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Films like Stilts.

Stilts (1984) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama, 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.

Sweet Hours (1982) poster
1. Sweet Hours1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Exile (1980) poster
2. The Exile1980

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

Sh'Chur (1994) poster
3. Sh'Chur1994

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

Women in New York (1977) poster
4. Women in New York1977

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

The Search (1991) poster
5. The Search1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Woman and Her Four Men (1983) poster
6. A Woman and Her Four Men1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Another Woman (1988) poster
7. Another Woman1988

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

Mysteries (1978) poster
8. Mysteries1978

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

Assa (1987) poster
9. Assa1987

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

Jom (1981) poster
10. Jom1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Miss Nobody (1996) poster
11. Miss Nobody1996

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

The Hourglass (1985) poster
12. The Hourglass1985

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

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