Films like Playing It Cool.

Playing It Cool (2014) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle 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.

There's No Religion Anymore (2016) poster
1. There's No Religion Anymore2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love Is in the Air (2012) poster
2. Love Is in the Air2012

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Joint Custody (2017) poster
3. Joint Custody2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009) poster
4. The Six Wives of Henry Lefay2009

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Elvis & Nixon (2016) poster
5. Elvis & Nixon2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We'll Never Have Paris (2014) poster
6. We'll Never Have Paris2014

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Woman in Love (2011) poster
7. Woman in Love2011

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All Nighter (2017) poster
8. All Nighter2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

It's All About Karma (2017) poster
9. It's All About Karma2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Finding Momo (2017) poster
10. Finding Momo2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Late Bloomer (2016) poster
11. The Late Bloomer2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Our Lovers (2016) poster
12. Our Lovers2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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