Films like Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber.

Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber (2007) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender. 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.

Leroy & Stitch (2006) poster
1. Leroy & Stitch2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009) poster
2. Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010) poster
3. Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) poster
4. The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice2008

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Guardian Brothers (2015) poster
5. The Guardian Brothers2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Stolen Princess (2018) poster
6. The Stolen Princess2018

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Capture the Flag (2015) poster
7. Capture the Flag2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Legend of the Chupacabras (2016) poster
8. The Legend of the Chupacabras2016

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dobrinya and the Dragon (2006) poster
9. Dobrinya and the Dragon2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mune: Guardian of the Moon (2015) poster
10. Mune: Guardian of the Moon2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Totally Spies! The Movie (2009) poster
11. Totally Spies! The Movie2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018) poster
12. Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver2018

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber’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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