Films like The Square Circle.

The Square Circle (1996) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / lgbt, grounded 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.

Solas (1999) poster
1. Solas1999

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Alice and Martin (1998) poster
2. Alice and Martin1998

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

A Muslim (1995) poster
3. A Muslim1995

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

Schizo (2004) poster
4. Schizo2004

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

The Making of Steel (1997) poster
5. The Making of Steel1997

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

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) poster
6. The Ballad of Jack and Rose2005

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

Seventeen Years (1999) poster
7. Seventeen Years1999

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

Twelve and Holding (2005) poster
8. Twelve and Holding2005

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

The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1996) poster
9. The Scent of Joseph's Shirt1996

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

Living in Fear (2005) poster
10. Living in Fear2005

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

Lover (2002) poster
11. Lover2002

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

Strayed (2003) poster
12. Strayed2003

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

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