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Mr. Skarsgård’s equivocal and unshowy performance—he’s a master of acting without seeming to be acting—creates an ambiguity around Gustav, craftily rendered by the two screenwriters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Conley had the offense running crisply and craftily whenever he was initiating.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

But behind the gag-triggering premise is a film that’s comically daring, craftily directed, unmercifully vulgar and all the way German.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Vita Sackville-West was the inspiration for her lover Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” which craftily shimmied past censorship of the “Sapphist” literature of the day.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

Lennie spoke craftily, “Tell me—like you done before.”

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck