Sentences with phrase «hour bacchanalia»

While initial reports suggested that Martin Scorsese's three - hour bacchanalia about excess in the financial industry might enter the race and become an instant juggernaut, it hasn't happened that way.

The Overnight, an uproarious envelope - pusher that premièred at Sundance 2015, manages to wreak havoc with just two couples, as an intimate dinner party — initially conceived as a playdate for their kids — metamorphoses from friendly evening chit - chat into bizarre wee - hours bacchanalia.