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Films like Ask the Dust.

Ask the Dust (2006) reads as Sombre, measured, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

Breaking and Entering (2006) poster
1. Breaking and Entering2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) poster
2. Flashbacks of a Fool2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Loverboy (2005) poster
3. Loverboy2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Edge of Love (2008) poster
4. The Edge of Love2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wreckers (2011) poster
5. Wreckers2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) poster
6. The Education of Charlie Banks2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Come Undone (2010) poster
7. Come Undone2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Flesh for Sale (2005) poster
8. Flesh for Sale2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Right Distance (2007) poster
9. The Right Distance2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lila Says (2005) poster
10. Lila Says2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake (2005) poster
11. Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love Sick (2006) poster
12. Love Sick2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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