
The Right Side of My Brain
Directed by Richard Kern
A provocative, deliberately transgressive underground film that uses fragmented narrative and psychosexual imagery to explore desire and the female body outside conventional morality.
Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse into the world of unsatiable female lust, narrated by Lydia Lunch. The film was initially dismissed and dismayed by critics such as J. Hoberman, but the criticism of The Right Side of My Brain received only pushed the two to go one step further with Fingered (1986).
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Questions people ask
Does The Right Side of My Brain end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.
Is The Right Side of My Brain easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is The Right Side of My Brain scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is The Right Side of My Brain sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is The Right Side of My Brain violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The Right Side of My Brain
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Right Side of My Brain
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Right Side of My Brain, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Right Side of My Brain, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Right Side of My Brain, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.





















































