The film may be humorless, unflustered by the need to quicken or amuse, but it feels unfashionably true to itself.

NEWYORKER: The Yards

He seemed perfectly unflustered, if anything slightly cross at having been disturbed.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

Another figure who looks unflustered is Boris Berezovsky, perhaps Russia's biggest tycoon and best-known manipulator, who has been ostentatiously close to Mr Chernomyrdin this week.

ECONOMIST: Meltdown in Russia

But he was unflustered on his way to one of his most commanding victories, in an uneventful race that was a stark contrast to events in Fuji.

BBC: Hamilton closes on title with win

North will have surprised a few, and looks a very compact, unflustered and capable left hander - he has now scored two hundreds in his first three Tests.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

He remained calm and unflustered.

ECONOMIST: The final contest was the best by far