Coincidentally, this nostalgic reminiscence was recently dramatized on public television, with Denholm Elliott's narration set to a cinematic portrait of period Wales.

The audience for "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould," a brilliant and transfixing cinematic portrait by Francois Girard, can look forward to enjoying much the same sensation.

The Professor of Swing, 1998, cinematic portrait of Wynton Marsalis, work in progress.

In doing so, she gives us a cinematic portrait of a historical figure far more complex and compelling than any fictional creation, and a wide, panning, panoramic picture of her world.

The director's vision has much in common with the dour cinematic portraits of Gallic small-town life drawn by the French director Bruno Dumont, but he carries the same surreal impulse much further.

Kammerspielfilm is a type of German film that offers an intimate, cinematic portrait of lower middle class life.

Critic James Berardinelli said of the film, "Mangold captures the nuances of life perfectly, and, by never cheapening his vision through facile resolutions, he fashions a memorable cinematic portrait."

Peter Hutton (born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) is an experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world.

Also, a cinematic portrait of Margareth Thatcher and the symbolism of Joan of Arc 600 years after her birth.