Films like Leaves of Grass.

Leaves of Grass (2009) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded 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.

Melinda and Melinda (2004) poster
1. Melinda and Melinda2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

American Hustle (2013) poster
2. American Hustle2013

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

Mr. Nice (2010) poster
3. Mr. Nice2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Walk All Over Me (2007) poster
4. Walk All Over Me2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Identity Thief (2013) poster
5. Identity Thief2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) poster
6. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!2017

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

A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) poster
7. A Somewhat Gentle Man2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Perfect Strangers (2016) poster
8. Perfect Strangers2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thin Ice (2012) poster
9. Thin Ice2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Scientology Movie (2016) poster
10. My Scientology Movie2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002) poster
11. The Legend of Al, John and Jack2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Winterkartoffelknödel (2014) poster
12. Winterkartoffelknödel2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Leaves of Grass’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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