Films like Killed the Family and Went to the Movies.

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1969) reads as Heavy, measured, measured experimental / udigrudi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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 Angel Is Born (1969) poster
1. The Angel Is Born1969

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

3 Women (1977) poster
2. 3 Women1977

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

The Tenant (1976) (1976) poster
3. The Tenant1976

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

Partner (Bertolucci) (1968) poster
4. Partner (Bertolucci)1968

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

The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) poster
5. The Death of Maria Malibran1972

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

Heart of Glass (1976) (1976) poster
6. Heart of Glass1976

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

Willow Springs (1973) poster
7. Willow Springs1973

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

Carnival of Souls (1962) poster
8. Carnival of Souls1962

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

Dillinger Is Dead (1969) poster
9. Dillinger Is Dead1969

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

Kuroneko (1968) (1968) poster
10. Kuroneko1968

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

Persona (2) (1966) poster
11. Persona (2)1966

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) poster
12. Even Dwarfs Started Small1970

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

These are Killed the Family and Went to the Movies’s neighbours — where are yours?

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