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Films like Typhoon Club.

Typhoon Club (1985) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / youth, 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 Hourglass (1985) poster
1. The Hourglass1985

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

Sweet Hours (1982) poster
2. Sweet Hours1982

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

The Personal Life of Peter Long (1986) poster
3. The Personal Life of Peter Long1986

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

The Search (1991) poster
4. The Search1991

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

Stilts (1984) poster
5. Stilts1984

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

Letter to an Angel (1994) poster
6. Letter to an Angel1994

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

The Journey of a Young Composer (1985) poster
7. The Journey of a Young Composer1985

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

Mélo (1986) poster
8. Mélo1986

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

The Jester (1987) poster
9. The Jester1987

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

Eve's Bayou (1997) poster
10. Eve's Bayou1997

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

O Sangue (1989) poster
11. O Sangue1989

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Family Viewing (1987) poster
12. Family Viewing1987

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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