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expressionist

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Recent Examples of expressionist For nearly 50 years, illustrator and comic book creator Bill Sienkiewicz has burned, splattered and slashed his way across the page with his expressionist approach to visual storytelling. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 By the 1980s, Baselitz’s profile began to expand beyond Germany, when he was exhibited in dialogue with figurative painters sharing his expressionist leanings, including Italy’s Sandro Chia and Francesco Clemente. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 The film is full of gorgeously expressionist black-and-white photography, stunning otherworldly production design, and a subtle sense of foreboding throughout that's one of the best the director has mustered in his illustrious career. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026 The production is naturalistic, with bits of expressionist neo-noir worked in when a crime is being described. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 One of music’s greatest cosmic ironies is how ground zero for the expressionist rage known as death metal is located in easy driving distance from the Most Magical Place on Earth. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025 His views of their unconventional garments are painterly and romantic—expressionist evocations rather than detailed transcriptions of the clothes. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025 Our version of the expressionist silent film was performed onstage, all in black and white. — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025 Day-Lewis, 68, co-wrote the film with his son, Ronan, 27, who also makes his directorial debut with the expressionist drama. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025

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Raimi and his collaborators go all out, ramping up the expressionistic filmmaking and embracing a clearer tone of comical absurdity.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
In his songs, the English language turned woolier and more expressionistic; musical space-time distended and stretched.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

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The impressionistic, black-and-white feature premiered at Telluride in 2024 and the New York Film Festival.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 July 2026
But there’s this whole ‘nother level of what’s going on that is visual, image-based, impressionistic in a way.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2026

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