poetically
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“Fatherland” shows off Pawlikowski’s exquisite way with black-and-white evocations of European tragedy, but he’s never summed them up as poetically.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Especially when the correspondences between art and garment are so pleasurable—continuously surprising and poetically persuasive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
"Martin has never been the most poetically complex of lyricists," added The Telegraph's Neil McCormick, but "does the world really need" songs that sound "like Instagram self-help slogans?"
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
He’s a very unassuming and humble guy, but his voice is nothing short of poetically epic.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
There it was: the delicately arched eyebrow, the waves of brown hair cascading poetically over that intelligent forehead....No doubt he was busy thinking up plot twists even now....
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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