sinister

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Munn’s acerbic, ambitious Levitt is a woman from humble beginnings who marries into wealth, only to become a social pariah after a sinister plot involving her husband is revealed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In Sergei Loznitsa’s new drama, stairwells are sinister.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The movie’s real draw is its blissfully sinister sound design, which utilizes the podcaster lifestyle to go full maximalist while the film’s visual landscape remains sparse and disquieting.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

A more sinister figure lurks behind Rodriguez in interior and justice minister Diosdado Cabello, Pachon notes.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Argaven was not sane; the sinister incoherence of his mind darkened the mood of his capital; he fed on fear.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin