Films like How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman.

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971) reads as Neutral, measured, measured comedy / drama, inventive 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.

The Decameron (Pasolini) (1971) poster
1. The Decameron (Pasolini)1971

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Canterbury Tales (Pasolini) (1972) poster
2. The Canterbury Tales (Pasolini)1972

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Roma (1972) poster
3. Roma1972

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

Roma (Fellini) (1972) poster
4. Roma (Fellini)1972

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Agraharathil Kazhutai (1977) poster
5. Agraharathil Kazhutai1977

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hawks and Sparrows (1966) poster
6. Hawks and Sparrows1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Pearls of the Deep (1966) poster
7. Pearls of the Deep1966

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

Grey Gardens (1975) poster
8. Grey Gardens1975

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

Past and Present (1972) poster
9. Past and Present1972

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

RoGoPaG (1963) poster
10. RoGoPaG1963

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

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) poster
11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972

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

The Pornographers (1966) poster
12. The Pornographers1966

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

These are How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →