

Get in touch

Corrections, suggestions for films to review, or problems with the builder: write to us through the contact page.