Films like A Night of Knowing Nothing.

A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) reads as Sombre, measured, measured documentary / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Joan of Arc (2019) poster
1. Joan of Arc2019

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

Cocote (2017) poster
2. Cocote2017

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

Embrace of the Serpent (2015) poster
3. Embrace of the Serpent2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All the Dead Ones (2020) poster
4. All the Dead Ones2020

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

The Fits (2015) (2015) poster
5. The Fits2015

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Ladder to Damascus (2013) poster
6. Ladder to Damascus2013

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

Touch Me Not (2018) poster
7. Touch Me Not2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Carmel (2009) poster
8. Carmel2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mother of All Lies (2023) poster
9. The Mother of All Lies2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Letters to Angel (2011) poster
10. Letters to Angel2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The End (Joshua Oppenheimer) (2024) poster
11. The End (Joshua Oppenheimer)2024

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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