artfulness

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The pleasure here is less in the story than in the Fleischers’ artfulness in rendering such moments as Superman deploying his cape to shield Lois Lane from an oncoming rush of lava.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It is for viewers who seek to add a dash of dark Nolan-esque artfulness to their understanding of how the threat of nuclear annihilation changed the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

One yearns for subtlety, or just about any artfulness, in “Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really,” Rorschach Theatre’s awful production of Kate Hamill’s heavy-handed script.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

"Outer Range" wears its artfulness on its sleeve.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2022

She was young, weak, oppressed; the plot against her seemed to the child to be fiendish in its artfulness.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John