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Penn spent 33 days in jail in 1987 for punching a guy, as referenced in his Smith cri de coeur.
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Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
Set in the hinterlands of Alberta, the movie focuses on several teenagers, both living and dead — a haunting that feels like a generational cri de coeur.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
The difference between told something is super-hot versus actual heat is huge, of course, in the same way that using horror in a subversive, socially conscious way isn’t the same as being clumsily beaten about the head with ideas in an eye-candy cri de coeur with a suspenseful soundtrack.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022
In addition, protests in Khuzestan Province over a severe water shortage are spreading across the country, in a sort of collective cri de coeur against the systemic corruption and mismanagement by Tehran that has turned a wealthy, resourceful country into a barren desert.
—Victoria Coates, National Review, 2 Aug. 2021
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Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
Set in the hinterlands of Alberta, the movie focuses on several teenagers, both living and dead — a haunting that feels like a generational cri de coeur.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
The difference between told something is super-hot versus actual heat is huge, of course, in the same way that using horror in a subversive, socially conscious way isn’t the same as being clumsily beaten about the head with ideas in an eye-candy cri de coeur with a suspenseful soundtrack.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022
In addition, protests in Khuzestan Province over a severe water shortage are spreading across the country, in a sort of collective cri de coeur against the systemic corruption and mismanagement by Tehran that has turned a wealthy, resourceful country into a barren desert.
—Victoria Coates, National Review, 2 Aug. 2021
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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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