Sentences with phrase «in an arts scene as»

In an arts scene as young as the Lower East Side, three dealers have passed through the same space.

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With the advent of the smartphone came a boon for the gaming industry, and new niches within the indie - gaming scene have created a whole new lens through which games can be viewed; we are more aware than ever that games can teach us or exist as experiential art in addition to the entertainment they provide.

The University of Alberta (UofA) makes its home here, and the city's famous nickname — «Canada's Festival City» — is due, in part, to the vast number of festivals that are part of the city's thriving arts scene, most of which is centred around Whyte Avenue (otherwise known as 82nd Avenue).

My own sense is that the early - to - mid 60s embrace of R+B dance got overdone — as best exemplified by the way England's mods turned to amphetamines to keep them engaged in the non-stop-dancin'their scene championed — and thus eventually provoked a reactive turn to heaviness (hard - rock, art rock), relaxed rural - ness (country - rock), and even outright mellowness (James Taylor and co.).

Cameron came up with a term for this special lack of depth: He calls his updated gimmick «immersive 3 - D,» as if putting audiences in the midst of his alien worlds and catastrophic battle scenes carried greater believability than any before in Western art.

Previously, Fraser worked in the weird underbelly of the Chicago arts scene as a member of the critically acclaimed and now deceased Defiant Theatre, where he honed his love for visceral, exciting entertainment.

With two actual jockeys riding the horses in the movie's big race — recently retired Chris McCarron is on The Admiral as Charles Kurtsinger, Gary Stevens on The Biscuit as Woolf — the scenes ring evocatively true, to art as well as to history.

Vermeulen spent a year immersed in the contemporary arts scene of 1990s London, with British photographer Nick Waplington as his mentor.

Rainmakers RECENT STUDIES have shown that hunting scenes in rock art are not as common as early researchers believed.

So in Act 1 Scene 1 the guard says, «Thou art a scholar, speak to it, Horatio,» as in, you know, Horatio has been to university, so is very knowledgeable.

«People may see this simply as another discovery of a well preserved fossil, but to reveal the remarkable secrets that have been hidden in the rock for millions of years, we undertook extensive work, applied state - of - the - art technology, and intensive international cooperation took place behind the scenes at several museums.

In my favorite, All - American Girl, there's a scene where the main character attends art class and is chastised for painting a still life of grapes that looks nothing like the fruit they're using as a model.

Lonely Planet voted Wellington the «coolest little capital in the world», 1 and indeed, Welly is seen by many as New Zealand's cultural hub, with a lively arts scene, great restaurants, and many other vibrant offerings.

In the mid 1900s, a huge arts movement started to drift through Halifax and theatres sprung up among the wine and dine spots that were the real start of the dating scene as it is today.

Lonely Planet voted Wellington the coolest little capital in the world, 1 and indeed, Welly is seen by many as New Zealands cultural hub, with a lively arts scene, great.

Corbijn isn't making a stereotypical Hollywood thriller, with the stakes spelled out in neon and the loud fight scenes spaced every few minutes, but he doesn't seem to realize there is such a thing as being too vague, and in his efforts to make some kind of art - house / thriller hybrid, he goes too far the other direction and creates a nicely rendered film with no emotional hook.

Michael B. Jordan, who broke out in Coogler's debut film, «Fruitvale Station,» brings scrappy, street - smart volatility to his performance as a character with whom T'Challa has a karmic connection, and Gurira steals every scene she's in as an indomitable warrior trained in the art of spearcraft.

Guide a ball that's racing across a pipe as it weaves in, around, and through colorful scenes inspired by classic works of modern art.

You can practically smell the Belgian beer and backed - up lavatories in the early scenes (a testament to art director Kurt Rigolle), although over the course of more than two hours, the dive undergoes a dramatic transformation, as do the two brothers who conspire to make it the country's coolest concert venue.

Billing itself as «Television Chocolate» in a deep - voiced Oompa - Loompa's introduction, this presentation uses picture - in - picture to excerpt bonus material and showcase concept art plus pop - up graphics to display scene - specific fun facts and jokes (punctuated by obnoxious sounds) while the movie is playing.

Lee Valmassy has a lot of fun letting loose as the gleefully farcical villain (a mohawked, golden - grilled gangster who only wears jumpsuits), and Art Hsu turns in a scene - stealing performance as the hero's duck - loving sidekick, but while fans of bad movies might appreciate what «The FP» has to offer, it's not exactly the ready - made cult classic that it's so desperately trying to be.

As Sadie chooses to crash with her «art parents» (Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti) instead of her actual parents while figuring out her next life move and agrees, in a lovely scene, to donate her eggs to help the desperate couple, we watch her soul grow richer and older on screen in the midst of an unconventional, makeshift New York family.

Beyond multiple playable characters, over 100 levels and secrets; Toolkitz Games has emphasised replay value in Magical Star Pillars» gameplay mechanics including unlockable extras such as concept art and behind - the - scenes development videos.

He doesn't so much have supporting players in the film as he does an extended family of cherished guests who he invites to stay for a while, relax and soak up the ambience: French it girl Léa Seydoux has a part as a maid which may as well be non-speaking; Owen Wilson plays one of M Gustave's concierge brethren and gets a line (if not a laugh); even Tilda Swinton makes a flying visit to Wesworld, caked in gristly prosthetics as an ageing dowager who drops dead after her first and only scene, her passing acting as deus ex machina for an elaborate art heist involving the whereabouts of the apocryphal, priceless chef d'oeuvre, «Boy With Apple».

We get to know Turner and his unusual methods of conversation in environments such as: the high society gatherings of the London art scene, at home with his aging father and uber - loyal housekeeper, and at the inspirational seaside community of Margate.

In fact, the only real story in story mode is in the prerendered movies between chapters, and while they're bordering on well made (the modeling and art style are high quality, but apparently the motion - capture budget was used only for the game itself, as the animation is done by hand and sometimes isn't that good), they are mostly just a series of scenes that show the next boss character preparing to try to destroy the heroeIn fact, the only real story in story mode is in the prerendered movies between chapters, and while they're bordering on well made (the modeling and art style are high quality, but apparently the motion - capture budget was used only for the game itself, as the animation is done by hand and sometimes isn't that good), they are mostly just a series of scenes that show the next boss character preparing to try to destroy the heroein story mode is in the prerendered movies between chapters, and while they're bordering on well made (the modeling and art style are high quality, but apparently the motion - capture budget was used only for the game itself, as the animation is done by hand and sometimes isn't that good), they are mostly just a series of scenes that show the next boss character preparing to try to destroy the heroein the prerendered movies between chapters, and while they're bordering on well made (the modeling and art style are high quality, but apparently the motion - capture budget was used only for the game itself, as the animation is done by hand and sometimes isn't that good), they are mostly just a series of scenes that show the next boss character preparing to try to destroy the heroes.

Tony is pretty much an everyman character going about his daily business when he happens to see what he sees, which leads to one of Argento's more memorable set pieces as Tony is trapped between the two glass doors of the art gallery, unable to help the victim inside who is bleeding on the floor and unable to escape outside to fetch help, and his and Julia's situation and relationship is played out in a very natural way, the scenes in their apartment with just the two of them interacting being as integral to the plot as the more violent scenes.

In the only stylistic flourish to suggest the director's hand, Tim Burton gives us a few scenes of her art infiltrating real life, as she sees and is haunted by random people with exaggerated eyes staring at her and through the lie.

Though deceptive advertising is nothing new in movies, the DVD cover art of Coming & Going takes the practice far, keeping the wheelchair out of the picture (save for the title logo's odd twist on the familiar handicap symbol), portraying the leads as young and hip in their jeans and tall boots respectively, and, most egregiously, placing a chihuahua poodle hybrid that features in a single 1 - minute scene front, center, and large.

EXTRAS: In addition to a featurette about the art of misdirection, there are profiles on Will Smith and Margot Robbie, as well deleted scenes and an alternate opening.

«I organized a very small crew as we had no money or financing, and we just started shooting and interviewing a small group of people who were friends with Jean - Michel and familiar with what was happening in the New York City art scene at that time.»

The release includes most of the same extras from the deluxe DVD, as well as a new interview with composer Jon Brion, a new piece featuring behind - the - scenes footage of a recording session for the film's soundtrack, and a new conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film.

I would be cheating my own rules for this annual exercise if I were to crown Howards End as my film of the year - I have in fact seen it many, many times before and loved it for a long time (although never before was I able to enjoy the finesse of its narrative structure, and admire its sumptuous mise - en - scene and art direction - actually delivered on a shoestring budget - on a big screen).

Ciarán Hinds plays a widowed art critic who returns to the scene of a sun - kissed but ultimately painful summer of his childhood — a lost world inhabited by louche bohemian adults (Natascha McElhone, Rufus Sewell, both ripe as all hell) who seem to be trapped for eternity in a Jack Vettriano painting.

If her name is an obscurity to those outside of New York's art - house scene, it's not entirely a problem, as her latest story, Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy, never relies on her celebrity nor familiarity with her filmography in order to be enjoyed.

Chu's penchant for choreography, as seen in his previous helming of Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D, is also an apt fit for the impressively - staged series of fight scenes, particularly a mountain - set martial arts sequence.

With an outlandishly interconnected plot, Cheang, as in his brilliant 2009 film Accident, pushes Milkyway Image's metaphysics of coincidence beyond the most daring ploys of Johnnie To and Wai Ka - fai, and what are quite simply the best hand - to - hand combat scenes of the decade, whatever you call it, SPL2 is without a doubt one of the most vital and necessary martial arts films since Jackie Chan and Jet Li went Hollywood.

EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes nine featurettes — covering a range of topics like the cast, stunts, visual effects, production design, location shooting in Johannesburg and A.I — as well as an alternate ending, an extended scene and a concept art gallery.

But Robinson drives each of these points home too hard by intercutting the Josette Frank scenes and having her point out all of these links between his art and his life; Marston's fascination with depicting feminine strength in his comics, then seen as highly unusual, is also reduced to a few quick, punchy montages.

The result, in the case of The Dark Knight Rises, is a movie so rich in lushly cinematic images — with lustrous colors and richly textured night scenes — that it should be displayed side by side with the likes of The Avengers and The Amazing Spider - Man in public forums devoted to educating the audience about what is being lost as the making and exhibiting of films on actual film becomes a museum art — the latest, but surely not the last, casualty of Hollywood's relentless focus on the bottom line.

According to him, while Shakespeare (played by Rafe Spall) was gracing the stage in playwright Ben Johnson's (Sebastian Armesto) works, the latter was approached by Edward de Vere (Rhys Ifans), The Earl of Oxford, who desperately searched for someone to publish his works under, as his status as royalty and the perception that the art scene was a breeding ground for evil required strict anonymity.

Judging from the concept art and brief glimpses of behind - the - scenes footage, the film will be as lush as it is sci - fi: shots of T'Challa in his upgraded Black Panther suit in the jungle, fighting in a bar and giving a political speech.

The filmmaker behind «We're Glad You're Here» discusses her film as a feminist experiment, filling a hole in the independent - film scene and life imitating art.

With only one actual bonus feature to speak of — the six - part behind - the - scenes featurette «The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand — and a glorified photo gallery («The Art of The Prestige») acting purely as supplemental fodder, I feel genuinely cheated by the lack of behind - the - scenes material included in this single - disc effort.

Prick Up Your Ears sees Gary Oldman star as the provocative playwright who went from working class Leicester lad to the toast of London's swinging art scene in the 1960s.

There are martial - arts combat scenes set at the lip of a waterfall that have Coogler and Jordan re-creating kinetic Creed magic, while a sinuous long take in a casino follows Okoye, dressed in a flowing red gown, as she pulls off a series of acrobatic stunts with impeccable grace.

As is now common practice for animated films in the 1.33:1 ratio, the Blu - ray offers an option called Disney View, which fills the black bars on the sides with newly drawn art, designed to blend in with each scene.

Henry Moore describes in his sourced quotes sculpture art and life in English artistic scene of the 1930's - 1950's Henry Moore's quotes illustrate clearly his focus as sculptor for the natural forms such as bones, shells and the pebbles with their holes right through them, on the beach.

Later he got more involved in New York art - scene of modern Surrealism; it was for instance Andre Breton who labelled Gorky as a «real Surrealist» in American modern art.

The pack includes: Colour pictures of Percy and the animals in the story Black and white pictures of Percy and the animals - great for colouring and art activities Percy's hut picture in the snow and without snow Snowy trees to add to adisplay to make a great snowy scene A number line to 50 on cute robins Alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom - each piece has a picture of one of the animals in the story and the lower case letter Winter clothing flashcards - great for discussion about clothes to wear when it is colder Word flash cards with words relating to the story - each card is decorated with a picture of Percy in the snow Question cards with questions about the story - great to add to a display A long display banner with the title and pictures of Percy and the animals A snowy board game to make and play A dice game to collect the pieces of each animal A worksheet to draw the scene from the window Photographs of snowy scenes - a great addition to any display Winter words - Words of snowflakes about winter A collection of rhymes and songs about winter Number rhyme about snowflakes with rhyme cards, face masks and props for singing the rhyme Snowflake alphabet jigsaws - find the two halves of the snowflakes with upper and lower case letters A collection of playdough mats linked to the story Dress Percy for winter - choose the appropriate clothes for Percy to wear in the snowy weather Colouring pictures of Percy and the animals and the snowy hut Stick puppets of Percy and the animals - great for retelling the story and for making up new stories Face masks in colour and black and white of Percy and the animals A colourful bingo game for the story «One Snowy Night» An A4 word mat with pictures and words relating to the story «Welcome to Percy's hut» large banner - great to use as part of a role play area of Percy's hut A game of snap to make and play Animals footprints in the snow - great to add to a display and for discussion Two different word searches with words and pictures relating to the story Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves.