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
“It’s a great way to cinematically and narratively understand ourselves better, through friendship dynamics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
This is not the first time that Taylor-Johnson has cinematically flattened a hyper-controversial story that was originally caked in gore and forced media consumers to question our own relationship to a kind of dark voyeurism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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
He’s also a politically agnostic crowd pleaser drawing influence from the old school – those large-scale performances with multiple outfit changes, each more cinematically grand than the next.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024
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