And Catherine Story's witty reflections on art, cinema and making were the discovery of the revamped Tate Britain's Contemporary British Painting show.
Despite Mr. Cohen's witty reflections on violence as spectacle, the history of anti-Semitism, the immutability of prejudice, the rivalry of academia and the stagnancy of marriage, among other subjects, a meticulously researched lecture is pretty much what this remains.
"Since I am paid to argue, why give it away for nothing?" In his witty memoir, "Reflections in a Mirror: Of Love, Loss, Death and Divorce" (Barricade Books, $24.95), Mr. Felder channels Neil Simon, recalling a childhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (and visiting his grandparents in Brighton Beach).
Agnès Jaoui's romantic comedy, "The Taste of Others," is a witty, sociologically astute reflection on the attraction between opposites (or rather, semi-opposites) that accounts for so many relationships that leave you wondering what these two could possibly see in each other.
Agnes Jaoui's romantic comedy, "The Taste of Others" is a witty, sociologically astute reflection on the attraction between opposites (or rather, semi-opposites) that accounts for so many relationships that leave you wondering what these two could possibly see in each other.
Those who know him say the prime minister is an intelligent, often witty man, prone to deep reflection.
Navigating the reviews' hyperbole, we found James Hannah's The A to Z of You and Me, which has sated our desires for a witty, quirky and quintessentially-British reflection on life.
His movies, which span three decades, "are full of elegant, witty sequences and arrestingly beautiful images, reflections on the process of filmmaking and examinations of the concrete facts of human experience and the natural world.
But the narrative gamesmanship is no mere virtuosity (witty though it is), but a wise reflection about children, foreignness, and the cinema itself.
Witty and chatty, they are also fascinating reflections on the Europeans she met and the threat of war.
