Films like JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December.

JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, gentle essay / autobiography, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

In Praise of Love (2001) poster
1. In Praise of Love2001

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

Cinema Stories (2008) poster
2. Cinema Stories2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

For Ever Mozart (1996) poster
3. For Ever Mozart1996

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

Film Socialisme (2010) (2010) poster
4. Film Socialisme2010

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

Nouvelle Vague (1990) poster
5. Nouvelle Vague1990

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

Notre Musique (2004) poster
6. Notre Musique2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Prishvin's Paper Eyes (1989) poster
7. Prishvin's Paper Eyes1989

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

The Power of Emotion (1983) poster
8. The Power of Emotion1983

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Carmel (2009) poster
9. Carmel2009

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

Anantaram (1987) poster
10. Anantaram1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Russian Ark (Sokurov) (2002) poster
11. Russian Ark (Sokurov)2002

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

Hukkle (2002) poster
12. Hukkle2002

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

These are JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December’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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