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Films like Pina.

Pina (2011) reads as Warm, measured, measured documentary / music, 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.

Into the Inferno (2016) (2016) poster
1. Into the Inferno2016

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

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) poster
2. Cave of Forgotten Dreams2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) poster
3. Hale County This Morning, This Evening2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Electrick Children (2012) (2012) poster
4. Electrick Children2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Stories We Tell (2012) poster
5. Stories We Tell2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) (2010) poster
6. Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires)2010

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

The Fits (2015) (2015) poster
7. The Fits2015

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

Family Romance, LLC (2019) (2019) poster
8. Family Romance, LLC2019

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

Father and Son (2003) poster
9. Father and Son2003

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Samsara (2011) (2011) poster
10. Samsara2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Cameraperson (2016) (2016) poster
11. Cameraperson2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

3-Iron (2004) poster
12. 3-Iron2004

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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