Films like The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / coming-of-age, 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.

And So Angels Die (2001) poster
1. And So Angels Die2001

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

Mermaid (2007) poster
2. Mermaid2007

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

Madame Brouette (2002) poster
3. Madame Brouette2002

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

The Odd One Dies (1997) poster
4. The Odd One Dies1997

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

The Legend of 1900 (1998) poster
5. The Legend of 19001998

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

Xenia (2014) poster
6. Xenia2014

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

I, Don Giovanni (2009) poster
7. I, Don Giovanni2009

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

Violet & Daisy (2011) poster
8. Violet & Daisy2011

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

Marshal (1999) poster
9. Marshal1999

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

The Lovers (1994) poster
10. The Lovers1994

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

Love Songs (2007) poster
11. Love Songs2007

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

Frida (2002) poster
12. Frida2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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