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Nikki Van De Car is a blogger, mother, writer, crafter, and lover of all things mystical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Graham describes an almost mystical creative energy during the filming of a climactic reconciliation scene between Bruce and his dad.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Helena, meanwhile, was supposedly a mystic receiving directions from spiritual masters hidden in the Himalayas.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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This was the danger Madison considered — that mystic memory would falsely elevate the Constitution.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a decadent Venetian hotel, androgynous Eva is drawn to the mysterious Contessa.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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When a mysterious prankster befalls the town of Middlesburg, 13-year-old Frances McCausland (Erin Chambers) gets blamed for the mischief.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Mia Wasikowska plays Edith, an heiress who marries a seductive baron, Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), and moves into his enormous, decaying mansion — which is also inhabited by Thomas' enigmatic sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain).—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Brides finds Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband on a trip to Northern Italy in 1961, where they get stranded at a remote villa run by the enigmatic Vova (Lawtey), who presides over a household of beautiful, deathless women (Turner-Smith, Prettejohn) and their caretaker (Gorman).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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As an artist, Lanthimos has been impossible to ignore over the last 15 or so years, whether his films garner Oscar attention (as in the case of Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Favourite, and Poor Things) or not (the more inscrutable Alps, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Kinds of Kindness).—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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But aside from hinting that there might be more gigs in the future, the reliably inscrutable singer did not fall for the bait of follow-up questions and left it at that.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Oct. 2025
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The stunning Louvre museum heist earlier this week in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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When Singh’s successor decided to make the fort taller, its shadow fell on the hermit’s home, consequently bringing destruction to the complex and surrounding towns.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The culmination of three painstaking years of development and over 40,000 hours of work, this striking black-and-white automotive tribute is touted as the most complex, most technically ambitious Phantom Private Collection model ever.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Orphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orphic. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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