Films like A Thousand and One Nights.

A Thousand and One Nights (1969) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured adult / fantasy, 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.

Cleopatra (1970) poster
1. Cleopatra1970

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

Tommy (1975) (1975) poster
2. Tommy1975

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

The Mad Fox (1962) poster
3. The Mad Fox1962

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

Hotel for Strangers (1967) poster
4. Hotel for Strangers1967

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

Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) poster
5. Slaughterhouse-Five1972

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

The Wedding (1973) poster
6. The Wedding1973

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

Les Créatures (1966) poster
7. Les Créatures1966

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

Parking (1985) poster
8. Parking1985

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

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) poster
9. Q: The Winged Serpent1982

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

The Pendragon Legend (1974) poster
10. The Pendragon Legend1974

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

Robot Carnival (1987) poster
11. Robot Carnival1987

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

Forbidden Planet (1956) poster
12. Forbidden Planet1956

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

These are A Thousand and One Nights’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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