His scrupulously constructed, skillfully made films, many of which have won prizes at leading international festivals, are excruciatingly suspenseful and also, more often than not, clammy and repellent.
McCarey, however, skillfully balanced potentially maudlin moments with music and moments of low comedy, and he filmed scenes of sweetness and generosity with a calm simple detachment devoid of manipulative tricks.
Filmed on location in the close-knit community of Barrow, Alaska, this debut feature from its native son Andrew Okpeaha MacLean skillfully embeds a simple story within a complex, transitioning culture.
The film skillfully interweaves several strands to tell a true story with a happy ending.
Despite Mr. Affleck's dramatic flabbiness, the first two-thirds of the film skillfully sets up its dramatic dominoes.
Writing in The Times, Stephen Holden said that the film skillfully satirized the zombie genre by "implying that Britain may already be populated with the living dead, metaphorically speaking".
Writing in The New York Times, Stephen Holden said the film skillfully satirized the zombie genre by "implying that Britain may already be populated with the living dead, metaphorically speaking".
The film skillfully weaves a physical journey -- visiting Kahn buildings from New Haven to California to Bangladesh -- with an emotional one, in which Nathaniel interviews those who knew his father, from Philadelphia taxi drivers to I.M. Pei, who offers a wistful assessment of Kahn's career: "Three or four masterpieces are more important than 50, 60 buildings".
The film skillfully dismantled the false narrative of "selfish, lazy youth" - unfair labels which should resonate with the Millennials of today.
