Films like I Am So Proud of You.

I Am So Proud of You (2008) reads as Heavy, measured, measured animation / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Everything Will Be OK (2006) poster
1. Everything Will Be OK2006

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

Goodbye to Language (2014) poster
2. Goodbye to Language2014

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

The Temptation of St. Tony (2009) poster
3. The Temptation of St. Tony2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

In Fabric (2018) poster
4. In Fabric2018

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) poster
5. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) poster
6. Goltzius and the Pelican Company2012

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008) poster
7. Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly2008

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

Synecdoche,New York —re-pass2008
8. Synecdoche, New York — re-pass2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Ornithologist (2016) poster
9. The Ornithologist2016

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

Twixt (2011) poster
10. Twixt2011

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

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

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Reconstruction (2003) poster
12. Reconstruction2003

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are I Am So Proud of You’s neighbours — where are yours?

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