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Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About The Namesake
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A Spool of Blue Thread 2015Also earnest, classical in form and spare
Shoko's Smile 2021Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest- Brick Lane 2003Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
Henry and Cato 1976Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
Antarctica 1999Also contemporary, classical in form and grave
Heather Blazing 1998Also classical in form, earnest and grave
Voices made night 1990Also grave, earnest and classical in form
Ein springender Brunnen 2008Also classical in form, spare and earnest- Rabbit en paix 1993Also classical in form, earnest and prestige
Poisson d'or 1997Also earnest, grave and classical in form
Secret Son 2009Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
Die Unvollkommenheit der Liebe 2016Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
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Films
Saturn in Opposition 2007Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
I Used to Be Darker 2013Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
Five Seconds 2025Also classical in form, earnest and grave
Series
Working: What We Do All Day 2023Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Going My Home 2012Also earnest, classical in form and grave
Lucky Hank 2023Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Albums
- WhatFunLifeWas 1994Also earnest, grave and contemporary
- Lô Borges 1972Also earnest, grave and classical in form
- Song to a Seagull 1968Also contemporary, earnest and grave
Games
Continental Drift 2019Also earnest, contemporary and prestige
And the Band Begins to Play 2021Also earnest, contemporary and character-led
Mirror and Queen 2016Also classical in form and contemplative
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