Films like Plato's Academy.

Plato's Academy (2009) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / identity, 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.

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) poster
1. Jeff, Who Lives at Home2011

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

Thumbsucker (2005) poster
2. Thumbsucker2005

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

Dr. T & the Women (2000) poster
3. Dr. T & the Women2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Men Who Save the World (2014) poster
4. Men Who Save the World2014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Butterflies (2018) poster
5. Butterflies2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Reverse (2009) poster
6. Reverse2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) poster
7. Barking Dogs Never Bite2000

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

All About Actresses (2009) poster
8. All About Actresses2009

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

The Don Juans (2013) poster
9. The Don Juans2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Television (2012) poster
11. Television2012

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

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) poster
12. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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