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Films like Greenberg.

Greenberg (2010) reads as Sombre, measured, measured comedy / drama, grounded 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.

12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) poster
1. 12:08 East of Bucharest2006

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

About Schmidt (2002) (2002) poster
2. About Schmidt2002

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

Tiny Furniture (2010) poster
3. Tiny Furniture2010

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

The Squid and the Whale (2005) poster
4. The Squid and the Whale2005

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

The Treasure (2015) (2015) poster
5. The Treasure2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Lovers (2017) poster
6. The Lovers2017

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

Everyone Else (2009) poster
7. Everyone Else2009

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

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) poster
8. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead2018

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

Ee.Ma.Yau (2018) poster
9. Ee.Ma.Yau2018

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

Broken Flowers (2005) poster
10. Broken Flowers2005

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

The Puffy Chair (2005) (2005) poster
11. The Puffy Chair2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006) poster
12. The Postmodern Life of My Aunt2006

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

These are Greenberg’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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