Films like American: The Bill Hicks Story.

American: The Bill Hicks Story (2010) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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 Names of Love (2010) poster
1. The Names of Love2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chinese Puzzle (2013) poster
2. Chinese Puzzle2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

City Island (2009) poster
3. City Island2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

2 Days in New York (2012) poster
4. 2 Days in New York2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Antique (2008) poster
5. Antique2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

All About Them (2015) poster
6. All About Them2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Art of Love (2011) poster
7. The Art of Love2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Elektra Luxx (2011) poster
8. Elektra Luxx2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Skylab (2011) poster
9. Skylab2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a warm emotional register.

The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011) poster
10. The Day I Saw Your Heart2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Infidel (2010) poster
11. The Infidel2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Winnebago Man (2010) poster
12. Winnebago Man2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are American: The Bill Hicks Story’s neighbours — where are yours?

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