FilmsD'EstLike this

Films like D'Est.

D'Est (1993) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured essay / eastern-europe, inventive 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.

Taste of Cherry (1997) poster
1. Taste of Cherry1997

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

Down to Earth (1994) poster
2. Down to Earth1994

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Los Muertos (2004) poster
3. Los Muertos2004

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

Earth of the Blind (1992) poster
4. Earth of the Blind1992

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

Vive L'Amour (1994) poster
5. Vive L'Amour1994

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Horse Thief (1986) poster
6. The Horse Thief1986

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

Rebels of the Neon God (1992) poster
7. Rebels of the Neon God1992

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

The Neon Bible (1995) poster
8. The Neon Bible1995

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Beau Travail (1999) poster
9. Beau Travail1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Maborosi (1995) (1995) poster
10. Maborosi1995

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Blood (1989) poster
11. Blood1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dance of Dust (1992) poster
12. Dance of Dust1992

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are D'Est’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →