Films like Ode to the Goddess of Mercy.

Ode to the Goddess of Mercy (2004) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / romance, 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.

Everybody's Famous! (2000) poster
1. Everybody's Famous!2000

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

Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) poster
2. Mrs Henderson Presents2005

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

The Baker (2007) poster
3. The Baker2007

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

Number One (2008) poster
4. Number One2008

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

Tanu Weds Manu (2011) poster
5. Tanu Weds Manu2011

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

Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean (2005) poster
6. Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean2005

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

Mi fido di te (2007) poster
7. Mi fido di te2007

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

Happy, Texas (1999) poster
8. Happy, Texas1999

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

The Irony of Fate. The Continuation (2007) poster
9. The Irony of Fate. The Continuation2007

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

The Wendell Baker Story (2005) poster
10. The Wendell Baker Story2005

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

All Stars (1997) poster
11. All Stars1997

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Hush Hush Baby (2004) poster
12. Hush Hush Baby2004

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Ode to the Goddess of Mercy’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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