bravura

And this year’s is forming around a handful of actresses, all in their late fifties or older, giving bravura performances in films that deal with the thorny complexities of aging, acceptance, and desire.

You’ll confront unscrupulous truths and battle preconceptions to reach a bravura end.

But on the positive side, Woo has lost none of his love for the practical bravura of elaborate, ludicrous stunts, nor any of his way with camera movement and editing that complements choreography.

I could more or less track the dramatic through line from my knowledge of the original show, but the psychology gets lost in the bravura of the moment.

It unsettles the viewer on a bone-deep level, the tension bursting like a bubble on a bravura music cue.