Films like The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) reads as Sombre, measured, measured race / gentrification, 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.

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016) poster
1. A Bride for Rip Van Winkle2016

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

L'immensità (2022) poster
2. L'immensità2022

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
3. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet2021

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

The Death of Cinema and My Father Too (2020) poster
4. The Death of Cinema and My Father Too2020

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

Hail, Driver! (2020) poster
5. Hail, Driver!2020

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

Echo (2019) poster
6. Echo2019

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

Parthenope (Sorrentino) (2024) poster
7. Parthenope (Sorrentino)2024

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

Bird (2024) (2024) poster
8. Bird2024

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
9. Whether the Weather Is Fine2021

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

Ten Canoes (2006) poster
10. Ten Canoes2006

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

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

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

Come to My Voice (2014) poster
12. Come to My Voice2014

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

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