Films like Parthenope (Sorrentino).

Parthenope (Sorrentino) (2024) reads as Sombre, measured, 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.

La Chimera (2023) poster
1. La Chimera2023

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

Bird (2024) (2024) poster
2. Bird2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Queer (2024) —repeat guard2024
3. Queer (2024) — repeat guard2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Parthenope (2024) poster
4. Parthenope2024

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

September Says (2024) poster
5. September Says2024

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

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) poster
6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Whether the Weather Is Fine (2021) poster
7. Whether the Weather Is Fine2021

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

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet (2021) poster
8. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet2021

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

The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) poster
9. The Man Who Sold His Skin2020

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tabu (2012) (2012) poster
10. Tabu2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Feathers (2021) poster
11. Feathers2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Queer (2024) poster
12. Queer2024

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

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