Films like Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured musical / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Frida (2002) poster
1. Frida2002

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

Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) poster
2. Tears of the Black Tiger2000

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

Shortbus (2006) poster
3. Shortbus2006

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

Breakfast on Pluto (2005) poster
4. Breakfast on Pluto2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) poster
5. The Royal Tenenbaums2001

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Sakuran (2007) poster
6. Sakuran2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Toto the Hero (1991) poster
7. Toto the Hero1991

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

Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine (2004) poster
8. Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine2004

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

Cairo as Seen by Chahine (1991) poster
9. Cairo as Seen by Chahine1991

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

Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013) poster
10. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy2013

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) poster
11. Alexandria Again and Forever1989

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

Mermaid (2007) poster
12. Mermaid2007

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

These are Hedwig and the Angry Inch’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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