Films like Her (Spike Jonze) — re-pass.

Her (Spike Jonze) — re-pass (2013) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) poster
1. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mr. Nobody (2009) poster
2. Mr. Nobody2009

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

Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (2015) poster
3. Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Blind (2014) poster
4. Blind2014

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

The Sun Also Rises (2007) poster
5. The Sun Also Rises2007

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

Where the WildThings Are 2(placeholder)2009
6. Where the Wild Things Are 2 (placeholder)2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Wild Grass (2009) poster
7. Wild Grass2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Magic Mountain (2015) poster
8. The Magic Mountain2015

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine (2004) poster
9. Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Blancanieves (2012) poster
10. Blancanieves2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One (2015) poster
11. Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One2015

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Millennium Actress (2001) poster
12. Millennium Actress2001

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Her (Spike Jonze) — re-pass’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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