Films like The Wild Goose Lake.

The Wild Goose Lake (2019) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme crime / noir, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

Killing (2018) poster
1. Killing2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Looming Storm (2017) poster
2. The Looming Storm2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nightmare Alley (2021) poster
3. Nightmare Alley2021

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

Lady Macbeth (2016) poster
4. Lady Macbeth2016

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

Of Good Report (2013) poster
5. Of Good Report2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dogman (2018) (2018) poster
6. Dogman2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fan Girl (2020) poster
7. Fan Girl2020

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

Her Smell (2018) poster
8. Her Smell2018

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

It's Only the End of the World (2016) poster
9. It's Only the End of the World2016

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

Bastards (2013) poster
10. Bastards2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Tale (2018) poster
11. The Tale2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Nocturama (2016) poster
12. Nocturama2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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