Films like Business Is Business.

Business Is Business (1971) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / amsterdam, 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.

Men (1972) poster
1. Men1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Georgy Girl (1966) poster
2. Georgy Girl1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) poster
3. Cotton Comes to Harlem1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) poster
4. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bye Bye Braverman (1968) poster
5. Bye Bye Braverman1968

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968) poster
6. A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mecánica Nacional (1972) poster
7. Mecánica Nacional1972

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Afonya (1975) poster
8. Afonya1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gumshoe (1971) poster
9. Gumshoe1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent (1972) poster
10. FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dolemite (1975) poster
11. Dolemite1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? (1971) poster
12. What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

These are Business Is Business’s neighbours — where are yours?

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