Films like The School We Went To.

The School We Went To (1980) reads as Sombre, steady, measured school / allegory, 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.

Tent of Miracles (1977) poster
1. Tent of Miracles1977

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

Newsfront (1978) poster
2. Newsfront1978

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

Faces of Women (1985) poster
3. Faces of Women1985

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

A Woman and Her Four Men (1983) poster
4. A Woman and Her Four Men1983

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

A Flight of Rainbirds (1981) poster
5. A Flight of Rainbirds1981

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

The Net (1976) poster
6. The Net1976

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

The Citadel (1988) poster
7. The Citadel1988

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

Kindergarten (1983) poster
8. Kindergarten1983

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

Write and Fight (1985) poster
9. Write and Fight1985

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

Time Stands Still (1982) poster
10. Time Stands Still1982

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

The Tailor from Ulm (1978) poster
11. The Tailor from Ulm1978

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

Inspector Lavardin (1986) poster
12. Inspector Lavardin1986

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

These are The School We Went To’s neighbours — where are yours?

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