Films like Root of All Evil?.

Root of All Evil? (2006) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) poster
1. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price2005

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

Breach (2007) poster
2. Breach2007

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

Spy(ies) (2009) poster
3. Spy(ies)2009

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

Betting on Zero (2016) poster
4. Betting on Zero2016

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

Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) poster
5. Who Killed the Electric Car?2006

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

Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013) poster
6. Terms and Conditions May Apply2013

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

Recount (2008) poster
7. Recount2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Fed Up (2014) poster
8. Fed Up2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nothing but the Truth (2008) poster
9. Nothing but the Truth2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Conspirator (2011) poster
10. The Conspirator2011

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

Game Change (2012) poster
11. Game Change2012

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

Pawn Sacrifice (2015) poster
12. Pawn Sacrifice2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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