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The genres and eras that shaped what's on screen.

Anime

Anime covers nearly every genre and audience imaginable, so the old "cartoons for kids" label misses most of it.

Documentary Filmmaking

Documentaries promise real life, but every editing choice shapes the story we see, so total objectivity is harder than it looks.

Film Noir

A movement so defined by shadow and cynicism that critics didn't even have a name for it until years after its golden age had already passed.

Prestige TV

A single show, The Sopranos, that's widely credited with convincing critics television could be taken as seriously as film.

Reality TV

Reality TV sells itself as unscripted, but clever editing can stitch together a sentence a cast member never actually said.

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