Films like Woody Allen: A Documentary.

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) reads as Warm, measured, gentle documentary / music, grounded 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 History Boys (2006) poster
1. The History Boys2006

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

My Old Lady (2014) poster
2. My Old Lady2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a airy, open telling.

The Red and the Blue (2012) poster
3. The Red and the Blue2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Looking for Hortense (2012) poster
4. Looking for Hortense2012

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

The Last Station (2009) poster
5. The Last Station2009

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

De Palma (2016) poster
6. De Palma2016

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

Little White Lies (2010) poster
7. Little White Lies2010

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

Courted (2015) poster
8. Courted2015

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

About Alex (2014) poster
9. About Alex2014

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

Heights (2005) poster
10. Heights2005

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

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) poster
11. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Kiss Me Again (2010) poster
12. Kiss Me Again2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Woody Allen: A Documentary’s neighbours — where are yours?

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