Films like Sermon to the Birds.

Sermon to the Birds (2009) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / latvian, 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.

Ploy (2007) poster
1. Ploy2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dark Deer (2006) poster
2. The Dark Deer2006

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

The Eclipse (2009) poster
3. The Eclipse2009

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

You Am I (2006) poster
4. You Am I2006

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

I Think We're Alone Now (2018) poster
5. I Think We're Alone Now2018

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

Vogelfrei (2007) poster
6. Vogelfrei2007

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

Voice from the Stone (2017) poster
7. Voice from the Stone2017

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

Southern District (2009) poster
8. Southern District2009

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

Madeinusa (2006) poster
9. Madeinusa2006

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

The Dancer (2016) poster
10. The Dancer2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Workers (2013) poster
11. Workers2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Riga (2017) poster
12. Riga2017

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

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