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Flashbacks were shot with Fuji film stock, which produced bright, vivid pastels, and the present was captured with cold, blue Kodak film, made grimmer by desaturating the codec.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Flashbacks mix in bits and pieces of documentary footage, glimpsing a few highlights of her life.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024

Flashbacks to his family’s household Christmas celebration on Season 2 of “The Bear” show his mother making everyone around her suffer as she prepares a sumptuous feast.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Flashbacks to his troubled childhood — his parents’ divorce, his mother’s death — give reason for his power-mongering and jealous ways, his malice metastasizing despite Tubby’s generous supply of brotherly affection.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Flashbacks of this summer pass through my mind like a song repeating itself over and over again.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers