Films like Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive.

Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive (2011) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / music, 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.

El Cantante (2006) poster
1. El Cantante2006

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

In the Name of... (2013) poster
2. In the Name of...2013

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

Yves Saint Laurent (2014) poster
3. Yves Saint Laurent2014

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

The Burning Plain (2008) poster
4. The Burning Plain2008

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

The Last Match (2013) poster
5. The Last Match2013

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

Alaska (2015) poster
6. Alaska2015

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

Brooklyn Rules (2007) poster
7. Brooklyn Rules2007

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

Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008) poster
8. Once Upon a Time in Rio2008

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

Dreamland (2019) poster
9. Dreamland2019

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

Country Strong (2010) poster
10. Country Strong2010

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

The Two Faces of January (2014) poster
11. The Two Faces of January2014

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

The Furlough (2017) poster
12. The Furlough2017

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

These are Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive’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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