seeming

It is one of many moments that feel like a showcase for Thompson’s spellbinding screen presence, DaCosta seeming to capture something secret and special about her friend.

She heard plenty from business owners and, especially, put-upon residents of red California, who griped about Sacramento and its seeming disconnection from their lives and livelihoods.

Over the past nine months, he has swung between attempts to strong-arm Putin and then Zelensky, all with little seeming effect.

In recent weeks, however, the spy case collapsed over a seeming legal technicality.

Berger plays the opening section of the film as farce, but then switches the tone, seeming to realize that he doesn’t have the facility or interest in heightened comedy.