Films like The World According to Monsanto.

The World According to Monsanto (2008) reads as Heavy, measured, measured documentary / disaster, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

We Feed the World (2005) poster
1. We Feed the World2005

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

Glorious 39 (2009) poster
2. Glorious 392009

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

Why We Fight (2005) (2005) poster
3. Why We Fight2005

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

Requiem for the American Dream (2015) poster
4. Requiem for the American Dream2015

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

Devil's Knot (2013) poster
5. Devil's Knot2013

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

The Wizard of Lies (2017) poster
6. The Wizard of Lies2017

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

Rommel (2012) poster
7. Rommel2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Man to Man (2005) poster
8. Man to Man2005

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

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012) poster
9. Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy2012

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

Zero Days (2016) poster
10. Zero Days2016

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

The Shock Doctrine (2009) poster
11. The Shock Doctrine2009

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

The Law in These Parts (2011) poster
12. The Law in These Parts2011

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

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