neorealist

American  

[nee-oh-ree-uhl-ist] / ˌni oʊˈri əl ɪst /

adjective

1. subscribing, conforming, or relating to neorealism in the arts, cinema, or philosophy.

---

noun

1. someone who subscribes to philosophical neorealism or who works in the style of neorealism in the arts, cinema, or philosophy.

Example Sentences

Go back to neorealist films — they’re in black-and-white.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

The daughter is pop '80s/'90s, the grandmother, who tells tall tales as many grandmothers do, is a spaghetti western, and the mother, who is still traumatized by Iran, is a neorealist Kiarostami film.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

Raised on a censor-approved diet of propaganda and escapist fare, he was energized by bleak and poetic masterworks by neorealist Italian filmmakers such as Vittorio De Sica.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

The movie’s self-possessed young star, whom Naderi spotted modeling in a sports magazine, inspired comparisons to the neorealist child actors of “Shoeshine” and “The Bicycle Thief.”

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

‘Salt of the Earth’ Mexican American mine workers in a small New Mexico town stand up for their rights in this once-controversial 1954 neorealist drama made by a trio of blacklisted filmmakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2022