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Films like Children.

Children (2006) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / social, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Black Dogs Barking (2009) poster
1. Black Dogs Barking2009

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

Lost in Beijing (2007) poster
2. Lost in Beijing2007

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

The Door in the Floor (2004) poster
3. The Door in the Floor2004

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

Owning Mahowny (2003) poster
4. Owning Mahowny2003

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

Loverboy (2011) poster
5. Loverboy2011

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

So Close to Paradise (1998) poster
6. So Close to Paradise1998

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

Sweet Mud (2006) poster
7. Sweet Mud2006

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

Yazı Tura (2004) poster
8. Yazı Tura2004

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

We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) poster
9. We Don't Live Here Anymore2004

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

In My Father's Den (2004) poster
10. In My Father's Den2004

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

Santouri (2007) poster
11. Santouri2007

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

5x2 (2004) poster
12. 5x22004

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

These are Children’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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