Sentences with phrase «noirish shadows»

Absent any need for Sirkian quote marks, the less brightly stylized images in «Carol» more closely resemble those of «Mildred Pierce,» but the palette here seems even more deliberately muted — all dingy greens and nicotine browns, bathed in noirish shadows that seem to provide a cover under which the characters can at last reveal their true selves.

Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz.

Not exact matches

The lighting is noirish and steeped in shadows, only they glow in primary colors instead of black and white.