Sentences with phrase «almost mythic story»

An almost mythic story, excellent performances and a setting — the Missouri Ozarks — seldom seen on the silver screen combined to make this one of the best movies I've watched this year.

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The rumors concern what's in a supposedly forthcoming story in The New York Times that has taken on almost mythic dimensions before it has even run.

But with «Foxcatcher,» he has outdone himself, turning his uniquely meticulous eye to a tiny story in a totally rarefied, specific environment and through whatever alchemy he has perfected, created something so universal and resonant that it feels epic, sprawling, almost ancient in its mythic overtones.

According to Jessica Kiang's review, his journey takes on «an almost mythic resonance,» the film walking «the line between realism and metaphor so well that the story feels utterly authentic to its claustrophobic setting, and yet broader, more sweeping, more universal too.»

The «almost mythic» story, as Menil Collection director Josef Helfenstein defines it, «stands as another testament to the (de Menils») depth of commitment to artists and their works.»