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Films like Flashback.

Flashback (2002) reads as Sombre, measured, measured documentary / latvian, 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.

The Trace of the Soul (2005) poster
1. The Trace of the Soul2005

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

George Washington (2000) poster
2. George Washington2000

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

Times and Winds (2006) poster
3. Times and Winds2006

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

What Now? Remind Me (2013) poster
4. What Now? Remind Me2013

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

My Blueberry Nights (2007) poster
5. My Blueberry Nights2007

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

Documentarist (1988) poster
6. Documentarist1988

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

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) poster
7. Distant Voices, Still Lives1988

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

The Mourning Forest (2007) poster
8. The Mourning Forest2007

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

Talk to Her (2002) poster
9. Talk to Her2002

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

Alexandra (2007) poster
10. Alexandra2007

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

Samson and Delilah (2009) poster
11. Samson and Delilah2009

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

Buffalo Boy (2004) poster
12. Buffalo Boy2004

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

These are Flashback’s neighbours — where are yours?

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