Films like Weighed but Found Wanting.

Weighed but Found Wanting (1974) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / small-town, 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.

The Touch (1971) poster
1. The Touch1971

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

Riddance (1973) poster
2. Riddance1973

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

Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak (1978) poster
3. Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak1978

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

Binding Sentiments (1969) poster
4. Binding Sentiments1969

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

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978) poster
5. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages1978

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

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) poster
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday1971

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

Apoorva Raagangal (1975) poster
7. Apoorva Raagangal1975

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

The Theme (1979) poster
8. The Theme1979

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

Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (1979) poster
9. Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness1979

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

The Calm (1980) poster
10. The Calm1980

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

Relations (1982) poster
11. Relations1982

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

Behind the Mosquito Net (1982) poster
12. Behind the Mosquito Net1982

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

These are Weighed but Found Wanting’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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