Films like The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle drama / history, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

About Love (2015) poster
1. About Love2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020) poster
2. Dick Johnson Is Dead2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Goodbye, Don Glees! (2021) poster
3. Goodbye, Don Glees!2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rio, I Love You (2014) poster
4. Rio, I Love You2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Approved for Adoption (2012) poster
5. Approved for Adoption2012

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Beginners (2010) poster
6. Beginners2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Miss Hokusai (2015) poster
7. Miss Hokusai2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) poster
8. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mai Mai Miracle (2009) poster
9. Mai Mai Miracle2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Gagarine (2020) poster
10. Gagarine2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Laws of Thermodynamics (2018) poster
11. The Laws of Thermodynamics2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The King of All the World (2021) poster
12. The King of All the World2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a deep human warmth.

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