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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 Smiling Eyes
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You Say It First 2020Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
Heroine 2019Also classical in form, earnest and spare
A Fragile Enchantment 2023Also classical in form, earnest and spare
The Underdog 1999Also classical in form, spare and earnest
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega 2021Also classical in form, contemporary and spare- Stealing Home 2023Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
Our Perfect Summer 2026Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
Et Si C'Etait Vrai / If This Were Only True 2001Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
Tempering 2000Also classical in form, spare and earnest
Starfish 2021Also classical in form, spare and contemporary- Tender Beasts 2024Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
When Sparks Fly 2021Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Last Summer 2021Also classical in form, earnest and spare
Robo 2019Also classical in form, contemporary and spare
Wrong Rosary 2009Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Series
Actor 2023Also classical in form, earnest and grave
The Feud 2025Also classical in form, spare and contemporary
Blue Box 2024Also classical in form, contemporary and spare
Albums
- Always Has Been 2003Also classical in form, spare and earnest
- Top Room at the Zoo 2011Also classical in form, earnest and spare
- Travelling the EU 2002Also classical in form, earnest and spare
Games
Alpha MuseAlso contemporary, spare and classical in form
Dandelions 2020Also classical in form, contemporary and raw
Memory Link 2023Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
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