Word: sentimentale
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The practical necessities of change v. impractical, even sentimental preservation is ever a difficult question. But at some point Chicago, like the rest of the nation, is going to have to decide that its vintage artifacts of genius are not disposable like emptied cans or old tires.
(6 of 10) are so excruciatingly sentimental that they stand to Picasso's work rather as the death of Little Nell does to Dickens'. At this early stage one can see, especially in the Rose Period, that urge toward nostalgic generalization that repeatedly crept into Picasso's...
French film makers appear to have an abiding and unbounded affection for childhood recollection. The results have sometimes been memorable (François Truffaut's The 400 Blows), occasionally even classic (Jean Vigo's Zero for Conduct). Such adventures into the past require a good deal of perspective...
Long Ago, Tomorrow is a British film about two paralytics who find their handicaps no barrier to love. There are perhaps a dozen other ways to describe the plot, none of which would make it sound any less sentimental. Moreover, Director-Scenarist Bryan Forbes (Seance on a Wet Afternoon) seems...
Mix the wistful, slightly sentimental humor of William Saroyan and the abrasive machine-gun ribaldry of Lenny Bruce. Add to that a mental image of Holden Caulfield as a 30-year-old dropout, and you have the basic tone and temper of Terrence McNally's Where Has Tommy Flowers...