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Recent Examples of impressionistic
Regaining Unconsciousness, her first collection in a dozen years, feels like an archival boxset, with over a hundred poems grouped into eleven sections with the impressionistic, welcoming vibe of playlists.
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Christopher Spaide
august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025
Simply, Tartakovsky wanted to make a movie showcasing his impressionistic visual style and Sandler wanted to make one with a bunch of dumb bits aimed at an audience too young to care about what a critic would think is good.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
What’s remarkable about this light-footed film is its impressionistic, childlike vision of an African country on the verge of violence.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Teitelbaum’s music leans heavily on ’90s alternative aesthetics and her lyrics can be impressionistic or straightforwardly narrative, but they’re consistently ruptured by off-kilter imagery or flashes of deadpan humor.
—Olivia Horn, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Spaide
august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025
Simply, Tartakovsky wanted to make a movie showcasing his impressionistic visual style and Sandler wanted to make one with a bunch of dumb bits aimed at an audience too young to care about what a critic would think is good.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
What’s remarkable about this light-footed film is its impressionistic, childlike vision of an African country on the verge of violence.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Teitelbaum’s music leans heavily on ’90s alternative aesthetics and her lyrics can be impressionistic or straightforwardly narrative, but they’re consistently ruptured by off-kilter imagery or flashes of deadpan humor.
—Olivia Horn, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Eiichi Yamamoto’s expressionistic picture, adapted from Jules Michelet’s non-fiction Satanism and Witchcraft, initially seems to be a rape-revenge setup fairly typical of the ’70s.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The first major Frankenstein film liberally adapts the source material, but in lieu of staging the novel as written, James Whale leans into expressionistic production design and Gothic spectacle.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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The siblings also became regulars at the gallery of Ambroise Vollard, purchasing impressionist works by Claude Monet and Edgar Degas as well as more innovative ones by Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh.—
Daphne Merkin,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The entire collection was inspired by the post-impressionist painter, featuring bursts of color and delicate construction throughout, curated by Rodarte founders Kate and Laura Mulleavy.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
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Our version of the expressionist silent film was performed onstage, all in black and white.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Impressionistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionistic. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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