Since early 2025 I've been building a recommendation system for criterionforum.org that was part of a larger system rewrite, which allowed me to add some new features. It's been a very time consuming process with a lot of banging my head against the wall, but I think I'm at a point where I'd like to get outside feedback from people who are not me and clearly have an interest in The Criterion Collection. If you're interested, continue reading! The system is not a "people who like X like Y" kind of system, or even a general Netflix-type recommendation. It's targeted more towards people who are looking to discover films through cinematic history, influences between filmmakers, film movements, genres, and styles or looking to "expand their horizons" as I guess one would say. It was actually inspired by posts I see here where people ask for recommendations or are just getting into film and unsure where to go.…