Word: skillfull
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But more striking than--its "message," are the film's many vignettes of small town life. Reminiscent of Benton's work in "Kramer versus Kramer," the film reveals scenes of family life with startling simplicity and intimacy. While some of the character types are hackneyed in conception--the good hearted...
For his part, Reagan is utterly baffled why the Soviets keep saying they fear him and America, because neither has ever had any ambitions for empire or world revolution. Can he get a clue from Old Grom? Probably not. Gromyko is in his own way just as skillful an actor...
A particular strength of Bok's letter, for instance, is his skillful handling of the important question of the rights of hecklers, an issue that has particular immediacy on a campus where in recent years the Secretary of Defense, Jerry Falwell, and a representative of the P.L.O. have all had...
Now, with Terrence Young's filn. The Jigsaw Man, there is yet another product from the Philby industry, albeit a cheap one. This half-hearted attempt at a spy caper feeds heavily upon the actual case as well as borrowing generously from Le Carre's work--though without any of...
Not that psychological insight and moral judgment are mutually exclusive. John le Carre is extraordinarily skillful at showing the psychological affinity between the British master spy Smiley and his KGB nemesis Karla. But in the end, there is no mistaking Le Carre's view of the worthiness of their...