He put out his hand to her shoulder, warm under the gritty film of sand and said with mock pomposity.

Mr. Howard said he did not seek out a gritty film to prove that he could do one.

A light gritty film of snow on the ground, darkest in the crevices where you'd expect shadow so it was like a film negative.

From my own personal experience it's the people with the purse strings that want (and therefore commission) gritty films.

A rough and gritty film, the formidable character Gazzara plays was based on an impersonation he did for his friend Cassavetes in the 1970s.

In the mid-1970s, romantic confections made way for gritty, violent films about gangsters (see Indian mafia) and bandits.

The liquid, variously described as smelling like ammonia or vomit, left a gritty film on the carpet, the police said.

Even the more gritty and grounded films flashed an urbane attitude and sensibility.

The rest of his projects were almost parodies of the dark, gritty, made-on-a-shoestring independent film.

Its first television advertising was shot in gritty black-and-white film with arias from "Madame Butterfly" as background music.