Films like The Art of the Steal.

The Art of the Steal (2013) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / crime, grounded 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.

Badmaash Company (2010) poster
1. Badmaash Company2010

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Alibi (2006) poster
2. The Alibi2006

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Handyman (2018) poster
3. The Handyman2018

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Murder Party (2022) poster
4. Murder Party2022

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Exes (2017) poster
5. The Exes2017

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Playing Dead (2013) poster
6. Playing Dead2013

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

L'Entente cordiale (2006) poster
7. L'Entente cordiale2006

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

7 Women and a Murder (2021) poster
8. 7 Women and a Murder2021

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Non si ruba a casa dei ladri (2016) poster
9. Non si ruba a casa dei ladri2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Paris Express (2010) poster
10. Paris Express2010

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Them Who? (2015) poster
11. Them Who?2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

RTT (2009) poster
12. RTT2009

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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