Films like Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley.

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley (2014) reads as Neutral, steady, measured documentary, inventive 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.

Tabloid (2010) poster
1. Tabloid2010

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

Modest Reception (2012) poster
2. Modest Reception2012

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

In the House (2012) (2012) poster
3. In the House2012

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

Room 237 (2012) (2012) poster
4. Room 2372012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Reality (Garrone 2) (2012) poster
5. Reality (Garrone 2)2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Reality (2012) (2012) poster
6. Reality2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wiener-Dog (2016) (2016) poster
7. Wiener-Dog2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

As Luck Would Have It (2011) poster
8. As Luck Would Have It2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) poster
9. The Pervert's Guide to Ideology2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tickled (2016) (2016) poster
10. Tickled2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) poster
11. I Am Not Madame Bovary2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Square (2017) poster
12. The Square2017

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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