Films like The Stranger and the Fog.

The Stranger and the Fog (1976) reads as Sombre, measured, measured myth / village, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Round-Up Bull (1971) poster
1. The Round-Up Bull1971

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

Stranger and the Fog (1974) poster
2. Stranger and the Fog1974

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

Genesis (1986) poster
3. Genesis1986

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

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) poster
4. Picnic at Hanging Rock1975

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass) (1975) poster
5. Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass)1975

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Last Wave (1977) poster
6. The Last Wave1977

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

Ballad of Tara (1979) poster
7. Ballad of Tara1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) poster
8. The Mystery of Oberwald1980

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

The Promised Land (1973) poster
9. The Promised Land1973

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

The Spring (1972) poster
10. The Spring1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ganja & Hess (1973) poster
11. Ganja & Hess1973

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

Allegro Barbaro (1979) poster
12. Allegro Barbaro1979

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

These are The Stranger and the Fog’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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