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Films like 78/52.

78/52 (2017) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) poster
1. Clouds of Sils Maria2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Steve Jobs (2015) poster
2. Steve Jobs2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Side by Side (2012) (2012) poster
3. Side by Side2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Kirishima Thing (2012) poster
4. The Kirishima Thing2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crossed Tracks (2007) poster
5. Crossed Tracks2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) (2017) poster
6. Murder on the Orient Express2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) poster
7. Janis: Little Girl Blue2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Love & Mercy (2014) poster
8. Love & Mercy2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lust Stories (2018) poster
9. Lust Stories2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tim Maia (2014) poster
10. Tim Maia2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a clean studio craft.

My Golden Days (2015) poster
11. My Golden Days2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wife (2017) poster
12. The Wife2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are 78/52’s neighbours — where are yours?

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