revivifying

But Jerzy Skolimowski’s formally radical, emotionally wrenching drama about the travails of a donkey is by far this category’s — and perhaps the year’s — most cinematically revivifying achievement.

Later, we hiked down to the river’s banks, where the Black Rock Hot Springs’s steamy, revivifying waters were a welcome relief from the chilly temperatures.

Well, in this instance, nothing does: A buff and blazing James McAvoy leads a fabulous British cast in a revivifying take on “Cyrano.”

Also revivifying is the way Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party.

In recent years, the academy has reversed a number of decisions aimed at revivifying the flagging show, including a much-maligned proposal to institute a “best popular film award.”