Films like Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) reads as Sombre, steady, 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.

Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) poster
1. Eeb Allay Ooo!2019

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

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) poster
2. The Meyerowitz Stories2017

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

The Worst Person in the World (2021) poster
3. The Worst Person in the World2021

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

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

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

When You Finish Saving the World (2022) poster
5. When You Finish Saving the World2022

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

Another Round (2020) poster
6. Another Round2020

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

Mia Madre (2015) poster
7. Mia Madre2015

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

The WorstPerson in theWorld — repeat guard2021
8. The Worst Person in the World — repeat guard2021

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

Le Week-End (2013) (2013) poster
9. Le Week-End2013

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

The Lovers (2017) poster
10. The Lovers2017

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

God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (2019) poster
11. God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya2019

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

Greenberg (2010) poster
12. Greenberg2010

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

These are Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’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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