Films like The Devil and Daniel Johnston.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured music / portrait, 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.

The Runaways (2010) (2010) poster
1. The Runaways2010

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

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) poster
2. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints2006

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

Dark Days (2000) poster
3. Dark Days2000

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

Black Snake Moan (2006) poster
4. Black Snake Moan2006

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

Rachel Getting Married (2008) poster
5. Rachel Getting Married2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

With Friends Like These (2007) poster
6. With Friends Like These2007

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

Otelo Burning (2011) poster
7. Otelo Burning2011

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

The Flower of Evil (2003) poster
8. The Flower of Evil2003

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

Voy a Explotar (2008) poster
9. Voy a Explotar2008

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

The Land of the Deaf (1998) poster
10. The Land of the Deaf1998

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

The Witnesses (2007) poster
11. The Witnesses2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) poster
12. White Bird in a Blizzard2014

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

These are The Devil and Daniel Johnston’s neighbours — where are yours?

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