moues

In Billy Elliot the angular challenge of her face seemed entirely 20th-century and completely northern; yet here, where she never makes moues but appears simply to tilt different planes of her face towards the light, she looks utterly Plantagenet.

Richard III; Lullaby; Hundreds & Thousands – review 2011

In Billy Elliot the angular challenge of her face seemed entirely 20th-century and completely northern; yet here, where she never makes moues but appears simply to tilt different planes of her face towards the light, she looks utterly Plantagenet.

Richard III; Lullaby; Hundreds & Thousands – review 2011

At the center is the younger brother, Luke (an appropriately mercurial performance by Jo Stone-Fewings), whom Sir John (a credibly scary Christopher Godwin) has just bought out from debtors' prison, and who is treated as a servant by the "ladified" (Massinger's scathing neologism) mother and her ghastly girls (Lucy Briggs-Owen and Matti Houghton, who can mimic mama's moues with ease.)

A Frugal Family Rich in Satire Paul Levy 2011

Alas, her performance was marred — at times, almost deformed — by the smiles, coy glances, moues, and haughty stares that chased each other across her face.

A Long Road From Georgia to BAM 2008

Alas, her performance was marred — at times, almost deformed — by the smiles, coy glances, moues, and haughty stares that chased each other across her face.

A Long Road From Georgia to BAM 2008

I just figured out who Jim Holt reminds me of, physically, and even in his facial moues.

"There are no moral or immoral jokes. A joke is either funny or it is not. That is all." Ann Althouse 2008

That's surprising to me, because even I was irritated with President Bush's smirks, winks, purses, and moues.

The split-screen in the 2004 presidential debates helped Bush. Ann Althouse 2007

Streep's performance is one of luminously diffident grief: full of moues, flushes, and hesitations in speech often unavailable on the page.

You Oughtta Be in Pictures 2004

Streep's performance is one of luminously diffident grief: full of moues, flushes, and hesitations in speech often unavailable on the page.

You Oughtta Be in Pictures 2004

Her gestures, her poses, moues and attitudes were sensuous and suggestive.

An American Tragedy 2004