fantasia

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Shot on film by cinematographer Alex Ashe to achieve a warm, grainy period look, the movie takes its two-people-talking premise as the unlikely springboard for a subtly rendered visual fantasia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

One chapter looks at a literary example, William Wells Brown’s novel "Clotel," which is something of a fantasia on the Sally Hemings story.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

Beyoncé, “II Hands II Heaven” Months after “Cowboy Carter’s” release, this sprawling yet intricate electro-country fantasia still feels like it’s revealing itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

The thesis of “Gasoline Rainbow,” the latest cinematic fantasia from the brothers Bill and Turner Ross, is articulated in its first moments, in voice-over set atop a sunset.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

At Moorish weddings the bride is carried in procession in a palanquin to her husband's house amid a fantasia of gunpowder—the reckless rejoicing discharges of ancient muskets in the streets.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus