masterwork

Already masterwork in balancing gentility with explosive rage, the actor blends the spark of a political mover with the oleaginous menace of a mob boss.

The book series draws its name, by the way, from the recording tape upon which the group imprinted their masterworks, those “ribbons of rust”—iron oxide bonded to polyethylene terephthalate.

Mangold’s film is a straightforward, unremarkable biopic; Ross’ is an incomparable masterwork.

By now, the scene already feels like a masterwork in erotic tension, with most audiences undoubtedly on the edge of their seats.

Murnau’s film, subtitled “A Symphony of Horror,” soon came to be regarded as a masterwork in its own right, a high-water mark of German Expressionism and a template for future vampire movies.