Films like Batman.
Batman (1966) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.
Keeps the running vein of humour and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.
Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.
Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a running vein of humour.
Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.
Keeps the running vein of humour and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.
Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a running vein of humour.
Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.
Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.
Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.
Keeps the relentless forward drive and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.
Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.
Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a running vein of humour.
These are Batman’s neighbours — where are yours?
Pick the mood of the night and we pull a film that fits it, on the same twelve axes. Then everyone on the couch gets something to watch for.
Pick tonight’s film by mood →