Is the Room the Best Worst Movie Ever Made?

Hailed as the Citizen Kane of bad movies, The Room has transcended its origins as Tommy Wiseau's enigmatic vanity project to become a bona fide cult phenomenon. But how did it achieve such status — and what, beneath its layers of unintentional surrealism, is it really about? Hosts Laura Gommans and Tom Ooms unravel the film's bizarre legacy, offering an essential guide to its chaotic production and the question of whether something made without self-awareness can still be, in some profound sense, art.

By Laura Gommans

Film Journalist · Celebrating Cinema