Sentences with phrase «haughty performance»

The changes AMG has brought to its latest model make it even more likable and rewarding, while extending its already haughty performance potential and providing it with impressive fuel economy when driven at posted limits.

An earnest nudge of the throttle in all but the highest ratios is now sufficient to unlock the haughty performance potential.

Not exact matches

Rebecca Hall's will stand as the great unappreciated performance of the year, faceted with smart feminist frustration, clear - eyed vulnerability and a haughty humor of Katharine Hepburn dimensions.

Nevertheless, there are some funny bits, and strong performances all around, but the overriding sense of self - importance does manage to make it feel a bit smarmy and needlessly haughty.

Timothy Spall gives another remarkable performance as Irving, his face lined, pouchy and drawn but still maintaining a haughty defiance against the world.

This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla)-- based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer - director's own desperate obsession with a young actor — is a true Fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by Michael Ballhaus and full - throttle performances by an all - female cast.