epic
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Zhu sought out films which touch on the era-defining event, but neither epic romance Summer Palace nor the secretly filmed gay drama Lan Yu could satisfy her curiosity.
From BBC β Aug. 21, 2026
Unnamed is publishing in five volumes over five years, “an epic publishing project for any publisher,” Heiser says.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 19, 2026
In fact, nobody knows exactly where Homer wrote his epic poems and there is much mythology around the idea of his cave.
From Barron's β Aug. 17, 2026
The decision was a fortuitous one, for Grossman’s work as a correspondent in the Soviet Union’s epic struggle against Germany would far exceed anything he might have accomplished as a soldier.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 10, 2026
“It was very romantic and epic the way you came to my job and waited in line and talked to me. Everyone should follow your lead!”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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There’s Big Ridley, the visionary filmmaker of large-scale epics who has spent nearly 50 years creating some of the most indelible worlds in modern movies.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 20, 2026
Even when the record veers from its characters, strong thematic threads—many of which are borrowed from western epics of yore—remain.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 4, 2026
It’s believed to have first appeared in text in the Mahabharata, one of two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India.
From Salon β Jun. 7, 2026
The San Fernando Valley native is a brilliant director who has made sprawling, messy epics about imperfect people synonymous with his name, like John Ford with Westerns or A24 with art house flicks.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 17, 2026
For centuries, ballads, and epics were all sung, as were Biblical chants and Vedic hymns.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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