Films like Filth and Wisdom.

Filth and Wisdom (2008) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy, inventive 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.

Delirious (2007) poster
1. Delirious2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fatso (2008) poster
2. Fatso2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Young and Wild (2012) poster
3. Young and Wild2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) poster
4. The Diary of a Teenage Girl2015

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

Inadequate People (2010) poster
5. Inadequate People2010

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

It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008) poster
6. It's Not Me, I Swear!2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rocket Science (2007) poster
7. Rocket Science2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

LOL (2006) poster
8. LOL2006

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

Elektra Luxx (2011) poster
9. Elektra Luxx2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

While We're Young (2015) poster
10. While We're Young2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Name Is Juani (2006) poster
11. My Name Is Juani2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Extra Man (2010) poster
12. The Extra Man2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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