Films like A Most Violent Year (re-pass).

A Most Violent Year (re-pass) (2014) reads as Heavy, measured, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Night Moves (Reichardt 2013) (2013) poster
1. Night Moves (Reichardt 2013)2013

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

Margaret (2011) (2011) poster
2. Margaret2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

By the Grace of God (2018) poster
3. By the Grace of God2018

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

The Salesman (2016) poster
4. The Salesman2016

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

Sweet Country (2017) poster
5. Sweet Country2017

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

Play (2011) (2011) poster
6. Play2011

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

Good Morning, Night (2003) poster
7. Good Morning, Night2003

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

Black Coal Thin Ice (2014) poster
8. Black Coal Thin Ice2014

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

Sivas (2014) (2014) poster
9. Sivas2014

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

Last Train Home (2009) (2009) poster
10. Last Train Home2009

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

R.M.N. (2022) (2022) poster
11. R.M.N.2022

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

Everybody Knows (2018) poster
12. Everybody Knows2018

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

These are A Most Violent Year (re-pass)’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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