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Films like Television.

Television (2012) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

At War for Love (2016) poster
1. At War for Love2016

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

Loose Cannons (2010) poster
2. Loose Cannons2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Uranya (2006) poster
3. Uranya2006

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

Mr. Kaplan (2014) poster
4. Mr. Kaplan2014

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

The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008) poster
5. The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner2008

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

OMG: Oh My God! (2012) poster
6. OMG: Oh My God!2012

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

The Way Way Back (2013) poster
7. The Way Way Back2013

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

St. Vincent (2014) poster
8. St. Vincent2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hill Start (2014) poster
9. Hill Start2014

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

The International (2006) poster
10. The International2006

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

About Love (2015) poster
11. About Love2015

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

Due Date (2010) poster
12. Due Date2010

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

These are Television’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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