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Films like Ten.

Ten (2002) reads as Sombre, measured, gentle drama / iranian, 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.

Santiago (2007) poster
1. Santiago2007

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

In Build (2001) poster
2. In Build2001

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

Dong (2006) poster
3. Dong2006

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

Syndromes ofthe Apu2006
4. Syndromes of the Apu2006

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

Devarim (1995) poster
5. Devarim1995

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

My Blueberry Nights (2007) poster
6. My Blueberry Nights2007

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

Lourdes (2009) (2009) poster
7. Lourdes2009

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

10 on Ten (2004) poster
8. 10 on Ten2004

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

George Washington (2000) poster
9. George Washington2000

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

The Supplement (2002) poster
10. The Supplement2002

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

Childhood (1991) poster
11. Childhood1991

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

The Pear Tree (1998) poster
12. The Pear Tree1998

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

These are Ten’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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