directness
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Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, still among the most prestigious prizes any movie can claim, “Fjord” aims for both a quiet, subtle power and the directness of a sledgehammer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Cramer told me all this, with remarkable directness, in a lengthy interview in the basement where he records interviews for various UFO shows.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The other option is for McGinn to be moved out wide, a position he has performed well in for his country, and sacrifice the pace and directness of either Christie or Gannon-Doak.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Plain language, ordinary intimacies—Ebert’s directness makes it possible to feel the moment with nearly the same unbearable immediacy that Penn creates in the film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Kallner, with his baldness glistening, and his dress uniform oddly unsuited to the general mood, began with uneasy directness.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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