## Two numbers, on purpose
Most sites hand you one number and call it settled. We give you two, because one was never enough.
**The Kitchen** is the critic score — verified writers of the culture, the ones who can place a film in its lineage. **The Table** is the people's score — everyone who showed up, sat down, and had something to say.
## When they agree, the seal lands
When the Kitchen and the Table land in the same place, that's the seal. It means the film earned it twice — once from the people who study this, and once from the people who live it. That's rare, and it's worth chasing.
## When they split, listen
The most interesting films are often the ones where the two scores don't match. A high Kitchen and a lower Table can mean a film critics loved that never quite reached the room. The reverse can mean a crowd-pleaser the critics slept on. Neither is wrong. The gap is the conversation.
Read both numbers. Then come tell us where you land.
— The Founder