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Films like Homework.

Homework (1989) reads as Sombre, measured, measured documentary / children, 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.

Childhood (1991) poster
1. Childhood1991

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

Railway Station (1980) poster
2. Railway Station1980

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

Le Garçu (1995) poster
3. Le Garçu1995

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

Chocolat (1988) poster
4. Chocolat1988

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

Documentarist (1988) poster
5. Documentarist1988

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

Vive le Tour (1986) poster
6. Vive le Tour1986

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

The Ferry (1994) poster
7. The Ferry1994

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

George Washington (2000) poster
8. George Washington2000

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

The Mail (1995) poster
9. The Mail1995

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

The Bus (1980) poster
10. The Bus1980

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

Loulou (1980) poster
11. Loulou1980

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

Tokyo-Ga (1985) poster
12. Tokyo-Ga1985

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

These are Homework’s neighbours — where are yours?

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