naturalistic
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As she managed in the quite good sci-fi coming-of-age dramedy “My Old Ass,” Stella has a knack for giving authenticity to the outlandish — a naturalistic conviction that reminds me of Florence Pugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
A naturalistic account of terror and extraordinary endurance, the novel gave some small sense of the cost that was paid for victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
In “Renoir,” Fuki’s flights of fancy are as naturalistic as her everyday life — a sharp reminder that, for children, imagination and reality are often indistinguishable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Certainly it’s fascinating to see Wilder, never a strictly naturalistic playwright, continuing in his latter years to embrace the surrealist style that marked much of his dramatic oeuvre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Moche artists confined themselves to perhaps half a dozen subjects, painting stories of supernatural figures on pottery and murals with ever more naturalistic technique.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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