cinematically
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Written and directed by Scott Cooper from Warren Zanes’s 2023 book, the film sets out to capture two states of mind that are tricky to depict cinematically: depression and creativity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
“Good News Mass,” which seems inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s eclectic “Mass,” written for the opening of the Kennedy Center in 1971, could, like it, effectively expand its presentation theatrically and choreographically rather than cinematically.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
“It’s a great way to cinematically and narratively understand ourselves better, through friendship dynamics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Already established cinematically with films like "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Mystic River," Bell's groundbreaking disclosure propelled such depictions into a tragically realistic context.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2024
The problem with cramming for the Oscars, as I do every year to varying degrees of success, is that it renders one cinematically wearied.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
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