Films like Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Pioneer (2013) poster
1. Pioneer2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

October 1 (2014) poster
2. October 12014

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

Raat Akeli Hai (2020) poster
3. Raat Akeli Hai2020

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

The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009) poster
4. The Most Dangerous Man in America2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Margin Call (2011) poster
5. Margin Call2011

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

Tyson (2008) poster
6. Tyson2008

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

Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (2019) poster
7. Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator2019

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

Goldstone (2016) poster
8. Goldstone2016

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

False Trail (2011) poster
9. False Trail2011

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

The Order (2024) poster
10. The Order2024

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

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021) poster
11. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021

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

Hunting Season (2010) poster
12. Hunting Season2010

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

These are Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief’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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