Films like Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / stage, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982) poster
1. Flights in Dreams and Reality1982

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

The Worthless (1982) poster
2. The Worthless1982

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

Mysteries (1978) poster
3. Mysteries1978

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Masques (1987) poster
4. Masques1987

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

Cop au Vin (1985) poster
5. Cop au Vin1985

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

Proof (1991) poster
6. Proof1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Stilts (1984) poster
7. Stilts1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
8. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1983

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

Inspector Lavardin (1986) poster
9. Inspector Lavardin1986

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

The Hit (1984) poster
10. The Hit1984

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

Frank & Eva (1973) poster
11. Frank & Eva1973

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

Write and Fight (1985) poster
12. Write and Fight1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’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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