Films like Mighty Aphrodite.

Mighty Aphrodite (1995) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / greek-chorus, 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.

O Auto da Compadecida (2000) poster
1. O Auto da Compadecida2000

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shanghai Blues (1984) poster
2. Shanghai Blues1984

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Living in Oblivion (1995) poster
3. Living in Oblivion1995

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hollywood Ending (2002) poster
4. Hollywood Ending2002

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Up, Down and Sideways (1992) poster
5. Up, Down and Sideways1992

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Want to Go Home (1989) poster
6. I Want to Go Home1989

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Justice, My Foot! (1992) poster
7. Justice, My Foot!1992

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Alice (1990) poster
8. Alice1990

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 'Burbs (1989) poster
9. The 'Burbs1989

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The King of Comedy (1999) poster
10. The King of Comedy1999

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) poster
11. But I’m a Cheerleader1999

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) poster
12. A Prairie Home Companion2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Mighty Aphrodite’s neighbours — where are yours?

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