Films like Jodorowsky's Dune.

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) reads as Warm, steady, measured documentary, 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.

Rolling Thunder Revue (2019) poster
1. Rolling Thunder Revue2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) poster
2. I Am Not Madame Bovary2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) poster
3. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control1997

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tabloid (2010) poster
4. Tabloid2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Kajillionaire (2020) poster
5. Kajillionaire2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

This Must Be the Place (2011) (2011) poster
6. This Must Be the Place2011

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

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) poster
7. Exit Through the Gift Shop2010

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

The Princess of France (2014) poster
8. The Princess of France2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Shortbus (2006) poster
9. Shortbus2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Banker (2020) poster
10. The Banker2020

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

The Last Communist (2006) poster
11. The Last Communist2006

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

Viola (2012) poster
12. Viola2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

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