naturalism

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Based on the unpublished diaries of Anwar Hashimi, who plays a teacher in the film, “The Orphanage” effortlessly balances naturalism and fantasy, levity and gravity.

From New York Times

And you listen harder, perhaps, for the lack of extraneous distraction; it’s an unnaturally intimate view that demands an extra measure of naturalism from the performers.

From Los Angeles Times

Moore is after something more mysterious than naturalism.

From Los Angeles Times

The ambition of playwrights to speak directly to our times through emotional naturalism has largely wiped horror, mystery and their ilk from our stages.

From New York Times

The two lead performances hold this difficult question in a kind of exquisite balance, even as they anchor Song’s lofty conceits in a sturdy art-house naturalism.

From Los Angeles Times