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Films like Speaking Parts.

Speaking Parts (1989) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / experimental, 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.

Family Viewing (1987) poster
1. Family Viewing1987

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

Night Journey (1987) poster
2. Night Journey1987

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Personal Life of Peter Long (1986) poster
3. The Personal Life of Peter Long1986

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

O Sangue (1989) poster
4. O Sangue1989

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

The Adjuster (1991) poster
5. The Adjuster1991

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

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) poster
6. Eyes Wide Shut1999

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

The Man with Three Coffins (1987) poster
7. The Man with Three Coffins1987

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

Monologue (1987) poster
8. Monologue1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Belly of an Architect (1987) poster
9. The Belly of an Architect1987

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

Poison (1991) poster
10. Poison1991

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

The Secret Face (1991) poster
11. The Secret Face1991

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Calendar (1993) poster
12. Calendar1993

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

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