<jats:p>In his book <jats:italic>Movie Wars</jats:italic> (2000), Jonathan Rosenbaum decries the contemporary film-critical landscape, dominated as it is by Hollywood output and the editorial agendas that support it: Symptomatic of the impoverishment of film commentary, is the limited and predictable language associated with film pages seemingly everywhere English is spoken. If I have to wade through gems', rollercoasters', helmers' and, God forbid, zeitgeisty' for much longer, I am going set fire to myself'</jats:p>