Films like The Jesus Rolls.

The Jesus Rolls (2019) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy / crime, 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.

Enormous (2020) poster
1. Enormous2020

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

Dear Mother (2020) poster
2. Dear Mother2020

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

I Feel Good (2018) poster
3. I Feel Good2018

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

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) poster
4. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III2013

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

Delete History (2020) poster
5. Delete History2020

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

The Other Woman (2018) poster
6. The Other Woman2018

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

The Big Night (2012) poster
7. The Big Night2012

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

The Armadillo's Prophecy (2018) poster
8. The Armadillo's Prophecy2018

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Spin Me Round (2022) poster
9. Spin Me Round2022

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

Godard Mon Amour (2017) poster
10. Godard Mon Amour2017

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

The Invisible Woman (2009) poster
11. The Invisible Woman2009

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

Fatso (2008) poster
12. Fatso2008

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

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