Films like Baked in Brooklyn.

Baked in Brooklyn (2016) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / crime, 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.

Rock the Kasbah (2015) poster
1. Rock the Kasbah2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get a Job (2016) poster
2. Get a Job2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

One for the Money (2012) poster
3. One for the Money2012

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Why Stop Now? (2012) poster
4. Why Stop Now?2012

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gangsterdam (2017) poster
5. Gangsterdam2017

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A.C.O.D. (2013) poster
6. A.C.O.D.2013

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lying and Stealing (2019) poster
7. Lying and Stealing2019

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Comeback Trail (2020) poster
8. The Comeback Trail2020

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Con Is On (2018) poster
9. The Con Is On2018

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Lion (2020) poster
10. The Lion2020

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

Kolpacino: Bomb (2011) poster
11. Kolpacino: Bomb2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tiramisu (2016) poster
12. Tiramisu2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

These are Baked in Brooklyn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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