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masterpiece

[mas-ter-pees, mah-ster-] / ˈmæs tərˌpis, ˈmɑ stər- /


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Perhaps if Short weren’t associated with a detective noir masterpiece, she would never have become a useful metaphor for the corruption and rot associated with Hollywood and Los Angeles, or an eternal enigma.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

For the cinephiles: Spend your evening watching a masterpiece from Slate’s latest Black Film Canon, a list of the best 75 movies by Black directors.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The academy’s show is installed in its newly renovated landmark building, a Victorian masterpiece designed by the architect Frank Furness of the noted firm Furness & Hewitt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Ten out of ten. A masterpiece," said Harry, a Chinese fan living in London.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

And there was no way I could take apart every single picture and replicate the masterpiece in another bedroom.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Themes emerge here that predominate in later Hitchcock masterpieces like “Vertigo” and “Psycho.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Julian Gascoigne, senior director in the paintings department, said the work was one of Landseer's great Highland masterpieces.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

How does Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi movie stack up to masterpieces like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Really they were more like our masterpieces, because I was the one who gave him some of the concepts for where and how to write his tag.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds




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